It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World

For the 1963 American comedy, see It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (富貴逼人) is a 1987 Hong Kong Chinese New Year film, directed by Clifton Ko. It starred Bill Tung and Lydia Sum as parents of the dysfunctional Piu family. The daughters were played by Elsie Chan, Loletta Lee and Pauline Kwan.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World
Directed by	Clifton Ko Chi-sum
Screenplay by	Clifton Ko Chi-sum[1]
Produced by	Linda Kuk[1]
Starring	Bill Tung Lydia Shum Eric Tsang Chi-wai Elsie Chan David Chiang
Cinematography	Derek Wan[1]
Edited by	Wong Yee-shun[1]
Music by	Richard Yuen[1]
Release date	January 28, 1987 (1987-01-28) (Hong Kong)
Running time	100 minutes[1]
Country	Hong Kong[1]
Language	Cantonese[1]
Box office	HK$27.1 million

The comedy was very popular and the original cast of Tung, Shum, Chan, Lee and Kwan reappeared in its sequels It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II (富貴再逼人) (1988), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World III (富貴再三逼人) (1989) and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Too (富貴黃金屋) (1992). The plots of the films are all about the family becoming suddenly rich, usually through lotteries. The family also made a cameo appearance in The Banquet (1991).

Plot

Cast

This is a partial cast list.^[2]

• Bill Tung - Uncle Bill
• Lydia Sum - Aunty Lydia
• Eric Tsang - Smiley Joe
• Charine Chan Ka-Ling - Jody's teacher
• David Chiang - John
• Rachel Lee Lai-Chun - Loletta
• Pauline Kwan Pui-Lam - Jody
• Leung San - Miss Lui Mor
• Raymond Fung Sai-Hung - Mr Fung
• Cheng Siu-Ping - Auntie Nam
• Elsie Chan Yik-Si - May

Release

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World was released in Hong Kong on January 28, 1987, marking of the Chinese New Year's Eve.^[1] It grossed a total of HK$27,141,624 on its initial release.^[1]