---
title: 'City on Fire (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ringo Lam'
released: '1987-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Hong Kong'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/city-on-fire-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093435/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# City on Fire (1987)

1987 · R · 101 min · Crime · Hong Kong


## Synopsis

City on Fire is a 1987 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Ringo Lam. It stars Chow Yun-fat, Danny Lee, and Sun Yueh. Following A Better Tomorrow (1986), City on Fire helped establish Chow's popularity as an action star in Asia and to a lesser degree North America.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ringo Lam](https://cinepixo.com/people/ringo-lam)
- **Screenplay:** [Ringo Lam](https://cinepixo.com/people/ringo-lam)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Teddy Robin](https://cinepixo.com/people/teddy-robin)
- **Producer:** [Karl Maka](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-maka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Andrew Lau](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-lau)

## Cast

- [Carrie Ng](https://cinepixo.com/people/carrie-ng)
- [Roy Cheung](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-cheung)
- [Chow Yun-fat](https://cinepixo.com/people/chow-yun-fat)
- [Danny Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-lee)

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