The Gentle Crackdown

The Gentle Crackdown 秀才遇著兵
The Gentle Crackdown poster
Genre	Costume Comedy
Starring	Moses Chan Niki Chow Wayne Lai Michelle Yim Halina Tam
Opening theme	"明知不知傻痴痴" by Moses Chan & Niki Chow
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Language(s)	Cantonese
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer(s)	Lau Kar Ho
Running time	45 minutes (approx.)
Broadcast
Original channel	TVB
Original run	May 25, 2005 – June 21, 2005
Chronology
Followed by	The Gentle Crackdown II (2008)
External links
Website

The Gentle Crackdown (Traditional Chinese: 秀才遇著兵) is a TVB costume comedy series broadcast in May 2005.

An indirect sequel, The Gentle Crackdown II (秀才愛上兵) was produced and broadcast in 2008 continued with only Wayne Lai, alongside Steven Ma, Yumiko Cheng, and Ha Yu.

Synopsis

What would happen when a slow-paced scholar meets an impetuous constable?

Cast

Cast	Role	Description
Moses Chan	Shui Tung-Lau 水東樓	Lower Grade Magistrate Luk Sap-Yee's lover.
Niki Chow	Luk Sap-Yee 陸拾義	Constable Shui Tung-Lau's lover. Gam Ying's daughter.
Wayne Lai	Si Kei-Wong 史其旺	Shui Tung-Lau's assistant. Luk Sau-Koo's lover.
Michelle Yim	Gam Ying 金英	Luk Sap-Yee's mother. Luk Chin's wife.
Halina Tam	Luk Sau-Koo 陸秀姑	Si Kei-Wong's lover.
Cindy Au	Man Lai-Gwan 萬麗君
Lee Shing-Cheung	Moh Dai-Ping 么大平	Head Constable
Johnson Lee (李思捷)	Mok Dai-Mo 莫大毛	Constable. The given name of this constable, along with the other 3, translates to "Making Trouble Out of Nothing" (毛[無]事生非)
Dai Yiu Ming (戴耀明)	Mau See 茅士	Constable
Li Kai Kit (李啟傑)	Sat Fei 實非	Constable
Ng Man Seng (伍文生)	Man Seng 文生	Constable
Yuen Wah	Luk Chin 陸戰	Gam Ying's deceased husband. Luk Sap-Yee's father.

External links

• TVB.com The Gentle Crackdown - Official Website (Chinese)
• Butterfly's Place.net The Gentle Crackdown - Episodic Synopsis (Chinese)
• YouTube.com The Gentle Crackdown - Theme Song Video