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Traditional
  
跛豪

Mandarin
  
Bǒ háo

Directed by
  
Poon Man-kit

Initial release
  
15 April 1991 (Hong Kong)

Music director
  
Wing-leung Chan

Cinematography
  
Peter Pau

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Simplified
  
跛豪

Cantonese
  
Bai Hou

Produced by
  
Director
  
Poon Man-Kit

Box office
  
38.7 million HKD

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Set in Hong Kong, Gangster movies, Action movies

To Be Number One (Chinese: 跛豪) is a 1991 Hong Kong crime film directed by Poon Man-kit, and produced by Stephen Shiu. The film is based on the rise and fall of a real life gangster Ng Sek-ho (吳錫豪), who is portrayed in the film by Ray Lui. To Be Number One was a critical and box office success, grossing HK$38,703,363 at the Hong Kong box office and winning the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film at the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards.

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Plot

The protagonist Ho begins the story as a poor Teochew refugee from Communist China, and leads his men to become paws of corrupted police Fat Kwan to control the drug trade. After Ho establishes himself, Fat Kwan turns against him, cripples him and kills many of his men, but Ho keeps rising and eliminates all his enemies. However Ho is blinded by his growing power, and his empire ends with the establishment of ICAC.

Cast and roles

  • Ray Lui as Crippled Ho
  • Kent Cheng as Fat Kwan
  • Cecilia Yip as Tse Yuen-yin
  • Amy Yip as May
  • Waise Lee as Man
  • Kenneth Tsang as Chief Inspector Tiger Lui
  • Lawrence Ng as Ming
  • Elvis Tsui as Dummy
  • Tommy Wong as Loud Hung
  • Dickens Chan as Big Sha
  • Frankie Chan as Little Hak
  • Lo Lieh as Boss Tin
  • Ng Man-tat as Gold Teeth Ping
  • Lau Shun as Boss Fung
  • Lau Kong as Chief Inspector Lung
  • Lily Ng as Man's wife
  • Elvina Kong as Lui's dranged mistress
  • Chin Tsi-ang as Man's wife
  • Wong Chi-keung as Fat restaurant boss
  • Koo Wai-jan as Restaurateur boss' wife
  • Victor Hon as Boss Kwong
  • Dion Lam as Tin's bodyguard
  • Chung Fat as Fat
  • Lui tat as Opium den worker
  • Wai Ching as Lui's assistant
  • Jameson Lam as Ping's gangster
  • Lee Ying-kit
  • Wong Shu-tong
  • Wong Kam-tong as Policeman interrogating Ho
  • Mark Houghton as OSCG officer
  • Tam Wai-man as Kwan's thug
  • Leung Sam as Barber
  • Fong Li as Chiang
  • Wong Chung-kui as Kun
  • Ng Kwok-fai as Unlucky gangster
  • Ho Wing-cheung as Tin's bodyguard
  • Chang Sing-kwong as Fat's thug
  • Choi Hin-cheung
  • Chan Hon-man
  • References

    To Be Number One (film) Wikipedia