The Perfect Wife?!

The Perfect Wife?!

Film poster
Traditional 專撬牆腳
Simplified 专撬墙脚
Mandarin Zhuān Qiào Qiáng Jiǎo
Cantonese Zyun1 Giu3 Ceong4 Geok3
Directed by Dean Shek
Produced by Raymond Wong
Written by Raymond Wong
Starring Dean Shek
Eric Tsang
Linda Lau
Music by Teddy Robin
Cinematography Johnny Koo
Edited by Tony Chow
Distributed by Cinema City
Release dates
  • 5 August 1983 (1983-08-05)
Running time
95 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$12,946,443

The Perfect Wife?! is a 1983 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed Dean Shek and starring Shek, Eric Tsang and Linda Lau.[1]

Plot

Dean Shek is flirty lawyer and expert at dealing with divorce cases who also likes to fool around with married women. One day, he attends the wedding of his friend Bluffer Wong and suddenly thinks about starting a family. Because of his lack of confidence in Hong Kong women, he asks someone to find a woman for him in mainland China and then transform her into his ideal wife. One day, Shek's cousin James Dean comes crying to him saying his fiance left him for another man. Under Dean's encouragement, James seeks a new lover but finds interest in Dean's wife Chu. Chu is moved by James' gentleness and leaves Dean.

Cast

Theme song

Box office

The film grossed HK$12,946,443 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 5 to 23 August 1983 in Hong Kong.

References

  1. Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi. "The Perfect Wife (1983)". Rovi. Retrieved 22 January 2014 via The New York Times.

External links

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