
88 minutes
5/11/1984
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.

Cherie Chung Cho-Hung
as Qing, the Genie

Derek Yee
as Cheng

Stanley Fung Shui-Fan
as Uncle Fan

James Yi Lui
as Lin Guo Ren
Liu Lai-Ling
as Zhu

Alan Chan Kwok-Kuen
as Ren's asst

To Siu-Ming
as Ren's asst / Ming

Charlie Cho Cha-Lee
as Rich gambler

Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong
as Ren's thug

Gam Biu

David Lam Wai

Chu Tit-Wo

Yu Miu-Lin