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The Detective (1966) | Slate

The Detective

神探智破艷屍案

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...

Released: 1966
Runtime: 1h 41m
Genres: Mystery
Language: Cantonese

Direction and writing

Lou WaiScript Supervisor

Tso KeaDirector

Wong SumAssistant Director

Where to watch

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Cast

Patrick Tse YinChan Kin-chau
Chow ChungNg Ying-lin
Chan Tsai-ChungHo Yuk-lan

WM

Woo Mei-BingScreenplay

Wong WaiPolice Sergeant/ Cheung Yu-shing

Shih KienWu Him

Helena Law LanMrs Wu

Seung-Goon YukHo Pui-lan

Ai Tong-KuaChan Kin-chau's assistant/ Fuk the Shortie

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