Beware Of Pickpockets

Beware Of Pickpockets

1981 · 90 min · ★ 9.0 · Comedy, Crime

Big Nose Pao is a faithful and honest constable that has been tasked to arrest Three Hands, a pickpocket. However, each time the pickpocket is caught, he's released by the lack of evidence. Although Three Hands steals for a living, the money that he takes from the rich people, is spent on the seven poor orphans with whom he lives in an old shaky church.

Directed by Wu Ma · Written by Raymond Wong

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