

Love Swindler
1976-09-11 · 95 min · ★ 4.9
Vaunted director Li Han-Hsiang reveals the way of the world in this anthology film of four stories that feature far more swindlers and swindling than lovers or love. There's fake acupuncturists, gullible counterfeiters, a jewelry heist in a VD clinic, and a salesgirl's subtle scam in these short cinematic stories of gulls, dopes, marks, and fools and the cons, cheaters, charlatans, and connivers who trick them. It's four times the fraud as the cheats, gyps, and rip-offs come fast and furious!
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- Directors
- Li Han-Hsiang
- Production companies
- Shaw Brothers
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Ku FengHua Yi To (segment "Deadly Injections")
Ou-Yang Sha-Fei(segment "Deadly Injections")
Hao Li-Jen(segment "Deadly Injections")
Shum Lo(segment "Deadly Injections")
Susan Shaw Yam-YamMiss Sophie (segment "Counterfeit")
DanaMiss Anna (segment "Counterfeit")
Chan Shen(segment "Counterfeit")
Hong HoiChau Gi (segment "Social Disease")
Teresa Ha Ping(segment "Social Disease")
Wang Ping(segment "Social Disease")
Chiang NanDr. Cho Chi Ran (segment "Social Disease")
Cheng Siu-Ping(segment "Social Disease")
Shirley Yu Sha-LiChau Chi (segment "Hire Purchase")
Chiang YangMr. Jiang (segment "Hire Purchase")
Elliot Ngok WahWang Juan Shung (segment "Hire Purchase")
Chen PingHu Ah Fong (segment "Hire Purchase")
Ng Ming-Choi
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