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The Pistol (1961)

The Pistol poster
Original title
手鎗
Directed by
Kao Li, Li Han-hsiang
Genre
action
Country
Hong Kong
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An unemployed man in Hong Kong struggles to support his sick wife and son. Desperate, he uses a toy gun to rob women, but guilt and the law soon close in.

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What happens

《手槍》(),又作《手鎗》,是1961年邵氏出品的一部香港黑白電影,由高立執導,王引、李香君及鄧小宇主演,改編自徐訏的同名短篇小說。王引憑本片拿下第1屆金馬獎最佳男主角。 一家之主沈家光(王引 飾)長年失業、身無分文,妻子陸小音(李香君 飾)病重,兒子小光(鄧小宇 飾)不得不輟學,如今沈氏一家只靠典當家中舊物勉強過日。後來在鄰居小張(陳厚 飾)和小李(胡金銓 飾)的介紹下,沈家光與妻到片場當起臨時演員,不無小補。不料妻子突然病發,沈家光為全心照顧她又只好放棄工作。 沈家光本性善良,但在種種困難不斷打擊下,走投無路的他把心一橫,以兒子拾來之玩具手槍行劫單身女子,竟然屢次得手。犯罪得來的錢使家計漸見改善,妻子的病慢慢好起來,兒子也能重新上學。 某夜,沈家光在巴士上偷竊鄰座女乘客(李麗華 飾)的錢包,小張和小李為其頂罪。得以脫身的沈家光深自悔恨,決心待妻康復後金盆洗手。 一段時間過去,決定幹最後一次的沈家光尾隨酒吧舞女(莫愁 飾)至暗巷行劫,舞女大喊惹來警察追捕,沈家光當場就擒。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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