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When Fortune Smiles is a film of genre Comedy directed by Anthony Chan with Stephen Chow
When Fortune Smiles (1990)
Mou dik hang wan sing
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Add to a movie listWhen Fortune Smiles (無敵幸運星, Mou dik hang wan sing) est une comédie d'action hongkongaise réalisée par Anthony Chan et sortie en 1990 à Hong Kong.
Elle totalise 18 799 869 HK$ de recettes au box-office.
Synopsis
Un vieil homme très riche lègue tout ce qu'il possède à sa fille avant de mourir. Jaloux, son neveu (Shing Fui-on) demande à Tricky Star (Stephen Chow) de dérober le testament pour mettre son nom dessus. Mais le fils du vieil homme (Anthony Wong) découvre une sans-abris (Sandra Ng) qui est le sosie de sa sœur et l'engage pour toucher l'héritage. Le testament pose cependant une condition : qu'elle trouve un mari. Tricky Star essaie alors de la séduire.Actors
Stephen Chow
(Vincent Hing)
Sandra Ng
(Tsao Fei Fei / Rubbish Fung)
Anthony Wong
(Wei)
Anthony Chan
(Private Eye Wong)
Shing Fui On
(Lung)
Billy Chow
(Biu)
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