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Summary

The Biu Family collects their lottery winnings in Canada and returns to Hong Kong to start a new life together, minus the second daughter due to a family quarrel of her involvement with her boyfriend. After Mrs. Biu shows off her money to her old friends at her bank, she loses it all in a robbery. Now, void of their new found wealth, the Biu Family must start over from scratch again.

Details

Release Date: February 2, 1989

Runtime: 95 minutes

Genres: Comedy

Rating: 6.1/10 (15 votes)


It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Collection

  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World

    Bill, a TV news reporter, tries to make ends meet to support himself, his wife and three daughters in urban Hong Kong. In the mist of the misadventures of Bill and his family, their luck and lives ultimately change when Bill's wife suddenly wins the lottery.

  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II

    After losing their lottery winnings during the bank's closure, the Biu family's luck changes again as Bill's job promotion and daughters' education and work careers sent them and the entire family to lead their new lives in Canada, where new misadventures await.

  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World III

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World III

    The Biu Family collects their lottery winnings in Canada and returns to Hong Kong to start a new life together, minus the second daughter due to a family quarrel of her involvement with her boyfriend. After Mrs. Biu shows off her money to her old friends at her bank, she loses it all in a robbery. Now, void of their new found wealth, the Biu Family must start over from scratch again.

  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Too

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Too

    A large family decide that they must find a bigger place because their current flat is too cramped and triads are threatening to burn them down to pass a message on to somebody down the corridor. So after being mucked around by an agent selling a house in the country, they move into a dilapidated house. They then discover that it is going to be torn down and a huge shopping centre erected.

  • Lost Souls

    Lost Souls

    Like many Hong Kong people, the Ling family are hoping to immigrate to Canada - but then they all die in a gas poisoning accident. Something wimpy like dying isn't going to stop them from their Canadian dreams, but it turns out migrating in the next life takes money, too. In order to raise funds to head west, the Lings return to the mortal world and get to work making money through various jobs, raising plenty of hilarious havoc and misunderstandings along the way.


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Cast

  • Bill Tung Biu

    Bill Tung Biu

    Uncle Bill

  • Lydia Shum Tin-Ha

    Lydia Shum Tin-Ha

    Aunt Lydia

  • Elsie Chan Yik-Si

    Elsie Chan Yik-Si

    Elsie

  • Loletta Lee Lai-Chun

    Loletta Lee Lai-Chun

    Loletta

  • Pauline Kwan

    Pauline Kwan

    Jody

  • Frances Yip

    Frances Yip

    Francis

  • Lowell Lo Koon-Ting

    Lowell Lo Koon-Ting

    Mao

  • Eric Tsang Chi-Wai

    Eric Tsang Chi-Wai

    Smiley Joe

  • Chan San-Hiu

    Chan San-Hiu

    Sam

  • Teresa Carpio

    Teresa Carpio

    Sam's stepmother

  • Richard Ng Man-Tat

    Richard Ng Man-Tat

    Uncle Gold Fish

  • Hung Leung-Sek

    Hung Leung-Sek

    TV horse racing comentator

  • Law Ching-Ho

    Law Ching-Ho

    Bill's nephew

  • Liu Chun-Hung

    Liu Chun-Hung

    Sister Hung's assistant

  • Hui Ying-Ying

    Hui Ying-Ying

    Mui's mahjong buddy

  • Cheng Siu-Ping

    Cheng Siu-Ping

    Mui's mahjong buddy

  • Ho Chi-Moon

    Ho Chi-Moon

    Tai Fung Bank's representative

  • Leung Oi

    Leung Oi

    Prisoner

  • Yeung Ching-Ching

    Yeung Ching-Ching

    Movie actress

  • Jack Wong Wai-Leung

    Jack Wong Wai-Leung