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A widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist Revolution.A widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist Revolution.A widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist Revolution.
- Won 3 Oscars
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total
Salvador Baguez
- Hotel Manager
- (uncredited)
W.T. Chang
- Old Loo
- (uncredited)
Aen-Ling Chow
- Wife
- (uncredited)
Kei Thin Chung
- Interne
- (uncredited)
Edward Colmans
- Dining Room Captain
- (uncredited)
Ashley Cowan
- British Sailor
- (uncredited)
Lee Tong Foo
- Old Loo
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Henry King
- Otto Lang(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJennifer Jones reportedly chewed garlic cloves before her love scenes with William Holden, which may have been an effort to deter her notoriously womanizing co-star. Considering how badly they were getting along, Holden suspected that it was Jones' attempt to annoy him.
- GoofsThe story takes place in 1949, but the aircraft that returns Mark to Hong Kong is Pan American World Airways N6535C, named "Clipper Mercury". It was a Douglas DC-6B, which entered service in 1952 and left service in 1961.
- Quotes
Third Uncle: We shall now have tea and speak of absurdities.
- ConnectionsFeatured in El buen amor (1963)
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"A Great Many Mistakes Are Made In the Name of Loneliness"
Those prophetic words were spoken by William Holden (as a war reporter) to the beauteous Jennifer Jones (as a Eurasian doctor), explaining his failing marriage on the beach. They start an affair, despite huge odds of adultery and racial issues. In Hollywood of the 1950s, interracial romance was allowed but only with dire consequences at the end. Beautiful Hong Kong scenery (although some beach scenes look studio-bound), a famous title tune, poetic script, lovely background music (by Alfred Newman), great costumes, outstanding performances, especially Jones (directed here by Henry King, who also did "The Song of Bernadette - 1943, an Oscar for Jones) still make this a world-class romance weeper.
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- twanurit
- May 29, 2004
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Alle Herrlichkeit auf Erden
- Filming locations
- Foreign Correspondents' Club, 41A Conduit Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong(Dr. Han Suyin's hospital - building was demolished in 1970, now site of Realty Gardens apartment complex)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,780,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $29,341
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1
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