The House of 72 Tenants

The House of 72 Tenants (七十二家房客) is a 1973 Hong Kong film directed by Chor Yuen. It is a remake of a 1963 Chinese film of the same name. It was the top box office film of 1973 in Hong Kong, surpassing Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon.

Contents

• Cast
• Parodies
• References

People show up and find 72 guys living in one house. Hilarity ensues as the 72 guys are evicted one by one.

Cast

Ouyang Sha-fei

Chan Shen - Brother Shum

Adam Cheng

Cheng Hong-Yip

Cheng Kang

Chen Kuan Tai - Police Constable (cameo)

Ching Miao

Chor Yuen - thief in market (cameo)

Chung Hwa

Do Ping

Got Dik Wa

Lily Ho

Ivan Ho

Hu Ching

Ricky Hui

Ku Feng

Lau Tan

Law Lan

Cheng Lee - Ah Heung (credited as Ching Li)

Danny Lee

Lee Sau Kei

Leung Tin

Liu Hui-Ling

Nan Hong

Peng Peng

Sai Gwa-pau

Shih Szu

Lydia Shum - Shanghai Po

Tien Ching - Chow Bing Ken

Betty Pei Ti

Wang Chung (actor)

Wong Ching-Ho

Wong Kwong Yue

Karen Yeh - Mrs. Han

Yeung Chak Lam

Elliot Ngok - Fat Chai

Parodies

Parodies of this movie are found in many of Hong Kong's films and Television shows.

In movies:

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father: Chor Yuen, the director for The House of 72 Tenants is part of the cast.

Kung Fu Hustle

In TV shows:

Enjoy Yourself Tonight: Where Lydia Shum continues to play the role of 'Shanhai-por' from this movie.