The Contract (Chinese: 賣身契) is a 1978 Hong Kong comedy film written, directed by and starring Michael Hui.

It was very successful at the Hong Kong box office being the highest-grossing film there at the time.

[3] The Contract was a commercial success, earning HK$7,820,019 at the box office[4] In The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977-1997, John Charles described The Contract as "totally disarming and one of The Hui's Brothers most consistently amusing efforts"[5] while Stephen Teo in his book Hong Kong Cinema: the Extra Dimensions wrote "Michael Hui ended the decade with arguably his best film".

[7] The Contract is Sam Hui's fifth Cantopop album with the title track being the film's theme song.

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