Composer(s) Michael Lai First episode date 1 September 1979 Language Standard Cantonese | Country of origin Hong Kong Number of episodes 8 | |
Directed by Lee Wai-manSiu Hin-fai Starring Pat PoonKenneth TsangPaul ChunAlex ManBonnie NgaiLaw Lok-lamMary CheungMan Man-yeeWen Hsueh-erhYuen Pui-janMiu Kam-fungChan Yuen-meiYung Wai-manNancy SitChoi King-fai Opening theme Hap Dou Fung Lau (俠盜風流) performed by Amy Chan People also search for Love Story 1980, Reincarnated Cast | ||
It Takes a Thief is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang Series. The series was first broadcast on RTV (now ATV) in Hong Kong in September 1979.
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Changes in title and characters' names
The series' original Chinese title was 盜帥留香 (Dou Seoi Lau Heung; lit. "Bandit Chief Liuxiang"). It was released around the same time as Chor Lau-heung, a similar television series produced by TVB. RTV and TVB became involved in copyright lawsuits against each other because of similarities between It Takes a Thief and Chor Lau-heung. TVB won the lawsuits and eventually RTV had to change the Chinese title of It Takes a Thief from 盜帥留香 to 俠盜風流, and the names of characters in the television series. The name of the protagonist Chor Lau-heung (Cantonese for "Chu Liuxiang") was changed to "Dou Seoi" (盜帥; lit. "Bandit Chief"), one of Chu Liuxiang's nicknames in the novels. It Takes a Thief started airing on 1 September 1979, two days earlier than TVB's Chor Lau-heung.