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The Dead and the Deadly

The Dead and the Deadly

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The Dead and the Deadly

1982

1h 39m

6.1(27 votes)

Comedy

Horror

Fantasy

Action

Overview

Wah Li, known as Fat Boy to his friends, lives with his great-uncle the priest (Uncle). Together with his oddball friends Lai Li and Momo, Wah Li helps Uncle to run the local funeral services. When the body Ma Lun Chio is brought back to the village by a new wife and her "brother", Wai Li is suspicious. He sets out to find out how his friend died, but things are not what they seem.

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Production Companies

Bo Ho Films

Orange Sky Golden Harvest

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Chu Wang-Lee / Fat Boy / Oaf

Wu Ma

Wu Ma

Ma Lun-Cheung (Ma Lucho)

Lam Ching-Ying

Lam Ching-Ying

Uncle Ko

Cherie Chung Cho-Hung

Cherie Chung Cho-Hung

Siu Yuen

Hui Leung-Mei

Hui Leung-Mei

Lee Yuet Ying

Chin Yuet-Sang

Chin Yuet-Sang

Chin Ba-Tat

To Siu-Ming

To Siu-Ming

Scholar Yeung

Chang Ching-Po

Chang Ching-Po

Mayor

Hui Ying-Ying

Hui Ying-Ying

Lady Choi

Paul Chung Fat

Paul Chung Fat

Taoist Priest

Creative team

Directed by: Wu Ma
Written by: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Barry Wong Ping-Yiu
Produced by: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Raymond Chow

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