The Detective

The Detective

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The Detective

1966

1h 41m

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Mystery

Overview

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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15 members

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Chan Kin-chau

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周驄

Ng Ying-lin

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Chan Tsai-Chung

Ho Yuk-lan

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王偉

Police Sergeant/ Cheung Yu-shing

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石堅

Wu Him

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羅蘭

Mrs Wu

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Seung-Goon Yuk

Ho Pui-lan

Seung-Goon Yuk

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Aai Dung-Gwa

Chan Kin-chau's assistant/ Fuk the Shortie

Aai Dung-Gwa

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Ma Siu-Ying

Ho Pui-lan and Yuk-lan's mother

Ma Siu-Ying

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Chu Siu-Boh

Unknown Role

Chu Siu-Boh

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鄧祥

Goon

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Wong Hon

Unknown Role

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何柏光

Waiter

何柏光

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大聲婆

Servant

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Heung Hoi

Truck driver

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