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!”
Henry KingCast
William Holden 
Jennifer Jones 
Torin Thatcher 
Isobel Elsom Murray Matheson 
Virginia Gregg
Credits
Written by: John Patrick
Plot
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.
Sinekatalog’s take
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) is a American drama directed by Henry King. It stars William Holden, Jennifer Jones and Torin Thatcher. It runs 102 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (5,956 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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