The Duke of Mount Deer (1984 Hong Kong TV series)

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The Duke of Mount Deer
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Traditional Chinese 鹿鼎記
Simplified Chinese 鹿鼎记
Hanyu Pinyin Lù Dǐng Jì
Jyutping Luk6 Ding2 Gei3
Genre Wuxia
Comedy
Historical fiction
Based on The Deer and the Cauldron
by Louis Cha
Screenplay byChan Lai-wah
Law Kam-fai
Ka Wai-nam
Chan Yuk-ping
Directed by Johnnie To
Lau See-yuk
Siu Kin-hang
Kuk Kwok-leung
Ma Yuk-fai
Starring Andy Lau
Tony Leung
Teresa Mo
Kiki Sheung
Theme music composer Joseph Koo
Opening theme"Will Turn Out to be Lucky in the End" (始終會行運) performed by Leslie Cheung
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producer Lee Tim-shing
Production locationHong Kong
Running time42 minutes per episode
Production company TVB
Original release
Network TVB Jade
Release9 July (1984-07-09) 
31 August 1984 (1984-08-31)

The Duke of Mount Deer is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Deer and the Cauldron , produced by TVB and starring Andy Lau and Tony Leung. It was first aired on TVB Jade in from 9 July to 31 August 1984.

Cast

Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.