Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing is a 1955 American romance movie directed by Henry King and was based on the 1952 novel A Many Splendored Thing by Han Suyin. It stars William Holden, Jennifer Jones, Torin Thatcher, Isobel Elsom, Murray Matheson, Virginia Gregg, Richard Loo, Soo Young and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was nominated for 8 Oscars and won 3 Academy Awards in 1956.