發錢寒(本事)
硬漢(許冠英飾)專職傍友兼保鏢,惟每事其主均不長久。某日失業,硬漢探得富翁陳千億(張瑛飾)家財豐厚,乃施計混入陳家任保鏢。
鴨咀(吳耀漢飾)自營私家偵探社,生意奇差。查得陳千億與秘書阿靚(鄭淑英飾)鬼混,乃威脅陳交出五千元作爲掩口費,陳向畏妻如虎,無奈如數交出。
某日,鴨咀受陳托運三粒巨型鑽石,硬漢心動,乃尾隨伺機奪取。少女馬利(趙雅芝飾)亦偸聽知悉跟踪。
硬漢與鴨咀攤牌,謂各佔半數,鴨不肯,馬利及其表哥也提鎗出現,要鴨將鑽石全部交出,但爲硬及鴨堅拒。糾纏間,鑽石跌地被汽車輾碎,始知是膺品。馬利失望痛哭,吿知二人,該鑽石原爲其契爺(兪明飾)所有,但爲陳設下睹局所騙,致令契爺家道中落。
原來,陳因不忿被鴨騙去款項,更知契爺時欲取回鑽石,乃利用鴨咀將契爺等人引出一網打盡。但不料派去之鎗手早爲硬漢識破,施計將之奪去。陳大怒,秘書阿靚乘機推荐其表哥巨人(李海生飾)効力,陳允之。
硬漢及鴨咀二人着夜行衣,先將巨人制服,爲避警鐘响,乃從屋頂放一繩將鴨咀吊下。原來陳喜將鑽石掛頸而睡,鴨咀不愼將陳驚醒,二人慌忙逃出,將到手鑽石拋回給陳。
馬利及契爺見到手寶物又失,大感失望,各人終計議一陷阱,鴨致電給陳謂昨晚拋回者爲假鑽石,眞鑽石在其手。陳不信,請鑽石專家陳福爲其檢驗,鴨咀事先化粧成專家混入陳處假裝查驗,乘機偸龍轉鳳,將陳之眞鑽石換過來。
鴨又施計找來當日與陳行騙契爺之西人,要他向陳以六百萬元購買該三粒鑽石,陳答允,在此同時,鴨咀又電吿陳其早已以偸天換日之法將鑽石換去,如陳肯交出二百萬元,他即將鑽石交還,陳無奈依諾至交款地點,鴨及硬收款後揚長而去,陳及巨人及一干手下窮追,乃展開一塲激烈之飛車及打鬥,而契爺終得回鑽石,喜不自勝,馬利與鴨咀亦互生情愫焉。
——劇終——
(A SYNOPSIS)
The Characters
TOUGH GUY (Ricky Hui) —— He loosely describes his profession as bodyguard. Bootlicker is more like it. But he has two knack for licking the wrong side of the boot and gets sacked frequently. Now, he is the "bodyguard" of millionaire Rich Chen.
DUCKY (Richard Ng) —— Self-styled private eye who is generally unemployed. So he does a little blackmail on the side. Latest example: $5,000 from a philandering but hen-pecked Rich Chen.
MARY (Agee Chiu) —— A sweet young thing who occasionally resorts to eaves-dropping, dynamiting and stealing, all because of her Uncle Pai. Beautiful and hard as nails.
RICH CHEN (Cheung Ying) —— He acquires his millions through less than admirable methods. Shall we say he became rich at the expense of Uncle Pai? Now he has a score to settle with Ducky.
The Story
So Rich Chen hires Ducky to transport the "diamonds" he stole from Uncle Pai. A hitman follows to kill Ducky. Tough Guy and Mary get to Ducky first, volunteering to relieve Ducky of his responsibility. Somehow Tough Guy subdues the gunman and the trio find out the diamonds are just paste. Tough Guy and Ducky, now partners, promise Uncle Pai to recover the real diamonds.
Many times they try but they get nothing more than black eyes for their trouble.
But, of course, nothing can stop our resourceful pilferers. Ducky finally works out a plan wherein Rich Chen is outwitted. Using sleight of hand, Ducky steals the real diamonds from under Rich Chan's very nose.
But that is not enough. Ducky manages to sell the paste diamonds back to Chen. They also manage to survive several fights and car chases. Their last laugh turns sour when the money turns out to be self-minted.
The Ending
Uncle Pai gets his diamonds and generously parts with them. Mr. Chen is now known as Poor Chen. Ducky gets a diamond and Mary. Tough Guy gets his diamond and, eh, an ardent admirer in Uncle Pai.
The Moral, if any
If you want to get rich quick, be Ducky.