My Darling Genie

My Darling Genie

Comedy, Fantasy | May 11, 1984

Out of the Shaw Brothers vaults comes My Darling Genie, an amiable early-eighties comedy starring the enchanting Cherie Chung. Derek Yee is Cheng, a brusque construction worker who discovers a magical umbrella on a routine dig. When the umbrella is opened and sprinkled with water, a 200 year-old genie arrives to grant the owner's wishes. As if that weren't enough, this genie happens to look like Cherie Chung! Cheng has been given a virtual ticket to Heaven, but he's more annoyed than grateful, and uses the Genie to perform mostly menial tasks.

My Darling Genie

Comedy, Fantasy | May 11, 1984

My Darling Genie
Out of the Shaw Brothers vaults comes My Darling Genie, an amiable early-eighties comedy starring the enchanting Cherie Chung. Derek Yee is Cheng, a brusque construction worker who discovers a magical umbrella on a routine dig. When the umbrella is opened and sprinkled with water, a 200 year-old genie arrives to grant the owner's wishes. As if that weren't enough, this genie happens to look like Cherie Chung! Cheng has been given a virtual ticket to Heaven, but he's more annoyed than grateful, and uses the Genie to perform mostly menial tasks.
Producers Shaw Brothers
Original title 我愛神仙遮
Directors Yang Chuan
Writers Li-jen Liang, Yang Chuan, Lawrence Cheng

Cast

Cherie Chung

as Qing, the Genie

Stanley Fung

as Uncle Fan

James Yi Lui

as Lin Guo Ren

Liu Lai-Ling

as Zhu

Alan Chan Kwok-Kuen

as Ren's asst

To Siu-Ming

as Ren's asst / Ming

Charlie Cho

as Rich gambler