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Summary
A jewel thief decides to turn over a new leaf. He starts anew as a professional singer; but before long, the he becomes suspect again for a series of robberies. He sets up a trap to snare the copycat thief, but will it snare him instead?
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- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 62GoodWatch 60
Letterboxd · 219 ratings3.2/5
IMDb6.0
Running time
1 h 27 min
Shorter than most music movies, −19 min on the typical 106
typical 10687Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1969
February 13, 1969
57 years ago
Genres
MusicActionLanguage
Chinese
Original language
Made in
- Hong Kong SAR China
and 22 more26 people
- Jimmy LinDiamod Poon
- Lily HoFang Darling
- Lo LiehWang Guoji
- Essie Lin ChiaTian Xin
- Mui YanDetective Pao
- Chu GamPoliceman
- Erh ChunPoliceman
- Lan Wei-LiehPoliceman
Man LeiPoliceman
Au-Yeung KwongFu Kuei- YDYip Dung-ChingChau
Chu KaiWang's henchman
Yuen Cheung-yanWang's henchman
Lau Kar-WingWang's henchman
Tam BoWang's henchman
Chan ChuenWang's henchman
Yen Shi-KwanWang's henchman
Wong ChingWang's henchman
Huang Pei-ChihWang's henchman
Lo WaiWang's henchman
Wong MeiWang's henchman
Wong ChungWang's henchman
David Chiang Da-weiExtra
Chai LamExtra
Directing · 3
- Chang Cheh Director
- Wu Ma Assistant Director
- Yang Ching-Chen Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Chiu Kang-Chien Writer
Production · 1
- Run Run Shaw Producer
Camera · 1
- Kung Mu-To Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Chiang Hsing-Lung Editor
Sound · 2
- Wang Fu-Ling Original Music Composer
- Wang Yong-Hua Sound
Art · 1
- Johnson Tsao Chuang-Sheng Art Direction
Other crew · 2
- Lau Kar-leung Martial Arts Choreographer
- Tang Chia Martial Arts Choreographer
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