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Iron-beaked Hen's Sudden Rise to Power

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Calorie Rating: 133
Released: 1957-01-11
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Homepage: https://mcms.lcsd.gov.hk/FAMS_ipac/cclib/search/showBib.jsp?oai=Y&f=e&id=655371575910405
Studios: Baohua Film Company,


Iron-Beaked Hen and Fatso Bo on their way to the city to help a relative out of some trouble, they run into a band of robbers. They stop over an allegedly haunted house where they save the lovers To Lok-yin and Yu Mei-yung from their attemped suicide. Hen learn their story and decide to help them out. Yin comes from a rich family, he lost his father when he was very young and was brought up by his uncle. Now that he is old enough to claim his inheritance, the guardian, his uncle, in order to keep the fortune under control, forces him to marry a girl of his choosing. The couple cannot face separation and resolve to end their lives together. Hen thinks of a way to help them, which involves Yin pretending to comply; that is, to go ahead with the marriage arrangement. On the wedding day, they swap the bride with Yung. Disguised as a matchmaker and a county official respectively, Hen and Bo reprimand To's uncle who schemes to seize To's family fortune. To and Yu marry.

Director / Directors

Chan Pei
Director
Hua Ku
Assistant Director
Leung Cho
Script Supervisor



Cast

Tang Pik-Wan
Character: Iron-beaked hen
Leung Sing-por
Character: Fatso Po
Wong Cho-San
Character: Ching Hau

Leung Miu-Seung
Character: To Lok-yin
Chow Kwun-Ling
Character: Yu Mei-yung
Chow Hoi-Tong
Character: Yuet-kiu




Production and Crew

Wong Hak
Screenplay
Lui Kei
Producer
Chan Ki-Yui
Art Direction

Lai Chu
Costume Designer
Fung Sin
Makeup Artist

Oh King-Yee
Production Manager

Lee Sau-Kei
Production Manager