Movie·1966·1h 41m

The Detective

Directed By

Tso Kea

Language

Cantonese

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The Story

Original title: 神探智破艷屍案

Ho Pui-lan was the secretary of the writer Wu Him, but she died suddenly at home. Ho's mother commissioned private detective Chan Kin-chau to investigate and found out that Pui-lan and Him were having an extra-marital affair, and also discovered that the contents of Him's fiction were similar to the contents of Pui-lan's suicide note. When Kin-chau finds out that the contents of Him's fiction are similar to the contents of Pui-lan's suicide note, he and Pei Lan's sister Yuk-lan reenact the murder case, and Him is stimulated and hallucinated to reveal the truth of the murder...

Written By

Woo Mei-Bing

Producer

Ho Kiam Ngiap

Editor

Sung Ming

Themes

detectivehallucinationmurderlove affaircrime

Production House

San Aau (Xinyi) Movie-Making Company

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Cast

Patrick Tse Yin

Patrick Tse Yin

Chan Kin-chau

Chow Chung

Chow Chung

Ng Ying-lin

Chan Tsai-Chung

Ho Yuk-lan

Wong Wai

Wong Wai

Police Sergeant/ Cheung Yu-shing

Sek Kin

Sek Kin

Wu Him

Helena Law Lan

Helena Law Lan

Mrs Wu

Seung-Goon Yuk

Seung-Goon Yuk

Ho Pui-lan

Ai Tong-Kua

Ai Tong-Kua

Chan Kin-chau's assistant/ Fuk the Shortie

Ma Siu-Ying

Ma Siu-Ying

Ho Pui-lan and Yuk-lan's mother

Chu Siu-Boh

Chu Siu-Boh

Tang Cheung

Tang Cheung

Goon

Wong Hon

Ho Pak-Kwong

Ho Pak-Kwong

Waiter

Tai Sang-Po

Servant

Heung Hoi

Truck driver

// crew

Crew

Tso Kea

Director

Woo Mei-Bing

Screenplay

Ho Kiam Ngiap

Producer

Sung Ming

Editor

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