--- title: 'The Private Eyes (1976)' type: 'film' director: 'Michael Hui' released: '1976-12-16' runtime_minutes: 94 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'Hong Kong' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-private-eyes-1976' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074179/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Private Eyes (1976) 1976 · 94 min · Comedy · Hong Kong Original title: 半斤八兩 ## Synopsis The Private Eyes is a 1976 Hong Kong comedy film written, directed by and starring Michael Hui and co-starring his brothers Samuel Hui and Ricky Hui as well as Shih Kien and Richard Ng in his second film role. John Woo was the production designer and also co-director, though he was uncredited. Sammo Hung served as the film's action director and Jackie Chan was also a stuntman. This is the third film of the Hui Brothers and it is the first film that established the Hui Brothers' comedies internationally. It became the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time. ## Credits - **Director:** [Michael Hui](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hui) - **Screenplay:** [Michael Hui](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hui) - **Original Music Composer:** [Samuel Hui](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-hui), [Lotus](https://cinepixo.com/people/lotus) - **Producer:** [Raymond Chow](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-chow) - **Director of Photography:** [Yiu-Tsou Cheung](https://cinepixo.com/people/yiu-tsou-cheung) - **Editor:** [Peter Cheung](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-cheung) ## Cast - [Richard Ng](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-ng) - [Angie Chiu](https://cinepixo.com/people/angie-chiu) - [Ricky Hui](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricky-hui) - [Chu Mu](https://cinepixo.com/people/chu-mu) - [Shih Kien](https://cinepixo.com/people/shih-kien) - [Michael Hui](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hui) - [Samuel Hui](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-hui) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-private-eyes-1976 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3054597); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.