When Fortune Smiles

Sep 27, 1990

1h 35m

★ 6.8

Overview

A daughter inherits a massive amount of fortune from his deceased father and it enrages her brother and her nephew, who then try to steal some of it from her.

Genres

Action

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Mobile Film Production Ltd.

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Cast

Vincent Hing

Stephen Chow

Tsao Fei Fei / Rubbish Fung

Sandra Ng Kwan-Yu

Private Eye Wong

Anthony Chan Yau

Wei

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Wei's Wife

Cutie Mui Siu-Wai

Lung

Shing Fui-On

Second Master

Lam Kau

Robert Hu

Stuart Yung Sai-Kit

Lung's Man

Mai Kei

Biu

Billy Chow Bei-Lei

Mr. Tsao

Hui Ying-Sau

Pei

Billy Ching Sau-Yat

Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides to sell off them to get some money. Afterwards he gets to know that one of them contains documents worth a lot of money. So he begins an adventurous trip to regain possession of the chair. On the way he meets many strange people who would like to help or to swindle him.

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5.5

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5.1

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5.6

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4.1

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5.2

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7.0

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5.2

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5.9

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5.7

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6.3

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7.3

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6.7

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6.5

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