The Cat (1992 film)

The Cat
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese衛斯理之老貓
Simplified Chinese卫斯理之老猫
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWèisīlǐ Zhī Lǎomāo
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWai⁶si¹lei² Zi¹ Lou²maau¹
Directed byLam Ngai Kai
Screenplay byChan Hing-ka
Gordon Chan
Based onOld Cat
by Ni Kuang
Produced byChua Lam
Michael Lai
StarringWaise Lee
Christine Ng
Gloria Yip
CinematographyMak Hoi-man
Edited byKeung Chuen-tak
Peter Cheung
Music byPhilip Chan
Production
companies
Golden Harvest
Paragon Films
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 22 October 1992 (1992-10-22)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$2,733,592

The Cat (衛斯理之老貓 Wèisīlǐ Zhī Lǎomāo, lit. "Wisely's Old Cat"), also known as The 1000 Years Cat, is a 1992 Hong Kong science-fiction action film directed by Lam Ngai Kai, based on the novel Old Cat, an installment of the Wisely Series, by Ni Kuang. Produced by Golden Harvest and Paragon Films, the film stars Waise Lee, Christine Ng, and Gloria Yip. Its plot follows a trio of extraterrestrials, one of whom has the form of a cat, who team up with a novelist named Wisely to fight a malevolent alien that can possess humans.