Pom Pom Strikes Back

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Pom Pom Strikes Back
Traditional Chinese 智勇三寶
Jyutping zi3 jung5 saam1 bou2
Directed by Teddy Yip Wing-Cho
Starring Richard Ng
John Shum
Release date
  • 14 August 1986 (1986-08-14)
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK $10,533,418.00 [1]

Pom Pom Strikes Back is a 1986 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Wu Ma and starring Richard Ng and John Shum. It is the fourth and final film in the Pom Pom film series which is a spin-off the Lucky Stars series.

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Plot

Police officers Chow (Richard Ng) and Beethoven (John Shum) are close friend who must protect a witness May (May Lo Mei Mei) after she witnesses a gangland murder. Meanwhile Beethoven mistakenly discovers that Chow is dying of cancer and sets out to make his last few months memorable. [2]

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References

  1. "雙龍吐珠 Pom Pom Strikes Back! (1986)". HKMDB . Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. "POM POM STRIKES BACK (1986)". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 1 November 2016.