From Riches to Rags

Overview

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...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 10, 1980

Original language

CN

Spoken languages

Cantonese

Countries

Hong Kong

Production

Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Cast

Ricky Hui Koon-Ying,Johnny Koo Kwok-Wah,JoJo Chan Kei-Kei,Tong Ching,Yik Ga,Yip Ha-Lei,Lam Ching-Ying,Melvin Wong,Yue Tau-Wan,Tsang Choh-Lamand 2 more

Director

John Woo

Writer

John Woo

Cinematography

Bill Wong Chung-Piu

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0076580