# Sleazy Dizzy
**Sleazy Dizzy** (小偷阿星; also written 小偷亚星) is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy-crime film directed by Chor Yuen (楚原) and starring [Stephen Chow](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephen-chow) (周星驰) as a small-time thief who becomes entangled with an amnesiac undercover policeman and a missing HK$50 million.[1](https://letterboxd.com/film/sleazy-dizzy/) • [2](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/fshk40100970) It was released in Hong Kong in June 1990, during the year in which Chow rose from television comedian to film star.[3](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1400667/) • [4](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/6.-Research-and-Publication/06-02-Filmmakers-Search/Chinese/Stephen-CHOW_c.pdf)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | 小偷阿星 (also 小偷亚星); English title Sleazy Dizzy[5](https://kungfutube.info/23646) |
| Director / writer | Chor Yuen; screenplay by Philip Cheng Chung-Tai (郑忠泰)[1](https://letterboxd.com/film/sleazy-dizzy/) |
| Lead cast | Stephen Chow, Sibelle Hu, Alex Fong, Josephine Koo, Chen Kuan-Tai, Kenneth Tsang[6](https://www.goldensunfilm.com/en/film/detail/7/) |
| Hong Kong release | 16 June 1990 (some databases list 15 June)[3](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1400667/) • [1](https://letterboxd.com/film/sleazy-dizzy/) |
| Hong Kong box office | HK$7,968,106, 53rd highest-grossing film of 1990 in Hong Kong[5](https://kungfutube.info/23646) |
| Languages | Cantonese; Mandarin also used in distribution versions[3](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1400667/) • [6](https://www.goldensunfilm.com/en/film/detail/7/) |
| Douban rating | 6.6 out of 10 from about 20,000 users[3](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1400667/) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
The story turns on a large sum of police money. Lung (陈观泰, Chen Kuan-Tai) is an undercover police agent inside a triad organization; when his identity is exposed he is struck on the head and loses his memory, and the HK$50 million in public funds he was handling disappears. The police, believing Lung pocketed the money, issue a warrant for him, while the triad sends killers after him.[2](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/fshk40100970)
Sing (阿星), played by Stephen Chow, is a petty thief whose burglary is interrupted by Lung; the two become acquainted through the misunderstanding, and the memory-loss-stricken Lung, believing Sing is a relative, follows him everywhere. When Sing learns from other criminals that Lung is wanted by the police and carries the 50 million, he does everything he can to help Lung recover his memory so the money can be found.[2](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/fshk40100970) A woman named Koo (顾美华, Josephine Koo) appears claiming to be Lung's wife, and Lung, unable to remember, believes he is married.[7](https://www.goldensunfilm.com/zh-hant/film/detail/7/)
A second thread involves Fong (方中信, Alex Fong), general manager of a large firm who has embezzled company money and is exposed by Wu (胡慧中, Sibelle Hu), an auditor sent by head office. Fong tries to kill Wu, who is saved by Lung and Sing, and then repeatedly attempts to kill Lung to seize the 50 million. In the climax, Lung regains his memory in a warehouse and recognizes the chief inspector (曾江, Kenneth Tsang) as the man behind the robbery of the money, and a bloody final fight follows.[2](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/fshk40100970)
## Cast and production
The film pairs Chow, then early in his film career, with veteran actors. Chen Kuan-Tai was an established action star from the older Shaw Brothers era, and Sibelle Hu brought martial-arts experience to her role.[8](https://neofilmshop.com/blogs/news/film-review-sleazy-dizzy-1990-hong-kong) The supporting cast includes Kenneth Tsang as Chief Inspector Lee and Ricky Ho Pui-Tung.[9](https://en.myshows.me/movie/584545/)
Chor Yuen directed from a screenplay by Philip Cheng Chung-Tai, with Henry Fong Ping and [Jimmy Lin](https://www.edgepedia.org/jimmy-lin) producing and Yuen Bun (元彬) handling action choreography and stunts.[1](https://letterboxd.com/film/sleazy-dizzy/) • [5](https://kungfutube.info/23646) The picture was produced by 纬恺电影公司 (with J&J Film Co. and Golden Sun Film Co. also credited) and distributed by 金公主娱乐有限公司 (Golden Princess).[10](https://moviecool.asia/film/ywL6xN4CdOEF) • [1](https://letterboxd.com/film/sleazy-dizzy/) Reported runtimes differ between databases: 88 minutes (Douban, [Letterboxd](https://www.edgepedia.org/letterboxd)), 89 minutes, 91 minutes, and approximately 93 minutes in the distributor's listing.[3](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1400667/) • [11](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%81%B7%E9%98%BF%E6%98%9F) • [2](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/fshk40100970) • [6](https://www.goldensunfilm.com/en/film/detail/7/)
## Release and box office
Sleazy Dizzy opened in Hong Kong cinemas on 16 June 1990; Letterboxd and MyShows list the theatrical date as 15 June 1990.[3](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1400667/) • [1](https://letterboxd.com/film/sleazy-dizzy/) It earned HK$7,968,106 at the Hong Kong box office, placing 53rd among 1990 Hong Kong releases.[5](https://kungfutube.info/23646) A Douban reviewer describes it as said to be Chow's lowest-grossing film of that period.[3](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1400667/)
## Context in Stephen Chow's 1990
1990 was the year Chow moved fully into film. According to the Hong Kong Film Archive's filmmaker biography, the films he headlined that year, including *Look Out, Officer!*, *Sleazy Dizzy*'s contemporaries *Fight Back to School* predecessors such as *Curry and Pepper* and *Look for a Star*, easily broke the HK$10 million mark, and *All for the Winner* (赌圣) broke box office records with more than HK$40 million.[4](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/6.-Research-and-Publication/06-02-Filmmakers-Search/Chinese/Stephen-CHOW_c.pdf) • [12](https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/350770/1/X.Xu_20PhD_20Thesis_202012.pdf) Against that benchmark, Sleazy Dizzy's HK$7.97 million take was modest.[5](https://kungfutube.info/23646) A retrospective review by Andrew Chan of the Film Critics Circle of Australia (rated 6.5/10) describes the film as caught between the stylish crime pictures of the 1980s and the full-blown *mo lei tau* (hong Kong style of absurdist, nonsensical humor) absurdity that later made Chow a superstar, praising Chow's comic timing and Hu's martial-arts slapstick while noting uneven gags and a sagging middle.[8](https://neofilmshop.com/blogs/news/film-review-sleazy-dizzy-1990-hong-kong)
On Douban the film holds a 6.6 rating from about 20,000 users, with 52.7 percent giving it three stars, and it ranks better than 63 percent of drama films and 73 percent of comedies on that site.[3](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1400667/) The film has been released on home video, including a VCD edition and a Blu-ray with Mandarin and Cantonese DTS-HD 5.1 audio tracks.[13](https://www.yesasia.com/global/%E5%B0%8F%E5%81%B7%E9%98%BF%E6%98%9F/2179-0-0-0-zh_TW/info.html) • [14](https://www.4khdtw.com/views.asp?hw_id=93682)
## References
1. [Sleazy Dizzy (1990), Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/sleazy-dizzy/)
2. [小偷阿星 Sleazy Dizzy, 開眼電影網 (atmovies)](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/fshk40100970)
3. [小偷阿星 (1990), 豆瓣 (Douban)](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1400667/)
4. [香港影人小傳：周星馳, Hong Kong Film Archive](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/6.-Research-and-Publication/06-02-Filmmakers-Search/Chinese/Stephen-CHOW_c.pdf)
5. [小偷亞星（1990）, KUNGFU TUBE](https://kungfutube.info/23646)
6. [Film Library: Sleazy Dizzy, Golden Sun Films Distribution](https://www.goldensunfilm.com/en/film/detail/7/)
7. [GS4 小偷阿星 產品介紹, Golden Sun Films Distribution](https://www.goldensunfilm.com/zh-hant/film/detail/7/)
8. [Film Review: Sleazy Dizzy 小偷阿星 (1990), NeoFilmShop, review by Andrew Chan](https://neofilmshop.com/blogs/news/film-review-sleazy-dizzy-1990-hong-kong)
9. [Sleazy Dizzy (1990), MyShows](https://en.myshows.me/movie/584545/)
10. [《小偷亞星》, MovieCool 華文影視數據平台](https://moviecool.asia/film/ywL6xN4CdOEF)
11. [小偷阿星 演職員, 中文百科全書 (newton.com.tw)](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%81%B7%E9%98%BF%E6%98%9F)
12. [Stephen Chow's Pre-1997 Trajectory, PhD thesis, University of Southampton](https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/350770/1/X.Xu_20PhD_20Thesis_202012.pdf)
13. [小偷阿星 VCD, YESASIA](https://www.yesasia.com/global/%E5%B0%8F%E5%81%B7%E9%98%BF%E6%98%9F/2179-0-0-0-zh_TW/info.html)
14. [迅達藍光珍藏版 G1591 小偷阿星 Sleazy Dizzy (1990)](https://www.4khdtw.com/views.asp?hw_id=93682)
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