The Crazy Bumpkins (1974)
阿牛入城記
A bittersweet comedy about a simple hick who arrives in the big city to seek his fortune, "The Crazy Bumpkins" is about Ah Niu, who leaves his native village to live with an uncle in Hong Kong, not realizing he is a crook. After taking on a hilarious series of illegal jobs with his uncle, he meets and falls for a single mother and decides to find some real work. However, bad luck and naivete soon conspire to keep him from true happiness.
- Date of release
- 1974-06-01
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- Chang Yang, John Law Ma
- Collection
- The Crazy Bumpkins Collection
Casting
- Yau Fung — Ah Niu
- Wang Sha — Uncle Chou
- Ai Ti — Ah Hua
- Terry Lau Wai-Yue — Mei Lien
- Wong Ching-Ho — Owner of eatery
- Sai Gwa-Pau — Niu's boxing assistant
- Fung Hak-on — Street robber
- Sze-Ma Wah-lung — Policeman in the park
- Lam Siu — Striptease customer
- Fong Yuen — Striptease customer
- Tsang Choh-Lam — Striptease organiser
- Fung Ming — Boss San
Interesting facts
The Crazy Bumpkins is a 1974 Hong Kong comedy film directed by John Law and produced by the Shaw Brothers that stars Ti Ai and Singaporean comedy duo Ye Fong and Wang Sa. The Crazy Bumpkins broke box office records in Singapore and Hong Kong on release.
Production
Ye Fong stated that the film took 2 months to make.
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