Naughty! Naughty!
Chinese: 綽頭狀元
Directed byLo Wei
Screenplay byLo Wei
Produced byRaymond Chow
StarringSam Hui
CinematographyYao-Tsu Chang
Edited byKuo Chung Chang
Music byJoseph Koo
Production
company
Running time
109 min
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese

Naughty! Naughty! (Chinese: 綽頭狀元) is a 1974 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Lo Wei.[1] It stars Sam Hui as a young con-man.[2][3][4]

The movie features Hui singing lyricist James Wong's song 《一水隔天涯》.

Plot

Wu Te-chuan, a young man, is penniless and he is a conman. He is about to be thrown out of a Macau hotel, but he gets help from Hsiao Yen, a kind-hearted hotel maid. He had to flee to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, he helped Hsin, a painter, by convincing him that his paintings will sell if he pretends to be dead. Both Wu and Hsin teamed up and engaged in con games, gambling and sex, but the ring enforcers caught up to them. After Wu falls in love with Hsiao Yen, he wanted to turn his life around.[5]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ 亞洲週刊 - Volume 10, Issues 1-16 - Page 71 1996 "羅維原名張忠林,湖北人,生於一九一九年,十七歲加入 18 影圈,從事電影工作逾六十年,執導 11 影 多部,如「綽頭狀元」、「楮武門」、「繊举小子」、「少林木人巷」、「笑拳怪招」等。自七十年代起,羅維一改拍文藝片的戯路,改拍武俠片。
  2. ↑ Bowker's Complete Video Directory - Volume 1 - Page 1011 Bowker Staff, R R Bowker Publishing, R.R. Bowker Company - 1993 "Naughty! Naughty! Comedy. Foreign Films — Hong Kong. 1 19 mins. (Chinese, Subtitled: English). Sam Hui. Directed by Lo Wei. A charming young man making a living by his wits & other people's money. It takes a beautiful young woman to bring out the good in him - in spite of himself....
  3. ↑ Study of Hong Kong cinema in the seventies: - Page 139 Hong Kong. Urban Council, Hong Kong (China). Leisure and Cultural Services Dept, Hong Kong (China). Leisure and Cultural Services Dept. Hong Kong Film Archive - 2002 "Sam Hui... Back Alley Princes, and later in The Tattooed Dragon (73), The Chinese Enforcers (74) and Naughty! Naughty! (74). ... Yet, Sam Hui reached another peak in popularity after signing up with Cinema City and starred in Aces Go Places (82), ..."
  4. ↑ Naughty! (1974) - Hong Kong Movie Database 18 Dec 2007
  5. ↑ "Naughty! Naughty! (1974)". whatismymovie.com. 1974. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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