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From Riches to Rags 1980 Directed by John Woo 錢作怪

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...

Country Hong Kong
Production Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Spoken Language Cantonese
Gneres Action , Comedy
Production Company Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Release Date 10 July 1980
101 mins
Cast
Yik Ga Julia
Yip Ha-Lei Doctor Mong
Lam Ching-Ying Knife killer
Melvin Wong Gam-Sam Smoking pool player
Yue Tau-Wan Injecting killer
Tsang Choh-Lam Chuk/Ducky [uncredited]
John Woo [cameo]
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