Aces Go Places
For the film series, see Aces Go Places (film series).
Aces Go Places | |
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Directed by | Eric Tsang |
Produced by |
Karl Maka Dean Shek |
Written by | Raymond Wong |
Starring |
Samuel Hui Karl Maka |
Music by |
Samuel Hui Teddy Robin Kwan |
Cinematography | Henry Chan |
Edited by | Tony Chow |
Distributed by | Cinema City & Films Co. |
Release dates |
Hong Kong: 16 January 1982 Germany: 15 April 1983 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK $26,043,773 |
Aces Go Places, (Chinese: 最佳拍檔; pinyin: Zuijia paidang), also known in the United States as Diamondfinger or Mad Mission 1, is a 1982 Hong Kong action/comedy film directed by Eric Tsang, and starring Sam Hui and Karl Maka.
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 Taishanese 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
- Sylvia Chang as Supt. Nancy Ho
- Lindzay Chan as Ballerina
- Chan Sing as Mad Max
- Cho Tat-wah as Hua
- Carroll Gordon as Marge
- Samuel Hui as King Kong
- George Lam as Ambulance driver
- Karl Maka as Albert Au
- Dean Shek as Gigolo Joe
- Tsui Hark as Cameo appearance
- Raymond Wong as Priest
- Chi Yi-Hsiung
- Piao Chin
- Fung Yun-chuen
See also
References
External links
- Review from HKCuk.co.uk
- Aces Go Places at the Internet Movie Database
- Aces Go Places at AllMovie