Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
“The price they pay when they come out of their secret garden and face the world in modern-day Hong Kong - makes this one of the screen's unforgettable experiences!”
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.
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Cast
23 people
Jennifer Jones
Dr. Han Suyin
Known for
Duel in the Sun
The Song of Bernadette
William Holden
Mark Elliott
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Torin Thatcher
Humphrey Palmer-Jones
Known for
Witness for the Prosecution
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Isobel Elsom
Adeline Palmer-Jones
Known for
My Fair Lady
Monsieur Verdoux
Murray Matheson
Dr. John Keith
Known for
Twilight Zone: The Movie
S.W.A.T.
Virginia Gregg
Anne Richards
Known for
Operation Petticoat
The Hanging Tree
Richard Loo
Robert Hung
Known for
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Steel Helmet
Soo Yong
Nora Hung
Known for
The Good Earth
Sayonara
Philip Ahn
Third Uncle
Known for
Kung Fu
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jorja Curtright
Suzanne
Also in
Whistle Stop
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
Donna Martell
Suchen, Suyin's sister
Known for
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Keye Luke
Lee Foo / Lee Foo (uncredited)
Known for
Gremlins
Kung Fu
Henry King Director · John Patrick Screenplay Han Suyin Author
Worldwide gross $3M · Budget $1.8M · United States release August 18, 1955
Box office
Budget
$1,780,000
Worldwide gross
$3,000,000
Gross vs. budget
1.7×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English
Release dates
United States · August 18, 1955
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1956 · Theatrical
France
April 1, 1956 · Theatrical
Germany
December 14, 1955 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 10, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
April 23, 1956 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 26, 1955 · Theatrical
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