The Private Eyes (1976 film)

The Private Eyes
Traditional Chinese半斤八両
Simplified Chinese半斤八两
Literal meaningsix of one, half a dozen of the other
Hanyu PinyinBàn Jīn Bā Liǎng
JyutpingBun3 Gan1 Baat3 Leong2
Directed byMichael Hui
Written byMichael Hui
Produced byRaymond Chow
StarringMichael Hui
Samuel Hui
Ricky Hui
CinematographyCheung Yiu-cho
Edited byPeter Cheung
Music bySamuel Hui
The Lotus
Production
companies
Golden Harvest
Hui's Film Production
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 16 December 1976 (1976-12-16)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeUS$16.7 million (Asia)

The Private Eyes is a 1976 Hong Kong comedy film written, directed by and starring Michael Hui and co-starring his brothers Samuel Hui and Ricky Hui as well as Shih Kien and Richard Ng in his second film role. John Woo was the production designer and also co-director, though he was uncredited.[1] Sammo Hung served as the film's 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. It became the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time.

  1. ^ "The Private Eyes". hkcinemagic.com. Retrieved 19 October 2020.