Jennifer Jones
Dr. Han Suyin
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A widowed Eurasian doctor Han Suyin (Jones) falls in love with a married-but-separated American correspondent Mark Elliott (Holden) in Hong Kong, during the period of China's Civil War in the late 1940s. Although they find brief happiness together, she is ostracized by the greater Chinese community.
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A classic romance film starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones as a reporter and a doctor in Hong Kong during the Chinese Civil War. The film won three Oscars and was based on a novel by Han Suyin, a pseudonym of a Chinese-born British author.
- (5.4K)
- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Henry King, Otto Lang
- 1955-09-26
Synopsis. In 1949, in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, Eurasian doctor Han Suyin is summoned to the hospital emergency ward to tend to a young Chinese girl. Suyin's friend, British doctor John Keith, places the dedicated Suyin in charge of the refugee, and soon after, invites her to attend a cocktail party with him.
In Hong Kong in 1949, Mark Elliott (William Holden) is an American reporter covering the Chinese civil war. Undergoing a trial separation from his wife, he meets the beautiful Dr. Han...
- (17)
- Jennifer Jones
- Henry King
- Twentieth Century Fox
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.
- Henry King
- 102 min
- 18
A war correspondent and a widowed doctor fall in love in Hong Kong amid the Chinese Civil War. The film, based on a novel by James A. Michener, was a hit but faced criticism for its casting of a white actress as an Asian character.
A romantic drama based on a novel by Han Suyin, set in Hong Kong during the Korean War. Jennifer Jones and William Holden star as a forbidden lovers, facing social and legal obstacles.
