Synopsis

In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with Paul. Her physician husband Walter discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to China (where he will fight a cholera epidemic) or face the scandal of a public divorce. She persuades him to reconsider and he proposes an alternative. If Paul's wife will agree to a divorce and he marries Carol within one week Walter will obtain a quiet divorce. Carol presents Walter's 'deal' to Paul, who regretfully declines, citing respect for his wife.Carol sees as her only choice to accompany Walter to the village, where she meets booze-soaked Tim. He soon introduces her to nuns at the local hospital-convent and Carol begins to re-evaluate her self-absorbed life and character. Working at the convent, Carol learns she is pregnant. She tells Walter she's unsure who is the father and he regrets her honesty. Shortly after, Walter contracts cholera and dies. Carol returns to Hong Kong and an uncertain future.

Main Cast

Eleanor Parker

Carol Carwin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 64%

Bill Travers

Walter Carwin

Age : 72 | Popularity : 31%

George Sanders

Tim Waddington

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Paul Duvelle

Age : 90 | Popularity : 46%

Ellen Corby

Sister Saint Joseph

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

James Hong

Chinese Officer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 23%

Françoise Rosay

Mother Superior

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Ronald Neame Vincente Minnelli
	Assistant Director	William McGarry
Writing	Screenplay	Karl Tunberg
	Novel	W. Somerset Maugham
Camera	Director of Photography	Ray June
Sound	Original Music Composer	Miklós Rózsa
Production	Producer	David Lewis
Editing	Editor	Gene Ruggiero
Art	Art Direction	Daniel B. Cathcart William A. Horning
	Set Decoration	Fred M. MacLean Edwin B. Willis
Department	Role	Name

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