From Riches to Rags
1980, Cantonese. Directed by John Woo.
Ricky and Fatso are friends in need. They are in dire need of money since they are only paid slave wages at the bottling factory. However, they become millionaires overnight after buying a winning lottery ticket. During one of their swingin' nights on the town, Ricky is suddenly attacked by an upset stomach; and in no time, a quack doctor diagnoses the seizure as terminal cancer. Ricky seriously considers suicide. But he is appalled by the drawbacks inherent in the available methods of doing himself in--primarily the pain! It is on a rooftop from which he is supposed to make a plunge that he saves a poor man from suicide by giving the latter all the money he has. In gratitude, the newly rich man promises to hire a killer to finish off his suffering benefactor...
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
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- Released
- 10 July 1980
- Original title
- 錢作怪
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- John Woo
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From Riches to Rags runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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From Riches to Rags isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 July 1980. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed From Riches to Rags?
From Riches to Rags (1980) was directed by John Woo and stars Ricky Hui Koon-Ying, Johnny Koo Kwok-Wah, JoJo Chan Kei-kei.