Tiger on Beat (1988)

Chow Yun-Fat: Sgt. Francis Li

Photos 

Quotes 

• Francis Li : Bruce Lee taught Jackie Chan... Jackie Chan taught Alain Delon... Alain Delon taught Stallone... Stallone taught Ti Lung. Ti Lung told me. Didn't he tell you? Oh, well.

• Dummy : I'm Dummy.

  Francis Li : You sure look like one.

• Police inspector : [as Francis and Michael learn they are partners]  That's more like it. You two are partners now. Do you know how I managed to go from being a constable to a chief inspector?

  Francis Li : By kissing ass and telling tales?

  Police inspector : Don't say that loudly! Your father taught me to do that.

• Francis Li : What have you heard around town, Brother Loong?

  Loong : Lots. A rookie cop held a gun to you and you pissed your pants in fright. How can you show your face around town?

• Francis Li : Miss, where's Marydonna?

  Receptionist : She should have finished her class. Maybe she's taking a shower. May I ask who's asking for her?

  Francis Li : Mark Gor.

  Receptionist : Well, Mark Gor, please fill out this survey.

• [Ping holds two women captive, forcing Francis and Michael to give him a pair of pants] 

  Francis Li : Michael Tso! Take off your trousers!

  Michael Tso : [without thinking, and in English]  Yes, sir!

  [pauses] 

  Michael Tso : Why me?

  Francis Li : I'm the sergeant. Take off your pants!

  [assuring Ping] 

  Francis Li : They're on the way!

  Michael Tso : How I face people?

  Francis Li : You're responsible for two innocent lives!

  Michael Tso : I can shoot him dead with one shot!

  Poison Snake Ping, Marydonna's brother : Hurry up! Remove your pants!

  Michael Tso : Fine! I'll do it, then!

  Poison Snake Ping, Marydonna's brother : Hurry up!

  Francis Li : He's taking them off right now. Don't hurt the girls!

  Poison Snake Ping, Marydonna's brother : Throw them down!

  [Michael throws his pair of pants onto a tree] 

  Poison Snake Ping, Marydonna's brother : You want to play tricks on me? I'll kill them!

  Francis Li : There's still one more pair. Wait a second, okay?

  [to Michael] 

  Francis Li : You little shit! You set me up, didn't you?

  Michael Tso : No, sergeant. It's windy.

  Francis Li : Windy, my ass! I haven't felt the wind today.

  Michael Tso : Even the desperate need to catch their breath.

  Francis Li : How can I face the citizens of Hong Kong now?

• [first lines] 

  Francis Li : Hey, wake up! Wake up! Hey, wake up, and put on your clothes! My wife's home! Hey!

  Dummy's Wife : You have a wife?

  Francis Li : Whatever. Put on your clothes! I'll explain it to you another day.

  Dummy's Wife : What do you mean "Put on my clothes?" This is my home!

  Francis Li : Your home? Then, who's the person trying to get in?

  Dummy's Wife : Oh! My husband's back!

  Francis Li : Your husband? Why didn't you tell me earlier?

  Dummy's Wife : I told you! You just pretended not to understand.

  Francis Li : I'm deaf! When I hit on you, you should've said something!

  Dummy's Wife : Hurry up! My husband hates cops!

  Francis Li : I hate other people's husbands, too!

• Police inspector : Someone points a gun at you, and piss in your pants! Now, the whole station knows about it!

  Francis Li : Don't shout! Even those who didn't know about it know now!

• Francis Li : And don't bother going after my sister.

  Michael Tso : I won't. I haven't even thought about it.

  Francis Li : That's good. My sister is expensive goods. You look too much like a thug.

  Michael Tso : Ok, Sergeant.

• [after Michael tries to arrest someone who looks like a thug] 

  Francis Li : What are you doing?

  Michael Tso : He looks like a thug!

  Francis Li : He's my neighbor!

• Francis Li : [talking in his sleep]  Don't fish in troubled waters. Go back...

• Department store staff : Gentlemen, what can I help you with in the lingerie section?

  Francis Li : Ah, I need to buy a bra.

  Department store staff : A bra? Is it for your home use, or for going out?

  Francis Li : No, it's for my wife.

  Department store staff : What's the size, then? How big is she?

  Francis Li : I forgot to measure.

  Department store staff : Like Elsie Chan?

  Francis Li : Not that big!

  Department store staff : Then Pat Ha?

  Francis Li : She doesn't have any!

  Department store staff : Anita Mui?

  Francis Li : Her breasts change!

  Department store staff : Then is she as big as me?

  Francis Li : You're too much!