
Quick Facts
DirectorWu Ma
Runtime1h 39m · IIB
GenresAction · Comedy · Fantasy · Horror
Release1982-12-22
Film
The Dead and the Deadly
1982· IIB· 1h 39m· Action· Comedy· Fantasy· Horror
Wah Li, known as Fat Boy to his friends, lives with his great-uncle the priest (Uncle). Together with his oddball friends Lai Li and Momo, Wah Li helps Uncle to run the local funeral services. When the body Ma Lun Chio is brought back to the village by a new wife and her "brother", Wai Li is suspicious. He sets out to find out how his friend died, but things are not what they seem.
1982-12-22
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Key Crew
DirectorWu Ma
ScreenplayBarry Wong Ping-Yiu
ProducerRaymond Chow
Director of PhotographyCheung Yiu-Cho
Original Music ComposerJoseph Koo
EditorPeter Cheung Yiu-Chung
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 34 crew)
Details
Released1982-12-22
Runtime1h 39m · IIB
StatusReleased
StudiosBo Ho Films · Orange Sky Golden Harvest
LanguagesCantonese · Mandarin
CountriesHong Kong
Rating6.1/10 · 27 votes
Original languagecn
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