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!
1955 | 102m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Henry King |
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| Writer: | Han Suyin, John Patrick |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 18, 1955 |
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| Director: | Henry King |
| Writer: | Han Suyin, John Patrick |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | widow, chinese civil war, war correspondent, romance, interracial romance, hong kong, racism, doctor, love affair, american abroad, intercultural relationship, foreign correspondent, 1950s, communist china, married man, people's republic of china, woman falls in love, eurasian, man pursues woman, female doctor, interracial woman |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 05, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jennifer Jones | Dr. Han Suyin |
| William Holden | Mark Elliott |
| Torin Thatcher | Humphrey Palmer-Jones |
| Isobel Elsom | Adeline Palmer-Jones |
| Murray Matheson | Dr. John Keith |
| Virginia Gregg | Anne Richards |
| Richard Loo | Robert Hung |
| Soo Yong | Nora Hung |
| Philip Ahn | Third Uncle |
| Jorja Curtright | Suzanne |
| Donna Martell | Suchen, Suyin's sister |
| Keye Luke | Lee Foo |
| Marie Tsien | Rosie Wu |
| Walter Soo Hoo | Third Brother (uncredited) |
| James Hong | Fifth Brother (uncredited) |
| Herbert Heyes | Father Low (uncredited) |
| Edward Colmans | Dining Room Captain (uncredited) |
| Marc Krah | Wine Steward (uncredited) |
| Keye Luke | Lee Foo (uncredited) |
| Maria McClay | Rosie Wu (uncredited) |
| Leonard Strong | Fortune Teller (uncredited) |
| Kam Tong | Dr. Sen (uncredited) |
| J. Cabin Joe | (uncredited) |
| Leoda Richards | Party Guest |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Henry King | Director |
| Han Suyin | Novel |
| Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Jack Stubbs | Set Decoration |
| William Reynolds | Editor |
| Alfred Bruzlin | Sound |
| John Patrick | Screenplay |
| George W. Davis | Art Direction |
| Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Charles LeMaire | Costume Designer |
| Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Buddy Adler | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Director | Henry King Quitain | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Jennifer Jones | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Anne Baxter | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Grace Kelly Conklin | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Actress | Jennifer Jones | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Director | N/A | Nominated |
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 7 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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