Handsome screen-adaptation of Paul Osborn's hit 1958 play (via Richard Mason's 1957 novel) can't overcome its stagy roots, nor the fake-exotic plushness which prevents the scenario from blooming (glossy doesn't equal exotic). Story about a Hong Kong prostitute should not have been this tame, even if Nancy Kwan shimmers in the titular role. Strolling through as an American artist who woos the illicit Suzie Wong, William Holden gives one of his weaker performances; he clearly isn't into this role and one can hardly blame him, the story being so clichéd and the set-up so concocted. Soap fans will be the movie's best audience, and George Duning has composed an attractive score. ** from ****