Ivy Ling Po, star of The Temple of the Red Lotus, tears up the screen as a jealous, murderous movie star, who, like seemingly all "film noir" vixens, wants to kill off her husband. While she's infuriated that the hitman she hires bungles the job, she's delighted that her husband is found guilty for the killer's "murder." There's only one thing between him and execution: his wife's loving and plucky female screenwriter - played by the great Chiao Chiao, co-star of both the One Armed Swordsman films and Jackie Chan's Police Story II.