''Naughty Boys'' (, released in the Philippines as ''Supercop Protectors'') is a 1986 Hong Kong martial arts crime comedy film directed by Wellson Chin, produced by

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, and starring

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, and

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. The film was released in Hong Kong on 25 July 1986.

Plot

Four convicts plan to retrieve the diamond cache they hid before their imprisonment. One of them, Sheng, is released from prison early, and discovers that someone replaced the diamonds with rocks. The three other convicts mistakenly think he is keeping the diamonds for himself, and a chase for Sheng ensues all throughout Hong Kong.

Cast

as Chuan *

as Bonnie, an investigator *

as Sheng, Chuan's brother * Clarence Ford as Liang, a travel agent *

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as Kuang Fu *Paul Chang *

Phillip Ko Phillip Ko-Fei (June 18, 1949 – March 30, 2017) was a Hong Kong film actor, filmmaker and stunt coordinator. He directed the movies ''Angel on Fire'', ''Magkasangga 2000'', ''Kakambal ko sa tapang'' and ''Romano Sagrado: Talim sa Dilim''. Fil ...

as Ma Hui *

Lo Mang Lo Mang is a Hong Kong martial artist and actor who was born as Lo Kwan Lam in Hong Kong on 23 July 1952. Primarily known for starring in ''Shaw Brothers'' kung fu movies during the latter part of the 1970s and into the 1980s. He is a member of ...

as Huo Chiang *Tai Po as Piao *Chu Tit-wo

has a cameo appearance in the film as a prisoner.

Release

''Naughty Boys'' was released in Hong Kong on 25 July 1986. In the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

, the film was released by Pioneer Releasing as ''Supercop Protectors'' on 23 August 1988; posters miscredit

as its writer and director.

Home media

''Naughty Boys'' was released on VHS in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

on 21 October 1990. The film was first released on

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by Deltamac in Hong Kong on 31 December 2002; it has since gone out of print. The film was given by Joy Sales a

VCD Video CD (abbreviated as VCD, and also known as Compact Disc Digital Video) is a home video format and the first format for distributing films on standard optical discs. The format was widely adopted in Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the ...

release on 23 July 2007, and another DVD release on 4 March 2010.

References

External links

* {{Jackie Chan 1986 films 1980s action comedy films 1980s crime comedy films 1986 comedy films 1986 martial arts films 1980s Cantonese-language films Golden Harvest films Hong Kong action comedy films Hong Kong crime films Hong Kong martial arts comedy films 1980s Hong Kong films