| Where's Officer Tuba? | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Philip Chan Ricky Lau | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Sammo Hung | ||||||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Barry Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Sammo Hung Jacky Cheung David Chiang Joey Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | Danny Chung Tang Siu-lam | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Andrew Lau Ma Koon-wah Derek Wan Arthur Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Peter Cheung | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | D&B Films | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Golden Harvest | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 93 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
| Gross: | HK$16,822,229 | ||||||||||||||
Where's Officer Tuba? is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Philip Chan and Ricky Lau. The screenplay was written by Barry Wong, and starring Sammo Hung, who also produced. The film co-stars Jacky Cheung, David Chiang and Joey Wong. The film was later remade as Look Out, Officer! in 1990 starring Stephen Chow.
In the film, a timid police officers promises to avenge his dying sergeant. When he reneges on his promise, the sergeant's ghost haunts him and interferes in his daily life.
Police Officer Tuba is a timid man who would rather play in the police band than get involved in any real police work. The precincts' most decorated officer, Sergeant Rambo Chow, decides to use Tuba in an undercover operation that goes disastrously wrong when Chow is killed. He makes Tuba promise to get the criminals to avenge him before he dies, and Tuba reluctantly agrees but does not really intend to keep his promise.
Later, teamed with an enthusiastic rookie cop Cheung, Tuba has conveniently forgotten his promise, until the ghost of Chow comes back to haunt him. Interfering in his work and his private life, especially his budding romance with the pretty Joanne so that everyone starts to think that Tuba is going crazy. With Tuba the only person who can see or hear the ghost, he finds he has to listen and for once in his life, be brave, otherwise, he could be tormented by his unwanted spiritual visitor for the rest of his life.
The film grossed HK$16,822,229 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 20 March to 9 April 1986 in Hong Kong.