Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
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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!

6.0 / 10 1955 1h 42mNR English
DramaRomance

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones

Dr. Han Suyin

Lead
William Holden

William Holden

Mark Elliott

Torin Thatcher

Torin Thatcher

Humphrey Palmer-Jones

Isobel Elsom

Isobel Elsom

Adeline Palmer-Jones

Murray Matheson

Murray Matheson

Dr. John Keith

Virginia Gregg

Virginia Gregg

Anne Richards

Richard Loo

Richard Loo

Robert Hung

Soo Yong

Soo Yong

Nora Hung

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Henry King's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker