The Shell Game (1980)
- Original title
- 千王之王
- Cast
- Patrick Tse, Liza Wang, Simon Yam, Kwok Fung, Sicney Yim, Chow Chung, Chun Wong, Yeung Kuan
- Genre
- drama television series
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Length
- 2 seasons, 45 episodes
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 3 voters
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1930s Hong Kong, gamblers and schemers compete in high-stakes situations. A group of characters get involved in card games and cons that test their skills and loyalties.
period dramaespionagecompetitionhigh-stakesschemingriskyambitiouscharacter-driven
What happens
《千王之王》（英語：The Shell Game）是香港電視廣播有限公司製作的民初劇集，於1980年9月15日首播，由謝賢、汪明荃、楊群、任達華、曾慶瑜、郭峰和雪梨主演，由鬼手阿建出任技术指导，共25集。主題曲《用愛將心偷》由顧嘉煇作曲、黃霑填詞；汪明荃主唱。新加坡媒體曾選出二十世紀華語百部經典電視劇，此劇入選十大之一。 由於無綫七點檔的翡翠劇場《輪流傳》收視被麗的打得落花流水，導致於當年9月5日宣佈腰斬。因此，無綫總動員，監製王天林與編審王晶父子被委以重任，傾盡全台人力物力趕工搶拍，一個多星期後的9月15日首播，打敗對手收復失地。 本劇曾於2007年5月21日在TVB星河頻道、2017年11月13日在TVB經典台、1987年10月、1995年2月及2018年9月13日在翡翠台重播。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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