Games Gamblers Play
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Country Hong Kong | 6.6/10 IMDb Duration Language Cantonese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 17 October 1974 (1974-10-17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Games Gamblers Play (Chinese: ) is a 1974 Hong Kong film directed by Michael Hui with action direction by Sammo Hung.
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Michael Hui stars as Wen, a convict who's always out to make a quick dollar through gambling. Being behind bars doesn't stop him from making something off of his gambling skills. Samuel Hui co-stars as Chieh,a novice gambler who gets into trouble one day when he tries to steal casino chips from a crooked card dealer Dean Shek). Whilst in jail, Chieh meets Wen and the latter agrees to become his mentor. Can Wen and Chieh make a fortune from their combined skills or will the duo wind up back in prison?
Cast
Partial soundtrack
Gwai ma seung sing is the debut Cantonese album by Hong Kong actor and singer Samuel Hui, released in 1974 by Polydor Records. The first two tracks are heard in the film and also released in the separate 7" vinyl.
All songs written and composed by Samuel Hui, unless otherwise.
- ^ Huis combined rendition of both songs is heard in the 1974 film Naughty! Naughty! (????).
- ^ Original lyrics of "yat seui gak tin ngai" were written by Joh Kei (??) and are heard in the 1966 film of the same Chinese name. "Ai ni san bai liu shiwu nian" is a Mandarin rendition of the 1969 Japanese song, "Anata ga i nakute mo" (?????????), sung by Mieko Hirota and lyricized by Rei Nakanishi, and was previously recorded by other singers.
- ^ Rendition of the 1972 song "Id Love You to Want Me" by Lobo.
- ^ Rendition of the 1972 song "Mother and Child Reunion" by Paul Simon
- ^ Rendition of the 1965 song "Just a Little" by The Beau Brummels
References
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