Underplayed Gems

Old Time Buddy - To Catch a Thief (1998)

Old Time Buddy - To Catch a Thief poster
Original title
難兄難弟之神探李奇
Cast
Gallen Lo, Gordon Lam, Maggie Cheung, Elaine Ng, Jerry Lamb, Suet Nei, Ben Wong, Kwok Fung
Genre
drama television series
Country
Hong Kong
Length
1 season, 25 episodes
Rating
8.3 of 10 from 3 voters
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How it feels

This is a Hong Kong TV series from 1998. It follows a detective in the 1960s as he solves mysteries and gets into romantic troubles. The show is a comedy that mimics old detective movies from that era.

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What happens

Old Time Buddy: To Catch a Thief (Chinese: 難兄難弟之神探李奇; Jyutping: naan4 hing1 naan4 dai6 zi1 san1 taam1 lei5 kei4; literally "Difficult Older Brother, Difficult Younger Brother-Detective Lee Kei") is a 1998 Hong Kong period romantic comedy television drama created and produced by TVB, starring Gallen Lo, Gordon Lam, Maggie Cheung, Elaine Ng as the main cast. The series is an indirect sequel to 1997's Old Time Buddy. Filming took place in early 1998 entirely on location in Hong Kong. Original broadcast began on Hong Kong's TVB Jade channel 3 August till 4 September 1998 every Monday through Friday during its 7:30 to 8:30 pm timeslot with a total of 25 episodes. Although it is the second installment of the Old Time Buddy series the story and characters have no connections to the first series. While the first series focuses on Hong Kong film industry in the 1960s, the second series is adapted from plots of 1960s Hong Kong detective mystery films such as The Black Rose (1965) starring the real life Connie Chan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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