Chow returns to play Ko Chun, a skilled gambler who now lives in retirement in France. Wu Xingguo plays an evil gangster who forces Ko out of retirement by killing his pregnant wife. Ko is forced to team up with a variety of other people to win out in the end. Wu Chien-lien plays Chow's romantic interest, Chingmy Yau plays a Taiwanese femme fatale, and Tony Leung provides much of the laughs.
周潤發
as Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers'
梁家輝
as Little Trumpet
邱淑貞
as Hoi Tong
吳倩蓮
as Little Guitar
徐錦江
as Capt. Kok Ching Chung
吳興國
as Chau Siu Chue
向華強
as Lung Ng
谢苗
as Hoi Yuen
羅家英
as Condor
張敏
as Ko Chun's wife, Yau
Blackie Ko Shou-Liang
as Hoi On
Ken Lo
as Tao Kwun
