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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Hong Kong, 1949. Eurasian widow Dr Han Suyin is torn between wanting to help people, even in communist China, and an unlooked-for chance of love with journalist Mark Elliott, even though he is married.

Romantic drama with an Oscar-winning song, based on an autobiographical novel.

1 hour, 38 minutes

Last on

Thu 30 Jul 202014:15

Music Played

  • Alfred Newman, 20Th Century-Fox Studio Orchestra

    Fox Fanfare

  • John Williams

    Fox Fanfare

  • Alfred Newman

    Main Title / God Has Been Good / Finale

  • Patrick Cassidy

    Teresa

  • Quincy Jones and His Orchestra

    Non-Stop To Brazil

Credits

RoleContributor
Mark ElliottWilliam Holden
Dr Han SuyinJennifer Jones
Humphrey Palmer-JonesTorin Thatcher
Adeline Palmer-JonesIsobel Elsom
Dr John KeithMurray Matheson
Anne RichardsVirginia Gregg
Robert HungRichard Loo
Nora HungSoo Yong
Third UnclePhilip Ahn
SuzanneJorja Curtright
SuchenDonna Martell
DirectorHenry King

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Jan 197214:55
  • Sun 8 Jul 198419:15
  • Wed 16 Jul 198618:30
  • Fri 16 Oct 198713:50
  • Sun 7 May 198915:00
  • Tue 10 Mar 199218:00
  • Mon 31 May 200414:10
  • Mon 9 Oct 200613:35
  • Sat 2 Feb 200813:30
  • Thu 28 Dec 201712:15
  • Tue 31 Jul 201812:05
  • Fri 7 Feb 202015:35
  • Thu 30 Jul 202014:15