All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution (1981)

Original title

鬼馬智多星

Directed by

Tsui Hark

Genre

parody film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

IIA

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A down-on-his-luck detective gets mixed up with a gangster who is trying to cheat elderly millionaires out of their stocks. The film is a Hong Kong comedy parody that moves quickly and has a cartoonish tone.

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What happens

All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution (Chinese: 鬼馬智多星; pinyin: Gui ma zhi duo xing) is a 1981 Hong Kong comedy film directed and co-written by Tsui Hark. The film stars George Lam as Yoho, Karl Maka as Ah Capone and Teddy Robin Kwan as Inspector Robin. Yoho is a down on his luck detective who find himself in trouble with the ganger Ah Capone who is planning to cheat elderly millionaires out of their stocks. The film was Tsui's first commercial success and was the fourth highest grossing Hong Kong film of 1981. It was nominated for five Golden Horse Awards and won three (Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Editing). The film was followed by a sequel in 1983 titled All the Wrong Spies directed by Teddy Robin Kwan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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