The Wild, Wild Rose

May 9, 1960

2h 14m

★ 7.5

Overview

Grace Chang delivers an eye-opening performance as a lusty nightclub singer climbing the social ladder in seedy Wanchai. Borrowing story and song elements from Georges Bizet’s CARMEN, this Wong Tin-Lam directed musical has flair and polish to rival Hollywood, and a superstar leading lady that would any film industry would have a tough time matching! A key film from the celebrated Cathay Film Studios.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

Motion Picture & General Investment Co., Ltd.

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Cast

Deng Zijia

Grace Chang

Liang Hanhua

Chang Yang

Shao Xueli (Shirley)

Wang Lai

Xiao Liu

Tin Ching

Wu Suxin

Su Feng

Li Meimei

Shen Yun

Fatty Lin

Liu En-Jia

Hanhua’s mom

Ou-Yang Sha-Fei

One Eyed Dragon/Cyclops

Tang Ti

Musician

Ma Lik

Old Wang

Lui Tat

Old Wang's wife

Ma Hsiao-Nung

The stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is determined to close down the noisy nightclub next door to the Cassels' home. The club's owners--Steve, a handsome ladies' man, and Jeff, his clownish sidekick--hatch a plan to keep the club open. Steve arranges to meet--and woo--Vicki and then invite her and her uncle to the club. When Vicki's snobbish aunt and the manager discover that Vicki now favors popular music over the classics, they arrange to get the club closed. But that doesn't keep Steve and Jeff down. Instead, they decide to put on a Broadway show if they can get a backer. They find their "angel" in Vicki's uncle who agrees to finance the show only if Vicki is the leading lady. But again, Vicki's aunt and manager may be the spoiler in everyone's plans.

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6.7

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6.2

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6.5

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7.1

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