Following the lives of three downtrodden but resilient outcasts, John Lo Mar's gritty social drama paints a sense of realism rarely seen in Hon Kong movies. Li Ching - the best actress of her era - play Ah Chiao is a girl from a rural village stranded in the city, who befriends a kind-hearted transient and a retired actor. They are poor, but they are happy. Although her fortune changes for the better when she becomes a singer, she ultimately learns money can't buy happiness.
John Law Ma
Run Run Shaw
Szeto On
Shu Lan
Li Ching
Ah Jiao
Yau Fung
Blockhead
Wang Sha
Uncle
Tang Ching
Gao Zhi Ren
Ku Chiu-Chin
Ms Su
Lily Leung Shun-Yin
Jiao's pose instructor
Joseph Koo
Jiao's pianist
Yeung Kei
Gao's wife
Lam Yuen
Gao's friend
Hui Ying-Sau
Shaw Brothers