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The World of Suzie Wong

  • 1960
  • Approved
  • 2h 6m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.8K
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William Holden and Nancy Kwan in The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
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DramaRomance

A businessman moves to Hong Kong to pursue a career as an artist and falls in love with a prostitute he hires as a model.A businessman moves to Hong Kong to pursue a career as an artist and falls in love with a prostitute he hires as a model.A businessman moves to Hong Kong to pursue a career as an artist and falls in love with a prostitute he hires as a model.

  • Director
    • Richard Quine
  • Writers
    • Paul Osborn
    • Richard Mason
    • John Patrick
  • Stars
    • William Holden
    • Nancy Kwan
    • Sylvia Syms
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    2.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard Quine
    • Writers
      • Paul Osborn
      • Richard Mason
      • John Patrick
    • Stars
      • William Holden
      • Nancy Kwan
      • Sylvia Syms
    • 48User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Trailer 3:07
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    William Holden
    William Holden
    • Robert Lomax
    Nancy Kwan
    Nancy Kwan
    • Suzie Wong
    Sylvia Syms
    Sylvia Syms
    • Kay O'Neill
    Michael Wilding
    Michael Wilding
    • Ben Marlowe
    Jacqueline Chan
    Jacqueline Chan
    • Gwennie Lee
    • (as Jacqui Chan)
    Laurence Naismith
    Laurence Naismith
    • O'Neill
    Yvonne Shima
    • Minnie Ho
    Andy Ho
    • Ah Tong
    Lier Hwang
    • Wednesday Lu
    Bernard Cribbins
    Bernard Cribbins
    • Otis
    Edwina Carroll
    Edwina Carroll
    • Mrs. Marlowe
    Dervis Ward
    • British Sailor
    Marian Spencer
    • Dinner Guest
    Lionel Blair
    Lionel Blair
    • Dancing Sailor
    David Cargill
    David Cargill
    • Dancing Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Anthony Chinn
    Anthony Chinn
    • Police Officer on Ferry
    • (uncredited)
    Michael Collins
    • Dinner Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Rodney Dines
    • American Sailor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Richard Quine
    • Writers
      • Paul Osborn
      • Richard Mason
      • John Patrick
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Referring to France Nuyen's firing from the film version of "The World of Suzie Wong," the famed show biz columnist Louella Parsons wrote the following in the daily newspaper, the Chicago American, on Tuesday, February 27, 1962 (page eight) when Nuyen was cast opposite Charlton Heston in Diamond Head (1962) in '62": "As for little Miss Nuyen, things have been going much better for her recently since her bad start when she was taken out of 'The World of Suzie Wong' when she put on too much poundage worrying over M. Brando." And in its review of the film, the TV Guide site also references the firing: "Nuyen was distressed at reports from California that her lover, Marlon Brando, was carrying on with another woman, and drowning her sorrows in food. The actress gained so much weight that she was fired from the part."
    • Goofs
      Robert Lomax's hotel suite (Borehamwood studio) faces the building across the street, but when he walks a few steps up to the outside patio (Hong Kong location) - he is thirty feet above it.
    • Quotes

      Gwennie Lee: Suzie, what happen? Dear, you have accident? You fall down?

      Suzie Wong: [she had bitten her own lip, to make it bloody.] Robert, he beat me up.

      Wednesday Lu: Oh, you steal something from him?

      Suzie Wong: No, he jealous. He crazy in love with me. I tell him I have tea in his room with my girlfriends. He not believe me. He think I have tea with sailor.

      Minnie Ho: Oh, we'll tell him the truth, Suzie.

      Suzie Wong: He not believe you, Minnie Ho. Poor Robert, he can't help how he feels. Besides, he only hit me 8 to 10 times.

      Gwennie Lee: That prove Robert very in love with you.

      Wednesday Lu: Oh, you very lucky, Suzie.

      Suzie Wong: I know. Tomorrow he'll be sorry. Bye, I go home now.

      Suzie Wong: [to Gwennie] So sorry you not have nice man to beat you up.

    • Connections
      Featured in Slaying the Dragon (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      The World of Suzie Wong
      Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
      Music by Jimmy Van Heusen

    User reviews48

    Featured review
    7/10

    "I Can't pay you much, but I'd like you to pose for me."

    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
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    • Release date
      • January 25, 1961 (Japan)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • Svet Suzi Vong
    • Filming locations
      • Hong Kong, China(Exterior)
    • Production company
      • World Enterprises
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $7,300,000
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 6 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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