

The con artist comedy where faking your own death is just good business sense.
Wu Te-chuan is a young man trying to make a living in an easy way. But now he is penniless and will being thrown out of his Macau hotel. Kind- hearted hotel maid Hsiao Yen is the only one to help him in the world. One day, Wu plays a trick on the hotel owner. The scheme backfires and Wu has to flee to Hong Kong. Wu saves desperate painter Hsin. He convinces Hsin that his painting will sell if he is dead. After Hsin pretend to be dead, his paintings really can be sold well, but backfires finally. Then, Wu and Hsin team up and engage themselves full time in con games, gambling and sex inclusive. Finally, Wu is being chased by the ring enforcers but is saved. Finding himself in love with Hsiao Yen, Wu decides to turn a new leaf and live properly ever after.
Acting
Sam Hui's slippery charm carries every ridiculous scheme.
Direction
Lo Wei juggling action, farce, and romance before his Bruce Lee fame.
Production
Gritty 70s Macau and Hong Kong locations shot with documentary energy.

Director
Lo Wei
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sam Hui was already Hong Kong's biggest pop star before this, bringing massive musical crossover appeal to Lo Wei's action comedies.
The 'dead artist' scam satirizes real 1970s art market speculation, where posthumous value spikes made morbid business sense.
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