Underplayed Gems

Cheating Panorama (1972)

Cheating Panorama poster
Original title
骗术大观
Directed by
Li Han-hsiang
Genre
comedy
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Hong Kong comedy from 1972 that centers on the theme of trickery and deception. The film features a series of vignettes about cons and scams.

comediclight-heartedplayfulmischievousfast-pacedironiccampysatirical

What happens

Cheating in Panorama (simplified Chinese: 骗术大观; traditional Chinese: 騙術大觀) is a 1972 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Li Han-hsiang. The film has a theme of duplicity. Film critic Ain-ling Wong classified Cheating in Panorama as having what Chan Koonchung would describe as "slovenly aesthetics" that is of "the crude and vulgar variety". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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