Backyard Adventures (1955)
Overview
Reporter Yu Mong-yuen is recovering from a leg injury in his fiancee Man-wah's apartment. Bored, he looks out the rear window and observes the life of the neighbouring building. Among the tenants are a sugar-daddy and his mistress, a middle-aged man wants to marry a young girl, but she is in love with his son. Finally, she hatches a plot and makes the man agree to her marrying his son ; a sly fortune-teller ; a lively gym, a rich widow quarrels with the trainer of a gymnasium because his dog has bitten her cat ; and an opera school, a woman signs, leaning on the balcony, and a man tries to strangle her. In fact they are rehearsing an opera…… One evening, Wah is on the night shift, and Yuen watches the opera troupe rehearse to the end. Under the influence of drugs, Yu mistakenly believes that a divorced man has murdered a taxi dancer. He alerts the police, but the whole thing is nothing more than a misunderstanding.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | cn |
| Popularity | 0.316 |
Directed By
Chan Pei
Chu Kei
Ng Wui
Crew
Chan Pei
Chu Kei
Ng Wui
Cheng Kang
Cheung Shun
Chu Tsi-Kwai
Yu Leung
Cheung Tit
Lam Kam
Pang Yin-nung
Choi Cheong
Lo Ka-Chi
Lee Yuen-Man
Hung Sin-Nui
Yam Kim-Fai
Lee Hoi-Chuen
Ng Wui
Ng Cho-Fan
Ma Sze-Tsang
Cheung Ying
Pang Yin-nung
Yip Feng-Tin
Lee Sau-Kei
Cheung Man
Chu Yat-Hung
Lee Wing-Chiu
Lai Chu
Wu Da
Lai Siu-Wah
Tse Tsak-Yuen
Ma Tsan
Tsui Kam-Lun
Fung San
Peng Yen-Lien
Kan Kuen
Chan Ki-Yui
Leung Hoi-Shan
Chan King-Sam
Woo Ching
Tam Wang-Yuen
Leung Ho Yin
Peter Chen Ho
Lee Ying-Yeung
Siu Leung-Ming
Lam Kwok-Kai
Cheung Tit
Tsui Siu-Kui
Ngai Hoi-Fung
Ruan Zengsan
Wong Ming
TOP CAST
Cheung Ying
Yu Mong-yuen
Chow Kwun-Ling
Man Wah
Tsi Law-Lin
Taxi Dancer
Lo Duen
Mr. Mok
Lee Hoi-Chuen
Fortune-teller
Ma Sze-Tsang
Conservative Father
Yung Siu-Yi
Daughter
Woo Fung
Boyfriend
Leung Sing-por
Patron
Lai Cheuk-Cheuk
Patron's Wife
Pak Suet-Sin
Actress
Ng Cho-Fan
Actor
Wong Cho-San
Wong Kwok Tung
Fong Yim-Fen
Lover
Lee Ching
Lover
Chan Lap-Ban
Fortune-teller's Servant
Yuen Biu-Wan
Fortune-teller's Shill
Lai Man
Fortune-teller's Customer
To Sam-Ku
Fortune-teller's Customer
Tai Sang-Po
Customer's Servant
Lee Kwok-Wai
Mr Mok's Son
Kong Yat-fan
Mong-Yuen's Cousin
Lisa Mok
Cousin's Wife
Ho Chi
Worker
Lo Kau
Worker Bringing Wheelchair
Wong Man-Lei
Widow
Gam Lau
Servant / Gatekeeper
Wong Chiu-Miu
TV Director
Cheung Wood-Yau
Lorry Driver
Chu Yat-Hung
Servant
Ho Chak-Chong
Godfather
Hung Sin-Nui
Blind Singer
Yam Kim-Fai
Blind Singer
Lee Yuet-Ching
Musician for Blind Singers
Kwan Bik-Sang
Musician for Blind Singers
Sek Kin
Fitness Teacher
Cheng Pik-Ying
Fitness Student
Chan Chui-Bing
Fitness Student
Lam Kau
Fitness Student
Hui Ying-Ying
Fitness Student
Lee Yim-Yeung
Fitness Student
Yiu Yee-Wan
Fitness Student
Wong Sau-Han
Fitness Student
Lam Yau-Leung
Fitness Student
Siu Hon-Sang
Fitness Student
Chow Gat
Fitness Student
Sai Gwa-Pau
Fitness Student
Lam Yuen
Fitness Student
Fung Ming
Fitness Student
Leung Chun-Mat
Fitness Student
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