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The Golden Trumpet (1961)

The Golden Trumpet poster
Original title
金喇叭
Directed by
Doe Ching
Genre
drama
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A honest but unlucky trumpet player in a nightclub faces a series of disasters when his wife goes into difficult labor. He loses the hospital money to a pickpocket and must humiliate himself and pawn his golden trumpet to save her.

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What happens

《金喇叭》()是1961年邵氏出品的一部香港黑白劇情片,由陶秦編導,張沖、范麗、李香君及費立主演。電影講述夜總會失意樂手胡保羅在大環境支配下的遭遇。費立憑本片榮獲第1屆金馬獎最佳童星。 胡保羅(張沖 飾)在一間夜總會中任職樂隊喇叭手,他為人老實但好賭,一夜在朋友家慘敗歸來,兒子胡寶寶(費立 飾)已然熟睡,看到字條才想起懷胎十月的妻子(李香君 飾)已進醫院生產,趕到後驚悉妻子因難產要動手術,然而身無分文的他只能挪用妻子的銀行儲蓄支付手术费。祸不单行,保羅在銀行提款後,款项於巴士上遭扒手偷走。為了籌措醫藥費,保羅找上了對他仍有意思的交際花李美娜(范麗 飾)幫忙,美娜因保羅早前拒絕過她而存心報復,別無他法的保羅甘受戲弄。歸家途中,一名女子落下的千元支票被保羅拾到,但因良心責備而放棄取款。保罗乐队好友孙善仁(蔣光超 飾)带著保罗的兒子寶寶到夜总会表演,保罗不欲儿子抛头露面,走投無路最終選擇典當自己的生財工具金喇叭,才有足夠的錢醫治妻子。在路途中,保羅冤家路窄遇上了偷他錢財的扒手,窮追不捨下竟追進醫院,得悉扒手將竊款用作病兒之治療費,兩人同為受環境所迫而铤而走险之人,心生同情。保罗之同事知其苦衷,合力赎回喇叭,妻子亦安然產下一子。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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