

TV series
Old Time Buddy - To Catch a Thief
1998, Cantonese, on TVB Jade.
Police cop Lee Kei is assigned by his lieutenant to go undercover and find the infamous cat burglar, "Black Rose", who has escaped being captured for over twenty years. His first clue leads him to a nightclub where he bumps into a former classmate, Tse Sei. When Lee Kei is threatened with dismissal at his corrupt police precinct and his house is burnt down by triads, Sei helps him out by bringing him to live with Sei's uncle. It is through this apartment where he meets a former neighbour, Siu Fong-fong, and a martial arts performer, Cheng Po-chu. When Kei recognizes the martial arts as a style similar to what the "Black Rose" uses, he suspects that Po-chu and her colleagues could be related to the cat burglar and decides to follow them closely.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 25
- Episode length
- 45 min
- Status
- Ended in 1998
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Latest episode
S1 E25: Episode 25
Aired 4 September 1998
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Gallen Law Ka-leungLee Kei · 25 ep
- Gordon Lam Ka-tungTse Sei · 25 ep
- Elaine Ng Yee-leiSiu Fong-fong · 25 ep
- Maggie Cheung Ho-yeeCheng Po-chu · 25 ep
- Suet NeiChing Seung-seung · 25 ep
- Kingdom Yuen King-tanNg Yan-lai · 25 ep
- Jerry Lamb Hiu-FungSiu Ka-ming · 25 ep
- Gregory Charles RiversSi Sir · 25 ep
- Joyce Tang Lai-mingYiu Lina · 25 ep
- Chow ChungSiu Chung · 25 ep
- Leung Wing-lamCast · 25 ep
Details
- First aired
- 3 August 1998
- Last aired
- 4 September 1998
- Network
- TVB Jade
- Original title
- 難兄難弟之神探李奇
- Language
- Cantonese
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Type
- Scripted
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Old Time Buddy - To Catch a Thief has 1 season and 25 episodes, about 45 minutes each.
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