To Be Number One (film)

Not to be confused with To Be No. 1, a 1996 Hong Kong film directed by Raymond Lee.

To Be Number One
Film poster
Traditional	跛豪
Simplified	跛豪
Mandarin	Bǒ háo
Cantonese	Bai1 Hou4
Directed by	Poon Man-kit
Produced by	Stephen Shiu
Screenplay by	Stephen Shiu Johnny Mak
Story by	Chan Wa Lee Ying-kit
Starring	Ray Lui Kent Cheng Cecilia Yip Amy Yip Waise Lee Kenneth Tsang Lawrence Ng Elvis Tsui
Music by	Joseph Chan
Cinematography	Peter Pau (H.K.S.C)
Edited by	Poon Hung
Production company	Golden Harvest Johnny Mak Production Co. Ltd
Distributed by	Golden Harvest
Release dates	5 April 1991 (1991-04-05)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$38,703,363

To Be Number One (Chinese: 跛豪) is a 1991 Hong Kong crime film directed by Poon Man-kit, and produced by Stephen Shiu. The film is based on the rise and fall of a real life gangster Ng Sek-ho (吳錫豪), who is portrayed in the film by Ray Lui. To Be Number One was a critical and box office success, grossing HK$38,703,363 at the Hong Kong box office and winning the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film at the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Plot

The protagonist Ho begins the story as a poor Teochew refugee from Communist China, and leads his men to become paws of corrupted police Fat Kwan to control the drug trade. After Ho establishes himself, Fat Kwan turns against him, cripples him and kills many of his men, but Ho keeps rising and eliminates all his enemies. However Ho is blinded by his growing power, and his empire ends with the establishment of ICAC.

Cast and roles

• Ray Lui as Crippled Ho
• Kent Cheng as Fat Kwan
• Cecilia Yip as Tse Yuen-yin
• Amy Yip as May
• Waise Lee as Man
• Kenneth Tsang as Chief Inspector Tiger Lui
• Lawrence Ng as Ming
• Elvis Tsui as Dummy
• Tommy Wong as Loud Hung
• Dickens Chan as Big Sha
• Frankie Chan as Little Hak
• Lo Lieh as Boss Tin
• Ng Man-tat as Gold Teeth Ping
• Lau Shun as Boss Fung
• Lau Kong as Chief Inspector Lung
• Lily Ng as Man's wife
• Elvina Kong as Lui's dranged mistress
• Chin Tsi-ang as Man's wife
• Wong Chi-keung as Fat restaurant boss
• Koo Wai-jan as Restaurateur boss' wife
• Victor Hon as Boss Kwong
• Dion Lam as Tin's bodyguard
• Chung Fat as Fat
• Lui tat as Opium den worker
• Wai Ching as Lui's assistant
• Jameson Lam as Ping's gangster
• Lee Ying-kit
• Wong Shu-tong
• Wong Kam-tong as Policeman interrogating Ho
• Mark Hougton as OSCG officer
• Tam Wai-man as Kwan's thug
• Leung Sam as Barber
• Fong Li as Chiang
• Wong Chung-kui as Kun
• Ng Kwok-fai as Unlucky gangster
• Ho Wing-cheung as Tin's bodyguard
• Chang Sing-kwong as Fat's thug
• Choi Hin-cheung
• Chan Hon-man

Awards and nominations

External links

• To Be Number One at the Internet Movie Database
• HK cinemagic entry