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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1955 · 102 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Henry King
- Starring
- James Hong, William Holden, Torin Thatcher, Jennifer Jones, Isobel Elsom, Herbert Heyes
Emerging from their hidden sanctuary, they confront a turbulent modern Hong Kong, creating a memorable cinematic moment. A widowed doctor of mixed Chinese‑European heritage falls for a married American journalist amid the chaos of China’s Communist revolution, testing love against politics and duty.
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