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Winners and Sinners (Chinese title Wu fu xing, 五福星, meaning "Five Lucky Stars") is a 1983 Hong Kong action comedy film directed and co-written by Sammo Hung. It was the first in the Lucky Stars series of films - a highly successful series in Hong Kong.

The film stars Sammo Hung as "Teapot", John Shum as "Curly", Richard Ng as "Exhaust Pipe", Charlie Chin as "Vaseline" and Stanley Fung as "Rookie". The quintet are petty criminals released from prison who band together, determined to turn their fortunes around. They ultimately start up a cleaning company called The Five Lucky Stars and find themselves in the middle of a counterfeiting deal between two crime bosses.

The film also stars Jackie Chan in a significant role as an error-prone police officer. It also features a cameo appearance from Yuen Biao as another police officer who gets into a fight with Chan's character.

The film is the prequel to My Lucky Stars and Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars.

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