Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- CN
- Country
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Violence
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In CN — subtitles on.
The story
An imperial agent gets ridiculed for his various inventions, until his supportive wife encourages him to attend a conference, which's actually a trap to kill all the doctors serving the emperor, where his crazy inventions come in handy.
- martial arts
- secret agent
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Cheung Tat-Ming — Emperor
- Tats Lau Yee-Tat — Forbidden City Cop
- Lee Lik-Chi — Court Official
- Alvina Kong Yan-Yin — Dizzy Patient
- Kingdom Yuen King-Tan — Brothel Procuress
- Mimi Chu Mai-Mai — Fat's Mother-in-law
- Lee Kin-Yan — Emperor's Concubine
- Yuen Cheung-Yan — Evil Mother
- Yuen Shun-Yi — Evil Son
- Chik King-Man — Fat's Horny Patient
- Poon Hang-Sang — Fat's Father-in-law
- Directed
- Stephen Chow, Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu
- Written
- Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu, Lo Man-Sang, Stephen Chow
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 147 ratings
- Studio
- Win's Movie Production Limited, Samico Films Production Co., Ltd.
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