TMDb Rating
7.6/10
25 verified votes
The Black Cannon Incident (1985)
DramaComedy
99 min
Plot Summary
A mining engineer acting as a technical translator is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. Placed under investigation and reassigned to a less sensitive department, but never informed of the reason for his demotion, he petitions to get his job back, sparking an increasingly obtuse series of Party meetings.
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DramaComedyHuang JianxinLiu ZifengGao Ming1985
Director
Huang Jianxin
Top Cast
Liu ZifengGao MingYang FengliangYang YazhouWang Yi
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