Rush Hour (movie)

Rush Hour is a 1998 American movie by New Line Cinema. Starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Ken Leung

Rush Hour
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Directed by	Brett Ratner
Screenplay by	Jim Kouf Ross LaManna
Produced by	Roger Birnbaum Jonathan Glickman Arthur M. Sarkissian
Starring	Jackie Chan Chris Tucker Tom Wilkinson Chris Penn Elizabeth Peña
Cinematography	Adam Greenberg
Edited by	Mark Helfrich
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Production company	Roger Birnbaum Productions
Distributed by	New Line Cinema[1]
Release date	September 18, 1998 (1998-09-18)
Running time	97 minutes[2]
Country	United States[3]
Languages	English Cantonese
Budget	$33–35 million[4][5]
Box office	$245.3 million[4][5]

It was followed by the sequel movies, Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007).

• Jackie Chan as Inspector Yan Niang Lee
• Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter
• Julia Hsu as Soo-Yung
• Phillip Baker Hall as Captain Bill Diel
• Tom Wilkinson as Griffin / Juntao
• Ken Leung as Sang
• Chris Penn as Clive Cod

• Kwan Yung
• Mars
• William Tuan
• Johnny Cheung
• Ken Lo
• Andy Cheng
• Nicky Li
• Chan Man Ching
• Stuart Yee
• James Lew

• Rush Hour 2 (2001)
• Rush Hour 3 (2007)

1. ↑ "Rush Hour". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
2. ↑ "Rush Hour". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
3. ↑ "Rush Hour (1998)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 21, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
4. 1 2 "Rush Hour". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 19, 2006. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
5. 1 2 "Rush Hour (1998)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2020.