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Cast
Patrick Tse Yin
as Chan Kin-chau
Chow Chung
as Ng Ying-lin
Chan Tsai-Chung
as Ho Yuk-lan
Wong Wai
as Police Sergeant/ Cheung Yu-shing
Shih Kien
as Wu Him
Helena Law Lan
as Mrs Wu
Seung-Goon Yuk
as Ho Pui-lan
Ai Tong-Kua
as Chan Kin-chau's assistant/ Fuk the Shortie
Ma Siu-Ying
as Ho Pui-lan and Yuk-lan's mother
Chu Siu-Boh
as Cast
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1966
Runtime1h 41m
LanguageCantonese
CertificationNR
GenresMystery
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DirectorTso Kea
WritersWoo Mei-Bing
TypeFeature Film
Rating0.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe Detective
About The Detective
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...
Directed by Tso Kea, The Detective leans on a strong ensemble — Patrick Tse Yin, Chow Chung, Chan Tsai-Chung — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about mystery titles of 1966.
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