Back Alley Princess (1973)
Polly Shang Kwan and Sam Hui are con artists who befriend a family of street venders and entertainers. The group constantly faces financial problems as they are ripped off by thugs, their rent is raised and car breaks down. Polly Kuan (who portrays a man for the entire film) lies, cheats, and steals to come up with the cash that everyone needs. Things get more serious when triad thugs kidnap the daughter of the family, and sell her to a triad boss, killing Carter Wong in the process.
- Released
- 1973-02-17
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Comedy
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Lo Wei, Lo Wei
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Sam Hui as Embroidered Pillow
- Polly Shang-Kuan Ling-Feng as Hot Pepper Kid / Chilli Boy
- Tony Liu Tian-jue as Philip Teng Hse-lien - the Solicitor
- Angela Mao Ying as Hsiao Ying
- Li Kun as Uncle Kun
- Tien Feng as Teacher Chiang
- Wang Lai as Auntie Wang
- Carter Huang Chia-Ta as Chiang's Eldest Student
- Han Ying-chieh as Boss Han
- Fung Ngai as The Killer
- Huang Tsung-Hsun as The Killer's Partner
- Wu Chia-Hsiang as Wu Pun-hsien