The Secret Agent 303 (aka. The Secret Agent and the Mysterious Gang)

The Secret Agent 303 (aka. The Secret Agent and the Mysterious Gang)

Dir: Ling Wan
Scr: Szeto On
Orig Story: a novel serialised in The China Star
Prod Co: Longway
Cast: Tso Tat-wah, Ha Ping, Yip Ha-lei, Wong Ha-fei
1966 | B&W | DCP (Digitised from 16mm) | Cantonese | 94min

Hong Kong's Ironman stepped up to the plate when Dr. No (1962) took the world by storm in the 1960s. Tso Tat-wah, the quintessential tough guy of Cantonese cinema who had appeared in dozens of popular action films, was licensed to spy in several 007 imitations. Here, he is Agent 303, the lucky number "3" a vivid sign of East-West integration. Presented in glorious widescreen, the film is garnished with secret weapons and ominous hideouts, mind games and technological intrigues, violence and sex, the latter in the form of a silhouette striptease!

Date Rescheduled Date Venue
7/2/2021 (Sun)  # (5pm) Rescheduled to 1/8/2021 (Sun) (5pm) Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive

# Post screening talk with Matthew Cheng

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