All for the Winner

All for the Winner (Chinese: 賭聖 Literal translation: Saint of Gambling) is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau and Corey Yuen.

Plot

Sing (Stephen Chow) is a mainland China country boy who arrives in Hong Kong to visit his Uncle "Blackie Tat" (Ng Man-tat). When Sing stays with his uncle and his friends in their apartment, Blackie soon learns of Sing's supernatural ability to see through objects and, later on, his ability to change playing cards by rubbing them. He takes advantage of this and turns Sing into the Dou Seng or the "Saint of Gamblers". After getting into a fight with several alleyway gamblers he meets the lovely Yee-mung (lit. trans: Beautiful Dream, but euphemistically as wet dream), a henchman for the "King of Gamblers", and becomes infatuated with her. Sing quickly becomes a rival to the King and must win his way through a world competition to prove his skill.

Sequels

While All for the Winner itself was initially a parody of God of Gamblers, it was such a well-received film that it spawned many sequels of its own. The story was also officially tied into the God of Gamblers continuity as of God of Gamblers II. Although God of Gamblers II was as much of a sequel to All for the Winner as it was to the original God of Gamblers film, there is another separate film titled God of Gamblers' Return that is billed as the one "true" direct sequel to the God of Gamblers franchise.

• God of Gamblers II (starring Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, Monica Chan, Ng Man-tat, Sharla Cheung), 1990
• God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man-tat, Gong Li, Ray Lui), 1991
• Top Bet (starring Carol Cheng, Anita Mui, Ng Man-tat; cameo by Stephen Chow), 1991
• The Saint of Gamblers (starring Eric Kot, Ng Man-tat, Natalis Chan), 1995

Cast and roles

• Stephen Chow as (左頌星) Sing 'Saint of the Gamblers'
• Ng Man-tat as (黑仔達) Blackie Tat
• Sharla Cheung as (綺夢) Yee-mung 'Beautiful Dream'
• Sandra Ng as (阿萍) Ping
• Paul Chun – (洪光) Mr. Hung 'King of Gamblers'
• Corey Yuen as (賣魚盛) Fishy Shing
• Jeffrey Lau as (陳松) Chung Chan
• Wan Yeung-ming as Billy
• Sheila Chan as (阿英) Ying
• Angelina Lo as (六姑) Luk
• Cheung Ka-sang
• Chin Tsi-ang
• Liu Huang-hsi

Award nominations

• 10th Hong Kong Film Awards
  • Nomination – Best Actor: Stephen Chow
  • Nomination – Best Supporting Actor: Ng Man-tat

External links

• All for the Winner at IMDb
• All for the Winner at AllMovie