''Aces Go Places'', (), also known in the United States as ''Diamondfinger'' or ''Mad Mission'', is a 1982 Hong Kong

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directed by

Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Chi-wai (; born 14 April 1953) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show '' Super Trio series'' on the Hong Kong television network TVB over 18 years. He currently hol ...

, and starring

Samuel Hui Samuel Hui Koon-kit (born 6 September 1948), usually known as Sam Hui, is a Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is credited with popularising Cantopop both via the infusion of Western-style music and his usage of vernacular Canton ...

and

Karl Maka Karl Maka (born 29 February 1944) is a Hong Kong film producer, director, actor and presenter. Early life On 29 February 1944, Maka was born as Mak Kar-sheung in Taishan, China. In 1958, at age 14, Maka moved to Hong Kong. Education In 196 ...

. It is the first installment in the ''Aces Go Places'' film series.

Plot

A suave, smooth burglar named King Kong tries to make up for his thieving ways by teaming up with an Albert 'Baldy' Au, a bumbling

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ese police detective from the United States. Both work together to try to find a set of stolen diamonds; the diamonds are also being tracked by a European criminal known as 'White Gloves'. The two heroes are supervised by Superintendent Nancy Ho, who has a temper.

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as King Kong *

as Albert Au * Sylvia Chang as Supt. Nancy Ho *

Dean Shek Dean Shek (17 June 1949 – 20 September 2021), also known as Dean Shek Tin, was a Hong Kong film actor and producer with over 72 film credits to his name. Shek was perhaps best known as Professor Kai-hsien in the 1978 film ''Drunken Master'', ...

as Gigolo Joe (special guest appearance) *

Tsui Hark Tsui Hark (, vi, Từ Khắc, born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong film director, producer and screenwriter. Tsui has directed several influential Hong Kong films such as '' Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain'' (1983), the ...

as Ballerina Director (special guest appearance) * Carroll Gordon as Ding Dong *

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as Mad Max * Anna Ng as Rose * Lindzay Chan as Ballerina * Veronica Lau as Mary * Hon Kwok-choi as Squealie * Sze Kai-keung as Laurel * Cho Tat-wah as Uncle Wah * Kam Piu as Szeto * To Siu-ming as Tattoo artist * Robert Houston as White Gloves * Jimmy Shaw as Monterosso * Andrew Miller as Antonio * Glen Thompson as Governor at meeting *

Fung Ging Man Fung Ging-man (), (22 January 1912 – 9 November 1997) sometimes credited as Ging-man Fung and Fung King-Man, was a Cantonese Hong Kong actor, script supervisor, production manager and director. He acted in over 300 films, and he also played a ...

as Snr. police officer at meeting * Lee Pang-fei as Snr. police officer at meeting * Ng Yan-chi as Snr. police officer at meeting * Chik Ngai-hung as Rascal who gets fresh with Ho * Shing Wan-on as Cheong * Lai Kim-hung as Blubber mouth * Tai San as Glove's thug * Wong Chi-wai as Glove's thug attacking King Kong * Cheung Kwok-wah as Mad Max's thug * Chow Kam-kong as Mad Max's thug * Pang Yun-cheung as Mad Max's thug * Fung Yun-chuen as Diamond verifier * Cheng Siu-ping as Councillor Chan in taxi * Raymond Wong as Priest in taxi (cameo) *

Yu Mo-lin Yu Miu-Lin (, born 4 July 1937) is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Yu is credited with 145 films. Early life In 4 July 1937, Yu was born as Yu Chi-nga () in Canton. Her late mother Tang Mei-mei (鄧美美) was an actress who was not widely ...

as Nurse * Ho Pak-kwong as Toilet Attendant *

George Lam George Lam Tsz-Cheung (born 12 October 1947), also known professionally by his surname Lam, is a Hong Kong-based veteran Cantopop singer, singer-songwriter, music producer and actor, with a career that has so far lasted more than four decades. Lam ...

as Ambulance driver (cameo) * Man Ngai-tik as Snr. naval officer at meeting

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