The Crazy Chase

1981 1h 39m CN

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 2

ActionComedy

Synopsis

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Lau Kar-Wing plays a private detective whose business is failing, so he is forced to accept a job as a temporary actor. But he quickly becomes unintentionally entangled in an insurance swindle being perpetrated by the studio boss' wife and lover!

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Lau Kar-Wing
Shih Yien Te
JoJo Chan Kei-Kei
Lung Fong
Richard Ng Man-Tat
Shak Ta Hsi
Wu Ma
Tai Bo
Yu Miu-Lin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Eric Tsang
Writers: Wong Jing
Languages: Cantonese
Countries: Hong Kong

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1 / 5

ERA

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45 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 5

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Lau Kar-Wing and JoJo Chan Kei-Kei and Lung Fong carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1950228 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Eric Tsang directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese.

Trivia

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145 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Lau Kar-Wing and JoJo Chan Kei-Kei and Lung Fong carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt1950228 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.