From Riches to Rags (1980)
1h 41m
Running Time
July 10, 1980Release Date
From Riches to Rags (1980)
1h 41m
Running Time
July 10, 1980Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Ricky and Fatso are friends in need. They are in dire need of money since they are only paid slave wages at the bottling factory. However, they become millionaires overnight after buying a winning lottery ticket. During one of their swingin' nights on the town, Ricky is suddenly attacked by an upset stomach; and in no time, a quack doctor diagnoses the seizure as terminal cancer. Ricky seriously considers suicide. But he is appalled by the drawbacks inherent in the available methods of doing himself in--primarily the pain! It is on a rooftop from which he is supposed to make a plunge that he saves a poor man from suicide by giving the latter all the money he has. In gratitude, the newly rich man promises to hire a killer to finish off his suffering benefactor..
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Cast & Crew.
Ricky Hui
Ricky
Johnny Koo Kwok-Wah
Fatso
JoJo Chan Kei-Kei
JoJo
Tong Ching
Ling
Jing Tang
Actress
Yik Ga
Julia
Yip Ha-Lei
Doctor Mong
Lam Ching-Ying
Knife killer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 10, 1980
Original Name錢作怪
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
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Wiki.
From Riches to Rags (Chinese: 錢作怪) is a 1980 Hong Kong action comedy film. It was written and directed by John Woo, starring Ricky Hui and Johnny Koo.
In the film, a nouveau riche millionaire is convinced that he is dying from cancer. Getting suicidal, he hires contract killers to kill him. He soon realizes that he is healthy, but he is unable to call off his own assassination. He survives the assassination attempts, but becomes unhinged during his stay in a mental hospital.
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