From Riches to Rags

From Riches to Rags (1980)

Released: 1980-07-10 Duration: 1hr 41min
Genres: Action Comedy
Rating 4.0

Overview

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...

Production Companies

Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language cn
Popularity 2.301

Directed By

John Woo

Crew

Director
John Woo
Music
Sam Hui
Writer
John Woo

TOP CAST

Yik Ga
Yik Ga

Julia

Yip Ha-Lei
Yip Ha-Lei

Doctor Mong

Lam Ching-Ying
Lam Ching-Ying

Knife killer

Melvin Wong Gam-Sam
Melvin Wong Gam-Sam

Smoking pool player

Yue Tau-Wan
Yue Tau-Wan

Injecting killer

Tsang Choh-Lam
Tsang Choh-Lam

Chuk/Ducky [uncredited]

John Woo
John Woo

[cameo]

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