Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell

Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell

1967 · 105 min · Action, Crime, Adventure, Mystery

Ghost-faced To is murdered in a mortuary after paying a visit to Muk Lan-fa. A set of teeth is found missing from another dead body. Lan-fa’s sister Sau-chen follows the leads on a business card To left behind to a dental clinic which suddenly bursts into flame. The news of her sister’s abduction by the infamous Japanese criminal Katsu Saburo soon reaches Lan-fa. Working together with her police friend Ko Cheung to crack the case, Lan-fa analyses photo evidences in minute detail. The duo order the retrieval of a pole that has survived the explosion intact while lying in wait at the clinic. Sau-chen, who has escaped, saves the duo from the chiller where they are detained. Inspector Yeung retrieves the operation plan concealed in the pole and the secret codes in the set of teeth, but the spook is shot dead by Katsu before he could reach the Hell’s Gate and the treasure buried there. Constable Kwan, and others and wipes out the gang at the Hell’s Gate.

Directed by Law Chi · Written by Lau Ling-Fung

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Suet Nei Muk Lan-Fa
Kenneth Tsang Ko Cheung
Law Oi-seung Muk Sau-Jan
Kwan Hoi-San Policeman
Lydia Shum Tin-Ha Nurse
Sze-Ma Wah-Lung Policeman
Fung Ngai Sing Sam Long
David Chow Wing-Kwong Dentist's assistant
Cheng Kwun-Min Do Gwai Lim
Lee Hak
Lok Gung Police chief
Chow Gat

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