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

This is the movie that launched Stephen Chow to stardom. It is a parody of the original Dou San or God of Gamblers movie which starred Chow Yun-Fat in 1989.

Plot

Sing (Steven 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-Mong (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" (it should be noted that 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 movie titled "God of Gambler 2" that is billed as the one "true" direct sequel to the "God of Gamblers" franchise).

"God of Gamblers II" (starring Stephen Chow
, Ng Man Tat
, Andy Lau, Sharla Cheung), 1990
"God of Gamblers III: Back To Shanghai" (starring Stephen Chow
, Ng Man Tat
, Gong Li), 1991
"The Top Bet" (starring Anita Mui
, Ng Man Tat
, Carol Cheng; cameo by Stephen Chow
), 1991
"Saint of Gamblers II" (starring Eric Kot, Ng Man Tat, Nat Chan), 1995

Awards

10th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards

Nomination - Best Actor: Stephen Chow
Nomination - Best Supporting Actor: Ng Man-Tat

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