Before he found his niche as an actor and producer in the HK police dramas from the 1980's Danny Lee was another contract player at the Shaw Brothers playing a variety of roles in films of varying qualities depending on the films assigned by the studio. Nothing really stands out in this film about the story of boy meets girl- this time concerning three young doctors (one played by Danny Lee) being assigned by their hospital director to take the hand in marriage of three daughters of a rich Chinese herbalist. A lot of hijinks and misunderstandings ensued as the girls find ways to make the guys task difficult initially before finding that they have feelings for these suffering doctors in love and a predictable happy ending assured. You have the typical elements of pop songs thrown in in a scene or two, supposedly feisty but pretty girls who in the end submit to the hapless male characters' determination to woo them over.
This is a template the Wong Jing will recycle endlessly in his rom-coms of the 80's and 90's with a more edgy and wacky ride along a predictable path. Here in this film all is played out in a rather light and fluffy manner- nothing special and offensive- a far cry from the works that both Danny Lee and the director Mou tun-fei were later to make finding their wings in exploring the darker side of humanity. (Mou with Lost Souls (1980) onwards while Danny as a producer of some disturbing Cat III crime films in the 1990's)
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