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The Detective

The Detective

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Mystery

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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...

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Budget

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Status

Released

Original Language

Runtime

101 mins

Rating

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Release Date

04 May 1966

Country

Cast

Patrick Tse Yin

Patrick Tse Yin

Chan Kin-chau

Chow Chung

Chow Chung

Ng Ying-lin

Chan Tsai-Chung

Chan Tsai-Chung

Ho Yuk-lan

Wong Wai

Wong Wai

Police Sergeant/ Cheung Yu-shing

Sek Kin

Sek Kin

Wu Him

Helena Law Lan

Helena Law Lan

Mrs Wu

Seung-Goon Yuk

Seung-Goon Yuk

Ho Pui-lan

Aai Dung-Gwa

Aai Dung-Gwa

Chan Kin-chau's assistant/ Fuk the Shortie

Ma Siu-Ying

Ma Siu-Ying

Ho Pui-lan and Yuk-lan's mother

Chu Siu-Boh

Chu Siu-Boh

Tang Cheung

Tang Cheung

Goon

Wong Hon

Wong Hon

Ho Pak-Kwong

Ho Pak-Kwong

Waiter

Tai Sang-Po

Tai Sang-Po

Servant

Heung Hoi

Heung Hoi

Truck driver

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