Once a Thief (1996 film)

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Once a Thief
Written by
Directed by	John Woo
Starring	Sandrine Holt Ivan Sergei Nicholas Lea
Music by	Amin Bhatia
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Terence Chang John Woo
Cinematography
Editors	David Wu
Running time	92 minutes
Distributor	Fox Network
Release
Original release	September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29)

Once a Thief is a remake of a 1991 film of the same name. Both films were directed by John Woo. The movie was also made into a 1997 television series also of the same name. The remake aired on the Fox Network and was hoped to be the beginning of a weekly series, but Fox passed on it, and the series aired instead on the CTV Television Network in Canada.

Plot[]

The film is about two orphans - Mac Ramsey (Ivan Sergei) and Li Ann Tsei (Sandrine Holt) who have spent their life living with the Tang family - a ruthless Chinese organized crime syndicate. Mac and Li Ann were taken in by the Tang Godfather (Robert Ito) and have formed a close friendship with his son Michael (Michael Wong).

When they grow up, Li Ann is betrothed to Michael, but falls in love with Mac so the two scheme to steal money from the Tang family and run off to start a new life. During the heist, Mac is arrested and Li Ann flees to Canada. 18 months later, Mac is released into the charge of a menacing woman known only as the Director (Jennifer Dale) who takes him to Canada to work for her crime-fighting team. He soon realizes he will be working with Li Ann and her former cop boyfriend Victor (Nicholas Lea).

Cast[]

• Sandrine Holt as Li Ann Tsei
• Ivan Sergei as Mac Ramsey
• Nicholas Lea as Victor Mansfield
• Robert Ito as The Godfather
• Michael Wong as Michael Tang
• Alan Scarfe as Robertson Graves
• Jennifer Dale as The Director
• as Dobrinsky
• as Dance MC
• as Li Ann's Dance Partner
• Matthew Walker as Interpol Judge
• as Judge's Aide
• as Fong
• Derek Lowe as Mill Security Guard

TV series[]

The spin-off series ran for one season.

See also[]

• Once a Thief (1991 film)
• Once a Thief (TV series)

External links[]

• Once a Thief at IMDb

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