From Riches to Rags

From Riches to Rags

101 mins | Comedy, Action | July 10, 1980

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...

From Riches to Rags

101 mins | Comedy, Action | July 10, 1980

From Riches to Rags
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...
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Golden Harvest Company
Original title 錢作怪
Directors John Woo
Writers John Woo

Cast

Ricky Hui

as Ricky

Johnny Koo

as Fatso

Tong Ching

as Ling

Yik Ga

as Julia

Yip Ha-Lei

as Doctor Mong

Lam Ching-Ying

as Knife killer

Melvin Wong Gam-Sam

as Smoking pool player

Yue Tau-Wan

as Injecting killer

Tsang Choh-Lam

as Chuk/Ducky [uncredited]

John Woo

as [cameo]