The Private Eyes (1976 film)

The Private Eyes is a 1976 Hong Kong comedy film directed by and starring Michael Hui and costarring his brothers, Samuel Hui and Ricky Hui, with Shih Kien and Richard Ng in his second film role. John Woo was the production designer and also codirector though he was uncredited. Sammo Hung served as the films action director and Jackie Chan was also a stuntman. This is the third film of the Hui Brothers and it is the first film that established the Hui Brothers comedies internationally.

The trio work together to serve their clients in many situations. For example, they were hired by a woman to capture photos of his husbands affair with another woman so she can get reward money at court. Later, they were also hired by a supermarket owner to foil an upcoming shoplifting case which leads to a scene where Lee puts his kung fu skills in use to fight thugs.The most important part of the film is when a gang of robbers led by Uncle Nine Shih Kien who demands ransom from a cinema mogul. He then leads his gang to extort movie goers and Wong is one of them, who struggles against Uncle Nine in the mayhem, injuring his leg in the process. Lee, in the midst of the chaos, catches a few of the thugs and beats them up. Later, the gang leaves in an ice cream truck that one thugs stole from the street, but Lee had defeated the thug earlier as he drives them to the police station. Along the way, Lee turns on the freezer which freezes the gang in the back. At the police station, Lee hands in the thugs to a police sergeant Richard Ng, who appears throughout the film, both as a pursuer and as an investigation case to Wong and Lee. Lee later receives a good citizen award and leaves Wongs agency to start his own. Puffy also joins Lee. ........

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