The Detective
The Detective
1966, Cantonese. Directed by Tso Kea.
Ho Pui-lan was the secretary of the writer Wu Him, but she died suddenly at home. Ho's mother commissioned private detective Chan Kin-chau to investigate and found out that Pui-lan and Him were having an extra-marital affair, and also discovered that the contents of Him's fiction were similar to the contents of Pui-lan's suicide note. When Kin-chau finds out that the contents of Him's fiction are similar to the contents of Pui-lan's suicide note, he and Pei Lan's sister Yuk-lan reenact the murder case, and Him is stimulated and hallucinated to reveal the truth of the murder...
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
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Cast & crew
- Tso KeaDirector
- Patrick Tse YinChan Kin-chau
- Chow ChungNg Ying-lin
- Chan Tsai-ChungHo Yuk-lan
- Wong WaiPolice Sergeant/ Cheung Yu-shing
- Shih KienWu Him
- Helena Law LanMrs Wu
- Seung-Goon YukHo Pui-lan
- Ai Tong-KuaChan Kin-chau's assistant/ Fuk the Shortie
- Ma Siu-YingHo Pui-lan and Yuk-lan's mother
- Chu Siu-BohCast
- Tang CheungGoon
- Wong HonCast
Details
- Released
- 4 May 1966
- Original title
- 神探智破艷屍案
- Written by
- Woo Mei-Bing
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The Detective runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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The Detective isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 May 1966. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Detective?
The Detective (1966) was directed by Tso Kea and stars Patrick Tse Yin, Chow Chung, Chan Tsai-Chung.