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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Paul Osborn (adaptation)
Richard Mason (novel)
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Release Date:
1961 (Austria) more
Tagline:
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 synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
The Original "Pretty Woman" 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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Runtime:
126 min
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #19621) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A
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As an former student of the Royal Ballet School in London, a 20-year-old Nancy Kwan was discovered by producer Ray Stark after the coveted role of Suzie Wong was up for grabs after French-Vietnamese actress France Nuyen suffered a bout of chronic laryngitis. more
Goofs:
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. more
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Castle of Fu-Manchu (#4.23)" (1992) more
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The World of Suzie Wong more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The World of Suzie Wong (1960)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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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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Long before "Pretty Woman", "Maid in Manhattan" and "In the Mood For Love" were dreamed up, we have this beautiful film from the fifties which is the meatiest of them all.
True the film is a bit long, but this does not detract from the general impression it gives to the spectator.
The dialogues are sublime, the technicolor is wonderful and both protagonists are very beaufiful actors. I saw this on TV and would dearly love to have it on DVD ( chance would be a fine thing !!! ) to have a better sound quality for the dialogues.
For pure unadulterated romance and passion, this film is hard to beat. One gets the impression that it was rather ahead of its time when it came out.
Lastly, those frightening landslide sequences close to the end are really impressive, and the "baby's funeral" also leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.
A truly magnificent film, seemingly little known today, and which would gain from being made better known to the general public .......