It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World

For the 1963 American comedy, see It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World
Directed by Clifton Ko Chi-sum
Produced by Linda Kuk[1]
Screenplay by Clifton Ko Chi-sum[1]
Starring
Music by Richard Yuen[1]
Cinematography Derek Wan[1]
Edited by Wong Yee-shun[1]
Release dates
  • January 27, 1987 (1987-01-27) (Hong Kong)
Running time
 100 minutes[1]
Country Hong Kong[1]
Language Cantonese[1]
Box office HK$27.1 million

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (富貴逼人) is a 1987 Hong Kong film, directed by Clifton Ko. It starred Bill Tung and Lydia Sum as parents of the dysfunctional Piu family. The daughters were played by Elsie Chan, Loletta Lee and Pauline Kwan.

The comedy was very popular and the original cast of Tung, Shum, Chan, Lee and Kwan reappeared in its sequels It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II (富貴再逼人) (1988), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World III (富貴再三逼人) (1989) and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Too (富貴黃金屋) (1992). The plots of the films are all about the family become suddenly rich, usually through lotteries. The family also made a cameo appearance in The Banquet (1991).

Release

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World was released in Hong Kong on January 27, 1987.[1] It grossed a total of HK$ 27,141,624 on its initial release.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Collection Items Online Catalogue". Hong Kong Film Archive. Retrieved 10 February 2016.Note: Click search method for Keyword. Search Ronny Yu. Selected It's a mad mad mad world from list.

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