| The Gentle Crackdown | |
|---|---|
 Promo poster | |
| 秀才遇著兵 | |
| Genre | Costume Comedy |
| Starring | Moses Chan Niki Chow Wayne Lai Michelle Yim Halina Tam |
| Opening theme | "明知不知傻痴痴" by Moses Chan & Niki Chow |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Lau Kar Ho |
| Running time | 45 minutes (approx.) |
| Original release | |
| Network | TVB |
| Release | May 25 – June 21, 2005 |
| Related | |
| The Gentle Crackdown II (2008) | |
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The Gentle Crackdown (Traditional Chinese: 秀才遇著兵) is a TVB costume comedy series broadcast in May 2005.
An indirect sequel, The Gentle Crackdown II (秀才愛上兵) was produced and broadcast in 2008 continued with only Wayne Lai, alongside Steven Ma, Yumiko Cheng, and Ha Yu.