- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tony Sloman
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2 out of 5
Interminable and grotesquely over-produced (by the king of "camp" glamour Ross Hunter) this screen version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway success about life in San Francisco's Chinatown was woefully patronising and under-directed by Henry Koster. On Broadway, the tale had charm and style but this overblown and overlong movie just lies there and dies there. However, there's some bracing dance numbers from veteran choreographer Hermes Pan and, mercifully, the endearing score has survived almost intact. Nominated in music and art direction categories at Oscar time, this lost out on everything - unsurprisingly - to West Side Story.
Plot Summary
Musical comedy starring Nancy Kwan and James Shigeta. A young and innocent immigrant girl from Hong Kong sets off a chain of romantic complications when she arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Mei Li
- Miyoshi Umeki
- Wang Ta
- James Shigeta
- Linda Low
- Nancy Kwan
- Samuel Adams `Sammy' Fong
- Jack Soo
- Madame `Auntie' Liang
- Juanita Hall
- Wang Chi-Yang
- Benson Fong
- Helen Chao
- Reiko Sato
- Wang San
- Patrick Adiarte
Crew
- Director
- Henry Koster
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