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.
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Chor Yuen Director · Szeto On Screenplay Leung Lai-ling Story
First release August 17, 1966 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 我愛紫羅蘭
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Golden Orchid Movie Enterprises Co.
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Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
我愛紫羅蘭
Original language
Cantonese
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Cantonese
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Hong Kong SAR China · August 17, 1966
Theatrical · Leung Lai-ling's 'Wild Rose' (Universal novel). Golden Orchid Movie Enterprises Co's inaugural production.
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