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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Name: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Director: Henry King
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1955-08-18
Cast: Jennifer Jones, William Holden, Torin Thatcher, Isobel Elsom, Murray Matheson

DramaRomance

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.

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Jennifer JonesWilliam HoldenTorin ThatcherIsobel ElsomMurray MathesonVirginia GreggRichard LooSoo YongPhilip AhnJorja CurtrightDonna MartellKeye Luke

Director

Henry King

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