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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

1955 · 1h 42m · Drama, Romance · United States of America · Rated 16 (DE)

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.

Directed by
Henry King
Written by
John Patrick
Based on the novel by
Han Suyin
Starring
Jennifer Jones, William Holden, Torin Thatcher, Isobel Elsom
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6.1Smart score

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1950samerican abroadchinese civil warcommunist chinadoctoreurasianfemale doctorforeign correspondenthong kongintercultural relationshipinterracial romanceinterracial womanlove affairman pursues womanmarried manpeople's republic of chinaracismromancewar correspondentwidowwoman falls in love
Rating16 (DE)

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