Curry and Pepper | |||||||||||||||
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Director: | Blackie Ko | ||||||||||||||
Producer: | Peter Chan | ||||||||||||||
Starring: | Jacky Cheung Stephen Chow Ann Bridgewater Eric Tsang | ||||||||||||||
Music: | Richard Lo | ||||||||||||||
Cinematography: | Andrew Lau | ||||||||||||||
Editing: | Chan Kei-hop | ||||||||||||||
Studio: | Movie Impact | ||||||||||||||
Distributor: | Newport Entertainment | ||||||||||||||
Runtime: | 96 minutes | ||||||||||||||
Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
Gross: | HK$15,777,856 |
Curry and Pepper is a 1990 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Blackie Ko and starring Jacky Cheung and Stephen Chow. This film is Cheung and Chow's second film collaboration after the 1988 film, Faithfully Yours.
Curry and Pepper are two CID detectives that do not take their jobs seriously. When newspaper reporter Joey Law decides to film a documentary about daily police life, she chooses to film Curry and Pepper. As Curry and Pepper fight for Joey's affection, their friendship is seriously jeopardised. Eventually, the two reconcile and work together to take down a vicious hit man named Abalone. Later, they are dealing against North Korea Communists and kill them all for entering Hong Kong for with no permission.
Name | Role | |
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Jacky Cheung | as Curry (Wong Ka-lei) | |
Stephen Chow | as Pepper (Chiu Man-keung) | |
Blackie Ko | as Abalone | |
John Shum | as Chin Wontons | |
Barry Wong | as Chief Inspector Chow | |
Fruit Chan | as Kuo | |
Eric Tsang | as Ten | |
as Joey Law | ||
Chow Mei-yan | as Anna | |
Michael Dinga | as Chief Inspector Ma | |
Billy Ching | as Dog | |
Fung Yuen-chi | as General | |
Lau Yuk-kei | as General's killer | |
Szeto Chi-keung | as General's killer | |
Garry Chan | as Druggy Ma Chen | |
Cheung Ying-wah | as Drug Addict Chuen | |
Yeung Wan-king | as Bearded burglar |
This film grossed HK$15,777,856 in its theatrical run in Hong Kong from 24 May to 29 June 1990.