<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $1.78 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $3 million (US in 1955) </Td> </Tr> <P> Love Is a Many - Splendored Thing is a 1955 Deluxe color American drama - romance film in CinemaScope . Set in 1949--50 in Hong Kong, it tells the story of a married, but separated, American reporter Mark Elliot (played by William Holden), who falls in love with a Eurasian doctor Han Suyin originally from China (played by Jennifer Jones), only to encounter prejudice from her family and from Hong Kong society . </P> <P> The movie was adapted by John Patrick from the 1952 autobiographical novel A Many - Splendoured Thing by Han Suyin . The film was directed by Henry King . </P>

Who starred in love is a many splendored thing