

Old Time Buddy - To Catch a Thief
1998-08-03 · 45 min / episode · ★ 8.3
Police cop Lee Kei is assigned by his lieutenant to go undercover and find the infamous cat burglar, "Black Rose", who has escaped being captured for over twenty years. His first clue leads him to a nightclub where he bumps into a former classmate, Tse Sei. When Lee Kei is threatened with dismissal at his corrupt police precinct and his house is burnt down by triads, Sei helps him out by bringing him to live with Sei's uncle. It is through this apartment where he meets a former neighbour, Siu Fong-fong, and a martial arts performer, Cheng Po-chu. When Kei recognizes the martial arts as a style similar to what the "Black Rose" uses, he suspects that Po-chu and her colleagues could be related to the cat burglar and decides to follow them closely.
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Gallen Lo Ka-LeungLee Kei
Gordon Lam Ka-TungTse Sei
Elaine Ng Yee-leiSiu Fong-fong
Maggie Cheung Ho-YeeCheng Po-chu
Suet NeiChing Seung-seung
Kingdom Yuen King-tanNg Yan-lai
Jerry Lamb Hiu-FungSiu Ka-ming
Gregory Charles RiversSi Sir
Joyce Tang Lai-MingYiu Lina
Chow ChungSiu Chung
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