The Doctor in Spite of Himself (1999)

7.0/10 • 89 min • Comedy

Overview

Based on the Moliere play of the same name. A woodcutter often gets drunk and beats his hot-tempered wife. One day after being beaten, she decides to take revenge on her husband. An old servant is sent to the village by a fabulously rich merchant, to look for a doctor to cure his daughter who is taken ill. Choi realizes this is her opportunity to set up her husband. She tells the servant that her husband is a painfully modest miracle doctor who will only reveal his true identity and skills after being severely beaten.

Cast

Cheung Tat-Ming

Christine Ng Wing-mei

Ada Choi Siu-Fan

Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung

Joey Leung Wing-chung

Elvis Tsui Kam-kong

Simon Lui Yu-Yeung

Benz Hui Siu-hung

Donna Chu Kit-Yee

Power Chan Kwok-Pong

Raymond Cho Wing-Lim

Yu Miu-Lin

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