''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (富貴逼人) is a 1987

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, directed by

Clifton Ko Clifton Ko (; born 6 August 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, actor, producer, and scriptwriter. Background Clifton Ko graduated from Kwun Tong Maryknoll College, and entered TV and film industry in late 1970s, firstly worked with director ...

. It starred

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and Lydia Sum as parents of the dysfunctional Piu family. The daughters were played by Elsie Chan,

Loletta Lee Loletta Lee Lai-Chun (; born 8 January 1966), temporarily known as Rachel Lee Lai-Chun, is a Hong Kong actress. Lee started playing small roles in Hong Kong movies in the 1980s. Her first role as a lead actress was in ''Devoted to You''. After ...

and Pauline Kwan. The comedy was very popular and the original cast of Tung, Shum, Chan, Lee and Kwan reappeared in its sequels ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II'' (富貴再逼人) (1988), ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World III'' (富貴再三逼人) (1989) and ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Too'' (富貴黃金屋) (1992). The plots of the films are all about the family becoming suddenly rich, usually through

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. The family also made a cameo appearance in '' The Banquet'' (1991).

Plot

Cast

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- Uncle Bill * Lydia Sum - Aunty Lydia *

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- Smiley Joe * Charine Chan Ka-Ling - Jody's teacher *

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- John *

- Loletta * Pauline Kwan Pui-Lam - Jody * Leung San - Miss Lui Mor * Raymond Fung Sai-Hung - Mr Fung * Cheng Siu-Ping - Auntie Nam * Elsie Chan Yik-Si - May

Release

''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World'' was released in Hong Kong on January 28, 1987, marking of the

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. It grossed a total of HK$27,141,624 on its initial release.

References

External links

IMDb entry: ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World''

IMDb entry: ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World 2''

IMDb entry: ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World III''

IMDb entry: ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Too''

''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World'' at AllMovie
Hong Kong comedy films 1987 films 1987 comedy films Chinese New Year films Films directed by Clifton Ko 1980s Hong Kong films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub