The Private Eyes(Movie, 1976)

Name: The Private Eyes
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Released: 1976
Duration: T01:34:00
Rating: 3.2

Original title: "半斤八兩" (Chinese (Cantonese)/CN)

1h 34min | Genres: Comedy, Thriller

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 12 votes)

The Private Eyes is a 1976 Hong Kong comedy film written, directed by and starring Michael Hui and co-starring his brothers Samuel Hui and Ricky Hui as well as Shih Kien and Richard Ng in his second film role. John Woo was the production designer and also co-director, though he was uncredited. Sammo Hung served as the film's action director and Jackie Chan was also a stuntman. This is the third film of the Hui Brothers and it is the first film that established the Hui Brothers' comedies internationally. It became the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time. ()

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About The Private Eyes

The film revolves around the exploits of a detective agency in Hong Kong called Mannix Private Detective Agency. It is headed by private detective Wong Yeuk Sze (Michael Hui) with his emotionally drained assistant Puffy (Ricky Hui). Meanwhile, Lee Kwok Kit (Samuel Hui), a kung fu expert, who works at a Vitasoy plant factory and spends most of the time doing kung fu tricks to impress a girl, ultimately loses his job. Seeking to find another line of work, Lee attempts to joins Wong's detective agency. Despite Lee's impression with his kung fu talent which involves his snatching trick, Wong was not impressed. Then, as it appears that Lee would not get the job, Wong discovers that his wallet was missing and was presumed stolen by one bystander who bumped into them. Lee intercepts him and recovers the wallet, thus impressed Wong to hire him for the job.

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Trailer for The Private Eyes + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Private Eyes (1976) ORIGINAL Trailer(Trailer, 3:09)

The Private Eyes (1976) ORIGINAL Trailer (Trailer) | Michael Hui - Private Eyes Trailer 1976 (Trailer)

Additional Information

Production country: Hong Kong

Shot in: Hong Kong

Plays in: Hong Kong

Made by: Golden Harvest Productions, Hui's Film Production Co., Ltd.

Original language: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN)

Spoken languages: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN)

Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/16/1976

Cast: Michael Hui, Samuel Hui, Ricky Hui, Shih Kien, Angie Chiu, Richard Ng, Chu Mu

Director: Michael Hui

Producer: Raymond Chow

Screenwriter: Michael Hui

Film Editor: Peter Cheung

Director of Photography: Yiu-Tsou Cheung

Composer: Samuel Hui, Lotus

Performer: Samuel Hui

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Ban jin ba liang"

"Mr.Boo!"

"ミスター・ブー"

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The Private Eyes(Movie, 1976)

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