Impoverished scholar Leung (Yam Kim-fai) became a widower and his in-laws give him 30 taels of silver to find a new wife. He gives the money away to help an old man, a kindness witnessed by the young woman To (Fong Yim-fun), who is impressed and smitten. Needing to introduce his ‘new wife' to the in-laws, Leung seeks help from his cousin (Tam Sin-hung), whose husband Wong (Poon Yat On) had just bought To as maid, lusting after her. The cousin loans the maid to pose as Leung's wife but the jealous Wong poses as their servant to keep watch, creating hilarious havoc that fails to hinder the love developing between the scholar and the maid.
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Fong Yim-Fen
To Yin-yeung
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Yam Kim-Fai
Leung Guang-luk
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Too Late for Divorce
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Poon Yat-On
Wong Dor-fuk
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Two Fools capture a Ghost
Red Maid, the Matchmaker
Tam Sin-Hung
Mrs Wong
Known for
Rouge
All About Ah-Long
Cheung Sing-Fei
Mr Lam
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Butterfly and Red Pear
The Dunce Bumps into a Ghost
Lee Pang-Fei
Uncle Chung
Known for
The Flying Guillotine
Pinmei Chen
Madame Lam
Also in
The Legend of Purple Hairpin
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Cheung Sang
To's father
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The 7 Tyrants of Jiangnan
Seven Swordsman Leave Tianshan
Chu Kei Director · Lee Yuen-Man Screenplay Kwong Yam Editor
First release February 7, 1959 · Original title 鴛鴦福祿
Production
Wing Tak Motion Picture Co.
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Original title
鴛鴦福祿
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · February 7, 1959
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