Forbidden

Forbidden

Only her kind of woman could give him his kind of love

1953•1h 25m•6.3/10

CrimeRomanceThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(11)

Eddie Darrow, seeking a mobster's widow in Macao, gets involved in a casino owner's affairs.

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Production

Universal International Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

Eddie Darrow

Joanne Dru

Joanne Dru

Christine Lawrence Manard

Lyle Bettger

Lyle Bettger

Justin Keit

Marvin Miller

Marvin Miller

Cliff Chalmer

Victor Sen Yung

Victor Sen Yung

Allan Chung

Peter Mamakos

Peter Mamakos

Sam (as Peter J. Mamakos)

Mai Tai Sing

Soo Lee (as Mae Tai Sing)

Howard Chuman

Hon-Fai

Weaver Levy

Tang

Alan Dexter

Alan Dexter

Bernard 'Benny' Pendleton

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