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Where's Officer Tuba? is a Hongkongais film of genre Comedy directed by Philip Chan with Sammo Hung
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
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Add to a movie listWhere's Officer Tuba? is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Philip Chan and Ricky Lau and starring Sammo Hung, David Chiang, Jacky Cheung and Joey Wong. The film was later remade as Look Out, Officer! in 1990 which starred Stephen Chow.
Synopsis
Police Officer Tuba is a timid man who would rather play in the police band than get involved in any real police work. The precincts' most decorated officer, Sergeant Rambo Chow, decides to use Tuba in an undercover operation that goes disastrously wrong when Chow is killed. He makes Tuba promise to get the criminals to avenge him before he dies, and Tuba reluctantly agrees but does not really intend to keep his promise. Later, teamed with an enthusiastic rookie cop Cheung, Tuba has conveniently forgotten his promise, until the ghost of Chow comes back to haunt him. Interfering in his work and his private life, especially his budding romance with the pretty Joanne so that everyone starts to think that Tuba is going crazy. With Tuba the only person who can see or hear the ghost, he finds he has to listen and for once in his life, be brave, otherwise, he could be tormented by his unwanted spiritual visitor for the rest of his life.Actors
Sammo Hung
(Officer Tuba)
Jacky Cheung
(Cheung)
Joey Wong
(Joanne)
David Chiang
(Sergeant Rambo Chow)
Stanley Fung
(Police Band Drummer)
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