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Killing Does Not Pay

19791h 28mMovieCrime

A young Taipei hair stylist disappears, a short while after a black box containing a dead body is found, the body is hers and now the hunt is on to find the killer. By far this isn’t an ordinary case.

DirectorHua Shan
WritersWeng Chia Pui·Lin Chan-Wai
ProducerPau Ming

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Cast · Directed by Hua Shan

CTChu Tit-Wo
Chu Tit-Wo
DDDanny Lau Dan
Danny Lau Dan
MCMa Chung-Tak
Ma Chung-Tak
CLChow Lai-Kuen
Chow Lai-Kuen
SSSha Sha
Sha Sha
LHLing Hon
Ling Hon
LSLee Sau-Kei
Lee Sau-Kei
LPLee Pang-Fei
Lee Pang-Fei

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Killing Does Not Pay — streaming FAQ

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Killing Does Not Pay hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around June 25, 1979. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.