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

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directed by Eric Tsang, 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 Cantone ...

and Karl Maka. 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.

Cast

as King Kong * Karl Maka as Albert Au *

Sylvia Chang Sylvia Chang (born 21 July 1953) is a Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director. In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. In 2018, she was one of the jury members of the main competition ...

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

Chan Sing Chan may refer to: Places *Chan (commune), Cambodia *Chan Lake, by Chan Lake Territorial Park in Northwest Territories, Canada People *Chan (surname), romanization of various Chinese surnames (including 陳, 曾, 詹, 戰, and 田) * Chan Caldwe ...

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 Walter Tso Tat-Wah (15 September 1915 – 10 January 2007) was a film actor of Hong Kong, most famous for the roles he played in a number of ''Wuxia'' films in the 1950s and 1960s. The names Cho Tat-wah and Shih Kien were synonymous to "good ...

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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