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Landlady and Tenant

Jun 9, 1966

1h 47m

★ 0.0

Overview

Sau-chen goes out with the tenant Wong Chun-ching over the protests of her class-conscious parents Eighth Uncle and his wife. To foot the medical bills of his mother, Sau-chen works as a promoter at the Products Expo for Lung Wah Pharmacy and attracts the unwanted attention of the boss Chin Hoi-ngan. Chin desires the woman as a concubine. Acting on the advice of his subordinate Chiu Chik, the boss invents a phantom son and proposes marriage with the offer of a handsome dowry. The employee Wong, short of cash and needs money fast, is drafted as his saviour to meet the parents when the plot is duly exposed. Teaming up with his tenants, Eighth Uncle invites the henpecked husband's termagant wife along and causes a scene. In gratitude of their efforts, the landlord and his wife give blessings to their daughter and her lover.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Lan Kwong Film Co.

Landlady and Tenant Trailers

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Cast

Sau-chun

Ting Ying

Wong Chun-ching

Paul Chu Kong

Ah Fong

Helena Law Lan

Eighth Uncle

Ko Lo-Chuen

Londspeaker

Yu Ming

Chin Hoi-ngan

Mui Yan

Chiu Chik

Cheng Kwun-Min

Eighth Uncle's wife

Ma Kam-Neong

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