坚叔（冯淬帆饰）与两个伙计（曾志伟与陈百祥饰）惨淡经营一间汽车行，坚叔的侄子阿备（刘德华饰）是一个头脑灵活的年轻人，同时也常无赖地找坚叔骗吃骗喝。一次偶然的机会，坚叔与两学徒误打误撞被发达台监制（王晶饰）看中，纳入旗下，而鬼马的他们到处闯祸，终被赶出。而此时阿备迷恋上了邻居十三妹（黄韵诗饰）的一个学生宝珠（李美凤饰）。为了达到目的与报仇，他带领坚叔和两个伙计与十三妹的学生们参加了老周电视台，共同筹拍了一部短剧，不料演出后却大受人们的喜爱。然而，此时阿备却暗藏了另一个秘密，阿备的爱情又会何去何从呢......

In court for murder, Professor Moriarty is released seconds before Holmes arrives, too late, with vital evidence. Free again Moriarty vows to Holmes that his next crime will be so fiendish and amazing that Holmes's reputation will be finished. Moriarty sets about a fiendish plot involving the crown jewels and a series of mysteries to distract Holmes's mind.I enjoy most of this series as they all seem to run to the same formula. Here the plot goes back to basics and adds more of the mystery and less of the comedy. The plot is an enjoyable battle of wits between the two great minds. The downside is that the side-mystery that Moriarty sets up takes up the majority of the time and the two don't cross swords as well as they do in a gentlemanly beginning. The mystery surrounding Miss Brandon works OK but not really great as you know the whole time who is behind it and why. The jump to the crown jewels is too easily made and is a bit of a letdown.The comedy is less evident than usual but is still there. However it is overwhelmed by the more serious side. Bruce still does well but I was glad that he stood up to Holmes more than usual – telling him off for treating him like a child and such like. Rathbone is a good Holmes but his logic was off here and I wasn't as impressed by him as I usually am. Zucco is an interesting foil, but doesn't get enough time to work here. Lupino in an early role is interesting but a little too heavy and tads to overplay her tension a bit.Overall this is an OK addition to the series. The plot is reasonable but focuses too much on the diversion than the central characters and the reduction in comedy makes it feel a lot heavier than usual.

1987年戛纳电影节评审团最佳短片奖。

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