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Crazy Crooks (1980)

Crazy Crooks poster
Original title
瘋狂大老千
Directed by
Karl Maka
Genre
slapstick
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A master swindler and a bumbling amateur join forces to trick a wealthy tycoon. They steal money that is fake and the tycoon wants them dead.

slapstickfast-pacedgoofychaoticplayfullightheartedsilly

What happens

Crazy Crooks is a 1980 Hong Kong comedy film produced and directed by Karl Maka and starring Dean Shek and Maka. Shek plays a master swindler who teams up with a less-than-competent amateur swindler (Maka) to scam money from a tycoon which turns out to be counterfeit bills, and end up being targeted for murder by the tycoon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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