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'''A Countess from Hong Kong''' was a 1967 comedy film and the last film directed by Charles Chaplin. It was one of only two films Chaplin directed in which he did not play a major role (the other was 1923's ''A Woman of Paris''), and his only color film. It starred Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Tippi Hedren, and Sydney Earle Chaplin, Chaplin's second son. The film was a financial and critical failure.
The plot concerns ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia Ogden Mears sailing back to America after traveling the world. He meets a Russian countess in Hong Kong who sneaks on board to escape forced prostitution.
This film is best known for the theme music, written by Chaplin, which became the hit song ''This Is My Song'' for Petula Clark. Since the film was and remains almost universally disliked, the success of the song made back the money spent on the film. Chaplin was distraught by its failure, and the difficulties in the film production. His on-set conflicts with Brando stemming from ego clashes and their radically different approaches to acting are legendary . This is Tippi Hedren's first feature film after her break from director Alfred Hitchcock. She had high hopes for the film, until she received the script. When she realized that she had a small part as Marlon Brando's estranged wife, she asked Chaplin to expand her role. And although Chaplin tried to please her, he couldn't find a way to expand her role, as the story mostly takes place on a ship, which Hedren's character boards near the end of the film. In the end, she remained in the film and later said that it was a pleasure working for Chaplin.
Chaplin's brief cameo marked his final on-screen appearance.

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Trivia

Main cast

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Trivia

★ It was filmed entirely at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, just outside London in 1966.

★ "Countess from Hong Kong" is also the title of a song by The Velvet Underground, released on the Peel Slowly and See set in 1995.

Main cast

Actor	Role
Marlon Brando	Odgen Mears
Sophia Loren	Natascha
Sydney Earle Chaplin	Harvey
Tippi Hedren	Martha
Patrick Cargill	Hudson
Oliver Johnson	Clark
Michael Medwin	John Felix
John Paul	Captain
Margaret Rutherford	Miss Gaulswallow
Angela Scoular	Society girl
Geraldine Chaplin	Girl at dance
Charles Chaplin	An old stewart

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