From Riches to Rags (1980)

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 lot...tery 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... more

Directing:
  • John Woo

Writing:
  • John Woo

Stars:
Release Date: 1980-07-10
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  • Country: HK
  • Language: 广州话 / 廣州話
  • Runtime: 101

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Ricky Hui
Ricky Hui
Ricky
Johnny Koo
Johnny Koo
Fatso
Tong Ching
Tong Ching
Ling
Yik Ga
Yik Ga
Julia
Yip Ha-Lei
Yip Ha-Lei
Doctor Mong
Lam Ching-Ying
Lam Ching-Yin...
Knife killer
Melvin Wong
Melvin Wong
Smoking pool player
Yue Tau-Wan
Yue Tau-Wan
Injecting killer
Tsang Choh-Lam
Tsang Choh-La...
Chuk/Ducky [uncredited]
John Woo
John Woo
[cameo]
Qiqi Chen
Qiqi Chen
JoJo
Melvin Wong Gam-Sam
Melvin Wong G...
Smoking pool player
JoJo Chan Kei-Kei
JoJo Chan Kei...
JoJo
Benz Kong To-Hoi
Benz Kong To-...
曾楚霖
曾楚霖
Chuk/Ducky [uncredited]
Ricky Hui Koon-Ying
Ricky Hui Koo...
Ricky
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