Pedicab Driver
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Pedicab Driver (Template:Zh) is a 1989 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring and directed by Sammo Hung, who also produced. Hung portrays the leader of a crew of cycle rickshaw drivers in 1930s Macau. The film also features guest appearances by Eric Tsang, Corey Yuen, and Lau Kar-leung. Warner Bros. has included the film in the catalogue of Warner Archive Collection.[1]
Plot
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy are pedicab drivers working on the streets of Macau. Lo Tung falls in love with a baker named Ping and Malted Candy falls in love with a prostitute named Hsaio Tsui. The problem is that both of the objects of their affections are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. The pair must somehow find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.
Cast and roles
- Sammo Hung - Lo Tung
- Lau Kar-leung - Boss of Gambling House (as Kar Leung-Lau)
- Max Mok - Mai Chien-Tang / Malted Candy
- Chan Lung - Coolie
- Alfred Cheung - Jewelry Store Owner
- Billy Chow - Master 5's Man
- Chung Fat - Thug
- Maria Cordero - Auntie
- Lam Ching-ying - Uncle Sheng
- Billy Lau - Tan
- Nina Li Chi - Ping
- Lowell Lo - Shan Cha Cake
- Eddie Maher - Thug
- Mang Hoi - Rice Pudding
- John Shum - Master 5
- Sun Yueh - Fang
- Eric Tsang - Man with cleaver
- Dick Wei - Wei
- Manfred Wong - Pork bun seller
- Corey Yuen - Coolie (as Kwai Yuen)
- Fennie Yuen - Hsiao-Tsui
- James Mou - Keung
- Hsiao Hou - Master Five's Thug
Reception
Box office
Pedicab Driver grossed $14,784,774 HKD at the Hong Kong box office.[2]
In 2014, Time Out polled several film critics, directors, actors and stunt actors to list their top action films.[3] Pedicab Driver was listed at 66th place on this list.[4]
Availability
Long out-of-print on VHS and LD, it's now currentlyTemplate:When available on DVD through Warner Archive.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
External links
- Pedicab Driver at Hong Kong Cinemagic
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- 1989 films
- 1989 action comedy films
- 1989 martial arts films
- 1980s Cantonese-language films
- 1980s Hong Kong films
- 1980s martial arts comedy films
- Films directed by Sammo Hung
- Films set in Macau
- Films set in the 1930s
- Hong Kong action comedy films
- Hong Kong martial arts comedy films
- Kung fu films