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All for the Winner

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All for the Winner
Theatrical poster
Directed byJeffrey Lau
Corey Yuen
Screenplay byJeffrey Lau
Story byJeffrey Lau
Ng See-Yuen
Corey Yuen
Produced byJeffrey Lau
Corey Yuen
StarringStephen Chow
Ng Man-tat
Sharla Cheung
Sandra Ng
Paul Chun
Corey Yuen
Jeffrey Lau
CinematographyJimmy Leung
Chan Yuen-kai
Edited byPoon Hung
Music byLowell Lo
Production
companies
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 10 June 1990 (1990-06-10)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
Box officeHK$41,326,156

All for the Winner (Chinese: 賭聖; lit. 'Saint of Gambling') is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film, directed by Jeffrey Lau and Corey Yuen, and starring Stephen Chow. It was the first movie ever in Hong Kong to cross the HK$40 million (HK$41,326,156.00) mark in the Hong Kong box office.[1] It was a parody of God of Gamblers (1989), and due to its success it spawned a sequel, God of Gamblers II (1990), which featured characters from the original God of Gamblers.

Plot

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Sing (Stephen Chow) is a mainland China country boy who arrives in Hong Kong to visit his Uncle "Blackie Tat" (Ng Man-tat). When Sing stays with his uncle and his friends in their apartment, Blackie soon learns of Sing's supernatural ability to see through objects and, later on, his ability to change playing cards by rubbing them. He takes advantage of this and turns Sing into the Dou Seng or the "Saint of Gamblers". After getting into a fight with several alleyway gamblers he meets the lovely Yee-mung a.k.a. "Lady Dream" (lit. trans: Beautiful Dream, but euphemistically as wet dream), a henchman for the "King of Gamblers", and becomes infatuated with her. Sing quickly becomes a rival to the King and must win his way through a world competition to prove his skill.

Cast

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Award nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result
1991 10th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor Stephen Chow Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Ng Man-tat Nominated

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References

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  1. ^ "1990". HKBO. Hong Kong Box Office Ltd. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. ^ "All for the Winner". hkmdb. Retrieved 16 June 2016
  3. ^ "All for the Winner". Hong Kong Cinemagic. Retrieved 16 June 2016
  4. ^ "All for the Winner – Cast". IMDb
  5. ^ "All for the Winner". chinesemov.com
  6. ^ "All for the Winner – Award". LoveHKFilm. Retrieved 16 June 2016
  7. ^ "All for the Winner – Award". IMDb. Retrieved 18 June 2016
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