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The Violet Girl poster

The Violet Girl (1966)

Working as a telephone operator on the nightshift, David Lau received some calls from a woman for a David and agrees to a blind date. Wearing a violet on his lapel, David mistakes someone else for his date. Jennie Lee, a stranger, comes calling at the hotel, addressing a bewildered David with an intimacy that is familiar and awkward. Mok Yu-fuk, the self-proclaimed Sherlock Holmes, follows Jennie but gets robbed. Lau received an invitation to Jennie's birthday party. The guests acting strange at the party. Jennie and Lau take a stroll along the beach. Jennie suddenly hurls herself into the sea in a run. Five years ago, when Jennie was having a heart-to-heart talk with her fiance David Wong on the beach, her neglected brother ran off to the sea and drowned himself. Suffering from a nervous breakdown ever since, Jennie was devasted by the departure of her fiance to America. The hopes Jennie's parents are pinning on the new David to boost their daughter's recovery are merely wishes.

Release: 1966-08-17
Runtime: 109 min
Cast
Man Lan
Man Lan
Jennie Lee
Lui Kei
Lui Kei
David Lau
Cheung Ching
Cheung Ching
Mok Yu-fuk
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Leung Sing-por
Dr. Ma
Lee Heung-Kam
Lee Heung-Kam
Pregnant Wife
Cheung Wood-Yau
Cheung Wood-Yau
Jennie's Father
Wong Man-Lei
Wong Man-Lei
Jennie's Mother
No Image
Jenny
Schoolgirl
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Yau Kei
David Chan
Gam Lui
Gam Lui
Dancer's Husband
Lam Siu
Lam Siu
David's Father
Gam Lau
Gam Lau
David's Mother
Wong Hon
Wong Hon
Lawyer
Fung Ging-Man
Fung Ging-Man
Nurse
Man Leng
Man Leng
Telephonist
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Su Sze-Po
Dancer
Lam Yuk
Lam Yuk
Nurse
No Image
Chiu Shi-Kei
Siu Po