When Fortune Smiles

Name: When Fortune Smiles
Director: Anthony Chan Yau
Released: 1990
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Stephen Chow, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Anthony Chan, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong

1990 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 767 VOTES · DIR. Anthony Chan Yau

Overview

The story revolves around a massive inheritance from a rich man, whose nephew is plotting to seize the fortune from his daughter Fei Fei. He hires a petty thief, nicknamed "Tricky Star" to court Fei Fei in an attempt to steal all the money. But it turns out that Fei Fei is a fake who works for the rich man's evil son.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,378 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:26 How could you give everything to sister?

00:03:46 Fei-fei

00:06:54 Do you take?

00:09:27 What did you do then?

00:13:17 I want to talk to you

00:16:19 Dozens of them each day

00:19:41 She's your nanny

00:22:43 Where's the thief?

00:25:08 So you do know...

00:28:30 Will of Heaven?

00:30:51 Fei-fei, have you got a boyfriend in France?

00:34:14 I live in a village behind your dad's

00:37:55 Is it too rash

00:40:54 Wait a while

00:43:56 They say you've wooed her for over ten years

00:47:49 Don't be afraid

00:51:43 Speak up

00:55:56 I have nothing

01:05:48 We must never let the chance slip

01:08:23 What have you to say?

01:11:04 Open up!

01:14:19 Vital statistics!

01:19:00 Help!

01:25:44 Enough

Cast & Characters

Stephen Chow Vincent Han Sandra Kwan Yue Ng Rubbish Feng Sandra Kwan Yue Ng Chao Fei-Fei Anthony Chan Detective Huang Anthony Chau-Sang Wong Wei Shing Fui-On Lung Kau Lam Chao Siu-Wai Mui Wei's Wife Stuart Ong Simon Mai-Kei Lung's Man Billy Chow Biu

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,378

Dialogue density14.5 lines / min

First line00:00:26

Final line01:25:44

Production Record

DirectorAnthony Chan Yau

LanguageChinese

IMDb votes767