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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:
"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 |
Additional Details
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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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Trivia:
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
Movie Connections:
Featured in "SexTV: Dragon Ladies & Kung-Fu Masters: Re-Constructing Asian American Sexualty (#6.30)" (2004) more
Soundtrack:
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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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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…