During their last (botched) operation, Hong Kong cops Ho Ting-Bon and Long Man accidentally cause the slight head injury of a pretty young woman. Because she has entered the country illegally and has no other place to live, she pretends that she has amnesia and that she thinks Ting-Bon is her husband. He feels guilty about her "condition", so he lets her stay in his house. But there is someone from her past stalking her, with bad intentions...
Chow Yun-Fat
Ho Ting-Bon
Joey Wong
Kwong Sun
Lui Fong
Long Man
Paul Chun Pui
Lui Tak
Lee Heung-Kam
Ting-Bon's Mother
Shum Wai
Shing
Kent Cheng Jak-Si
Policeman outside bank
Wong Wan-Sze
Auntie Wan
Felix Lok Ying-Kwan
Restaurant manager
Ng Hong-Sang
Addict Hung
A Hearty Response is a crime, action, comedy film released in 1986. Directed by Norman Law Man, it stars Chow Yun-Fat, Joey Wong, Lui Fong. During their last (botched) operation, Hong Kong cops Ho Ting-Bon and Long Man accidentally cause the slight head injury of a pretty young woman. Because she has entered the country illegally and has no other place to live, she pretends that she has amnesia and that she thinks Ting-Bon is her husband. He feels guilty about her "condition", so he lets her stay in his house. But there is someone from her past stalking her, with bad intentions...
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