---
title: 'The Protector (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jackie Chan'
released: '1985-06-15'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-protector-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089847/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Protector (1985)

1985 · 91 min · Drama, Comedy, Action, Thriller, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

The Protector is a 1985 buddy cop action film written and directed by James Glickenhaus. It stars Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello, along with Roy Chiao, Peter Yang, Moon Lee, and Bill Wallace. An international co-production between the United States and Hong Kong, this was Chan's second attempt at breaking into the American film market, after 1980’s The Big Brawl, which had moderate box office success but was considered a disappointment.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jackie Chan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jackie-chan), [James Glickenhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-glickenhaus)
- **Screenplay:** [James Glickenhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-glickenhaus)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ken Thorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-thorne)
- **Producer:** [Raymond Chow](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-chow), [Leonard Ho](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-ho)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mark Irwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-irwin)

## Cast

- [Trey Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/trey-wilson)
- [Moon Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/moon-lee)
- [Sally Yeh](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-yeh)
- [Jackie Chan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jackie-chan)
- [Mike Starr](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-starr)
- [Fung Hak-On](https://cinepixo.com/people/fung-hak-on)
- [John Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-spencer)
- [Richard Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-clarke) as Superintendant Whitehead
- [Paul L. Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-l-smith)
- [Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-cameron-glickenhaus)
- [Danny Aiello](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-aiello)
- [Becky Ann Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/becky-ann-baker)
- [Bill Wallace](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-wallace)
- [Roy Chiao](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-chiao)

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