The Private Eyes

The Private Eyes

94 mins | Comedy, Thriller | Dec. 16, 1976

The film revolves around the exploits of a detective agency in Hong Kong called Mannix Private Detective Agency. It is headed by private detective Wong Yeuk Sze (Michael Hui) with his emotionally drained assistant Puffy (Ricky Hui). Meanwhile, Lee Kwok Kit (Samuel Hui), a kung fu expert, who works at a Vitasoy plant factory and spends most of the time doing kung fu tricks to impress a girl, ultimately loses his job. Seeking to find another line of work, Lee attempts to joins Wong's detective agency. Despite Lee's impression with his kung fu talent which involves his snatching trick, Wong was not impressed. Then, as it appears that Lee would not get the job, Wong discovers that his wallet was missing and was presumed stolen by one bystander who bumped into them. Lee intercepts him and recovers the wallet, thus impressed Wong to hire him for the job.

The Private Eyes

94 mins | Comedy, Thriller | Dec. 16, 1976

The Private Eyes
The film revolves around the exploits of a detective agency in Hong Kong called Mannix Private Detective Agency. It is headed by private detective Wong Yeuk Sze (Michael Hui) with his emotionally drained assistant Puffy (Ricky Hui). Meanwhile, Lee Kwok Kit (Samuel Hui), a kung fu expert, who works at a Vitasoy plant factory and spends most of the time doing kung fu tricks to impress a girl, ultimately loses his job. Seeking to find another line of work, Lee attempts to joins Wong's detective agency. Despite Lee's impression with his kung fu talent which involves his snatching trick, Wong was not impressed. Then, as it appears that Lee would not get the job, Wong discovers that his wallet was missing and was presumed stolen by one bystander who bumped into them. Lee intercepts him and recovers the wallet, thus impressed Wong to hire him for the job.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Golden Harvest Productions, Hui's Film Production Co., Ltd.
Original title 半斤八兩
Directors Michael Hui
Writers Michael Hui

Cast

Michael Hui

as Wong Yuk-see

Sam Hui

as Lee Kwok-kit

Ricky Hui

as Pighead

Angie Chiu

as Jacky

Richard Ng

as Police Sergeant

Lo Wai-Chi

as Mrs. Chow

Chu Mu

as Mr. Chu

Lily Leung Shun-Yin

as Mrs. Chu

Lai Siu-Fong

as Mrs. Mok

Ko Hung

as Biu

Hsiao Yin-Fang

as Manager Chan

Sek Kin

as Head of gang of robbers

Melvin Wong Gam-Sam

as Theatre robbery victim

Mars

as Robber