Crazy Crooks
Crazy Crooks is a 1980 Hong Kong comedy film produced and directed by Karl Maka and starring Dean Shek and Maka.
| Crazy Crooks | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Traditional | 瘋狂大老千 |
| Simplified | 疯狂大老千 |
| Mandarin | Fēng Kuáng Dà Lǎo Qiān |
| Cantonese | Fung1 Kwong4 Daai6 Lou2 Cin1 |
| Directed by | Karl Maka |
| Produced by | Karl Maka |
| Screenplay by | Raymond Wong |
| Starring | Dean Shek Karl Maka |
| Music by | Frankie Chan |
| Cinematography | Manny Ho |
| Edited by | Tony Chow |
Production company | Warriors Films |
Release date | 14 February 1980 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$3,123,277 |
Plot
Mo-pei Chai and Kwong-kwan Chat are two crooks who accidentally swindled Kam Yik-kung's counterfeit bank notes. Kam sends his killers, Iron Cow and Crazy Horse, to track them. The two crooks are saved by an orphan, Mak Ah-tau. Since then, the two men and the kid became good friends. After going through many dangerous situations, the two crooks decides to not wander anymore for the sake of Mak. At the same time, they also found out that Mak is Kam's biological son and they return him to Kam. When return Mak to Kam, not only does Kam not accept his son, he also plans to kill the trio.[1][2][3][4]
Cast
- Dean Shek as Mo-pei Chai
- Karl Maka as Kwong-kwan Chat
- Chan Kwok-kuen as Kam Yik-kung
- Yung Wai-man as Second Lady Lan
- Peter Chan as Mok Ming
- Lau Nga-lai as Chi Miu
- Tai San as Crazy Horse
- Cheung Kwok-wah as Iron Cow
- Ho Pak-kwong as Security Captain's son-in-law
- Raymond Wong as Lao Shen
- To Siu-ming as Third Brother Tu
- Wong Ngai-yee
- Cheng Ying-ho as Mak Ah-tau
- Chiu Chi-ling as police boxing instructor
- Lee Sau-kei as Master Sun
- Hui Ying-ying as Mrs. Sun
- Tsang Cho-lam as man arranging gambling
- Danny Au as Security Captain
- Lee Chung-keung
- Cho Chai
- Pong Cheuk-lam as counterfeiter
- Hui Suk-han
- Shing Wan-on
- Mak Kwok-hon
- Leung Hung
Theme song
- Crazy Crooks (瘋狂大老千)
- Composer: Michael Lai
- Lyricist: Lo Kwok-chim
- Singer: Jenny Tseng
Box office
The film grossed HK$3,123,277 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 14 to 27 February 1980 in Hong Kong
References
- "Crazy Crooks (1980)". imdb.com. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- "瘋狂大老千 Crazy Crooks (1980)". hkmdb.com. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- "Karl Maka". hkcinemagic.com. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- "Crazy Crooks Poster Movie Hong Kong 11 x 17 Inches - 28cm x 44cm Karl Maka Dean Shek". amazon.com. Retrieved 19 December 2013.