My Darling Genie (1984)

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Out of the Shaw Brothers vaults comes My Darling Genie, an amiable early-eighties comedy starring the enchanting Cherie Chung. Derek Yee is Cheng, a brusque construction worker who discovers a magical umbrella on a routine dig. When the umbrella is opened and sprinkled with water, a 200 year-old genie arrives to grant the owner's wishes. As if that weren't enough, this genie happens to look like Cherie Chung! Cheng has been given a virtual ticket to Heaven, but he's more annoyed than grateful, and uses the Genie to perform mostly menial tasks.

• Release Date: 1984-05-11
• Runtime: 1h 28min
• Director: Richard Yeung Kuen (Yang Chuan)
• Writers: Li-jen Liang, Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui.