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From Riches to Rags

From Riches to Rags (1980)

Directed by John Woo
1h 41minruntime
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Overall average

5.0/10

Plot

Ricky and Fatso are friends in need. They are in dire need of money since they are only paid slave wages at the bottling factory. However, they become millionaires overnight after buying a winning lottery ticket. During one of their swingin' nights on the town, Ricky is suddenly attacked by an upset stomach; and in no time, a quack doctor diagnoses the seizure as terminal cancer. Ricky seriously considers suicide. But he is appalled by the drawbacks inherent in the available methods of doing himself in--primarily the pain! It is on a rooftop from which he is supposed to make a plunge that he saves a poor man from suicide by giving the latter all the money he has. In gratitude, the newly rich man promises to hire a killer to finish off his suffering benefactor...

Genres

ActionComedy

Technical details

DetailValue
Original title錢作怪
Original language广州话 / 廣州話 (CN)
Spoken languages广州话 / 廣州話
Production countriesHong Kong
StatusReleased
Production companiesOrange Sky Golden Harvest
Release date10 luglio 1980
WriterJohn Woo
Assistant directorsJohn Woo
MusicSam Hui
SoundSam Hui

Release dates

Theatrical release

Hong Kong / Jul 10, 1980

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