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1961 (Austria) moreTagline:
You are the first man I ever loved... and the world has only just begun...Plot:
Robert Lomax tired of working in an office, wants to be an artist. So he moves to Hong Kong to try his hand at painting... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
"I Can't pay you much, but I'd like you to pose for me." more (30 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast) | William Holden | ... | Robert Lomax |
 | Nancy Kwan | ... | Suzie Wong a.k.a. Mee Ling Wong |
| Sylvia Syms | ... | Kay O'Neill |
| Michael Wilding | ... | Ben Marlowe |
| Jacqui Chan | ... | Gwennie Lee |
| Laurence Naismith | ... | O'Neill |
| Yvonne Shima | ... | Minnie Ho |
| Andy Ho | ... | Ah Tong |
| Lier Hwang | ... | Wednesday Lu |
| Bernard Cribbins | ... | Otis, Gwennie's boy friend |
| Edwina Carroll | ... | Mrs. Marlowe |
| Dervis Ward | ... | British Sailor |
| Marian Spencer | ... | Dinner Guest |
| Lionel Blair | ... | Dancing Sailor |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
126 minColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, ChinaFun Stuff
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Jean Negulesco was originally hired as director. He was fired during production and replaced by Richard Quine. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Robert Lomax (Holden) begins to strip the European clothes off Suzy Wong (Kwan), her hair is piled smartly up under her cap and can be seen to remain that way. However, when Lomax goes to pull the cap off her head, Suzy's long tresses are fully down and covering her back. moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Code Name: Diamond Head (#7.8)" (1994) moreSoundtrack:
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| The streets of HK... | b3108 |
| Paintings | joang863 |
| Nancy Kwan Deserved an Oscar | suel41452 |
| Burning paper models | jim_owens |
| Compassionate | navbro |
| SAVE SUZIE'S PIER | jostcomp |
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The setting is Hong Kong in the late fifties…
The film tells the story of a bittersweet love affair between an American architect who has decided to try painting and a wonderful Asian girl who uses with vigor and diligence her essentially dirty trade in a turmoil of mischievous fantasy…
Suzie Wong (Nancy Kwan), attracted to Robert Lomax (Holden), offers to be his "steady girlfriend," but a world-weary Lomax informs her that he has had enough of love and wants only to paint…
Paint he does, and the irresistible hooker, appointed as a model, appears in his work in a variety of poses… A compassionate Lomax suddenly realizes he loves her and takes her as his mistress…
There are comic moments in Richard Quine's movie concerning the lies Suzie relates to win the respect of her prostitute friends and her drunken admirer, Ben (Michael Wilding).
Nancy Kwan in her film's debut displays a large range of feelings, alternating hardness, affection, and affinity…