The Detective
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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Cast
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Patrick Tse Yin
Chan Kin-chau
Known for
Shaolin Soccer
Rouge
Chow Chung
Ng Ying-lin
Known for
Triad Wars
Chan Tsai-Chung
Ho Yuk-lan
Also in
Bitter Fear
Wong Wai
Police Sergeant/ Cheung Yu-shing
Known for
Project A
Shih Kien
Wu Him
Known for
Enter the Dragon
The Young Master
Helena Law Lan
Mrs Wu
Known for
Flash Point
The Heroine
Seung-Goon Yuk
Ho Pui-lan
Known for
God of Gamblers
Ai Tong-Kua
Chan Kin-chau's assistant/ Fuk the Shortie
Also in
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
My Young Auntie
Ma Siu-Ying
Ho Pui-lan and Yuk-lan's mother
Also in
Autumn Tombs
Games Gamblers Play
Chu Siu-Boh
Also in
The Best Hustler Wins
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Tang Cheung
Goon
Also in
The Mad Phoenix
The Holy Virgin Versus the Evil Dead
Wong Hon
Tso Kea Director · Woo Mei-Bing Screenplay Sung Ming Editor
First release May 4, 1966 · Original title 神探智破艷屍案
Production
San Aau (Xinyi) Movie-Making Company
Production
Languages
Original title
神探智破艷屍案
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · May 4, 1966
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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