Iron-beaked Hen's Sudden Rise to Power (1957)
1h 35m
Running Time
January 11, 1957Release Date
Iron-beaked Hen's Sudden Rise to Power (1957)
1h 35m
Running Time
January 11, 1957Release Date
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Plot.
Iron-Beaked Hen and Fatso Bo on their way to the city to help a relative out of some trouble, they run into a band of robbers. They stop over an allegedly haunted house where they save the lovers To Lok-yin and Yu Mei-yung from their attemped suicide. Hen learn their story and decide to help them out. Yin comes from a rich family, he lost his father when he was very young and was brought up by his uncle. Now that he is old enough to claim his inheritance, the guardian, his uncle, in order to keep the fortune under control, forces him to marry a girl of his choosing. The couple cannot face separation and resolve to end their lives together. Hen thinks of a way to help them, which involves Yin pretending to comply; that is, to go ahead with the marriage arrangement. On the wedding day, they swap the bride with Yung. Disguised as a matchmaker and a county official respectively, Hen and Bo reprimand To's uncle who schemes to seize To's family fortune. To and Yu marry.
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Cast & Crew.
Tang Pik-Wan
Iron-beaked hen
Leung Sing-por
Fatso Po
Wong Cho-San
Ching Hau
Leung Miu-Seung
To Lok-yin
Chow Kwun-Ling
Yu Mei-yung
Chow Hoi-Tong
Yuet-kiu
Chiang Hsing-Lung
Editor
Chan Ki-Yui
Art Direction
Lee Sau-Kei
Production Manager
Leung Cho
Script Supervisor
Lui Kei
Producer
Hua Ku
Assistant Director
Lai Chu
Costume Designer
Chan Pei
Director
Law Bo-sang
Music
Lam Wah-Sam
Props
Wong Hak
Screenplay
Fung Sin
Makeup Artist
Oh King-Yee
Production Manager
Gam Lau
Chow Gat
Cheung Sing-Fei
Cheung Chi-Suen
Ching Lai
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