The Tormented Beauty
Genres
Overview
Guerrilla member Ting Siu-yuen works as a playwright and Lee, the leader of an opera troupe. They conceal their identities in the troupe in order to gather military intelligence. Yuen gradually falls in love with the lead actress Mui Law-heung. Ting is unsettled to learn that County Chief Fong covets Mui. He sneaks into Fong's residence and is astounded by the sight of his old lover Pak Kuen, now Fong's wife. Fong colludes with the military chief in conducting vicious schemes. With Kuen's help, Yuen is able to get the intelligence. But as Heung is not an insider, she reports to the Governor about the illicit relationship between Yuen and Kuen. Kuen backs Yuen to eliminate the conspirators and bring about the union of Yuen and Heung.
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Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
86 min
Release Date
1958-01-09
Status
Released
Original Language
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Tsi Law-Lin
Mui Law-heung
Siu Yin-Fei
Pak Kuen
Wong Cho-San
Troupe Leader Lee
Yip Ping
Ping Gu
Fung Fung
Chief Kam
Lee Pang-Fei
County Chief Fong
Chan Ho-Kau
Mei Tsim-Heung
Ng Ka-Lai
Mui Law-Heung, child
Heung Hoi
Ah Cheng
Wong Mei-Mei
Pak Kuen, child
Lam Yuen
Army chief
Wong Yee
Secretary Chan
Kam Ping
Ah Ying
Wong Kung-Miu
Captain
Cheung Ho
Ho Tung
Cheung Chi-Suen
Wong Ho
Go Chiu
Chan Kei
Gam Lau
Yee Sam
Chung Suen-Nei
Lam Lai
Ling Mung
Troupe member
Wong Hon
Cheung Chok-Chow
Soldier
Yuen Lap-Cheung
Lam Liu-Ngok
Soldier
Tang Cheung
Chu Yau-Ko
Chan Lap-Ban
Fong's servant
Siu Hon-Sang
Guerilla
Ng Wui
Officer in car
Hui Ying-Ying
Troupe member
Lam Yuk
Soldier
Lee Keng-Ching
Troupe member
Li Ching
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