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From Riches To Rags    (1979)

 
 
 
Director :
John Woo

Producer :
Raymond Chow Man Wai

Action Director :
Billy Chan Wui Ngai, Lam Ching Ying

Writer :
John Woo

 
Other titles : 钱作怪 (HK Title)
Chin Chok Gwaai (HK Title)
Qian Zuo Guai (HK Title)
Millionaires d'un jour (French Title)
Country : Hong Kong
Film Company : Golden Harvest
Genre : Comedy
HK Category : I I
Runtime : 98 min.
Video : Colour
Audio : Speaking (Cantonese)
 
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 Cast :  
Ricky Hui Kun Ying
Johnny Koo Kwok Wah
JoJo Chan Kei Kei
Tong Jing (2)
Chan Laap Ban
Melvin Wong Gam San
Chan Kim Wan
Lam Ching Ying
To Siu Ming
Ma Chao
     
  
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Plot

Ricky and Fatso are friends in need. They are in dire need of money since they are only paid slave wages at the bottling factory. However, they become millionaires overnight after buying a winning lottery ticket. During one of their swingin' nights on the town, Ricky is suddenly attacked by an upset stomach; and in no time, a quack doctor diagnoses the seizure as terminal cancer. Ricky seriously considers suicide. But he is appalled by the drawbacks inherent in the available methods of doing himself in--primarily the pain! It is on a rooftop from which he is supposed to make a plunge that he saves a poor man from suicide by giving the latter all the money he has. In gratitude, the newly rich man promises to hire a killer to finish off his suffering benefactor...
 
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Director, Writer :
John Woo

Producer :
Raymond Chow Man Wai

Action Director :
Billy Chan Wui Ngai

Action Director :
Lam Ching Ying
 
 Cast : (when available)  (Hide) (full cast & crew)

Ricky Hui Kun Ying

Johnny Koo Kwok Wah

JoJo Chan Kei Kei

Tong Jing (2)

Chan Laap Ban

Melvin Wong Gam San

Chan Kim Wan

Lam Ching Ying

To Siu Ming

Ma Chao
 
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