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Paper Marriage

Love was never supposed to be part of the deal.
Mar 31, 1988 · 1h 34m
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Romance

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Set in Canada, a down-on-his-luck Chinese boxer Bo Chin (Samo Hung) accepts promise of payment to marry a Hong Kong woman Jade Lee (Maggie Cheung) so she can get Canadian citizenship. They realize too late that they have been set up in a complicated plan to cheat them out of the woman's money. Their adventures begin when Bo is forced back into the ring and Jade tries her hand at mud-wrestling!

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CAST

Sammo Hung
Chien Pao
Maggie Cheung
Jade Li
Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting
Peter
Dick Wei
White Suit kicker
Joyce Godenzi
Bo's ex-wife
Billy Chow Bei-Lei
Big Bear, Thai boxer
Hsiao Ho
White Suit's thug in clown disguise
Tony Morelli
White Suit's thug
Directed by Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
CN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Bo Ho Films, Bo Ho Films (Alberta) Co. Ltd.
Country
HK
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