The General Died at Dawn

The General Died at Dawn (1936)

17/11/1936
Drama, Thriller
1h 38m

Overview

China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a large sum of money to Mr. Wu with the task of buying weapons in Shanghai to help end General Yang's tyranny that keeps an entire province under his ruthless iron boot.

  • Lewis MilestoneDirector
  • Clifford OdetsScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • rescue
  • shanghai, china
  • war crimes
  • arms deal
  • greed
  • mercenary
  • renegade
  • warlord
  • chinese civil war
  • deception
  • murder
  • gunshot wound
  • mass suicide
  • oppression
  • adventurer
  • somber
  • 1930s
  • father daughter relationship
  • american in china

Top Billed Cast

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

O'Hara

Madeleine Carroll

Madeleine Carroll

Judy Perrie

Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff

General Yang

Dudley Digges

Dudley Digges

Mr. Wu

Porter Hall

Porter Hall

Peter Perrie

William Frawley

William Frawley

Brighton

J.M. Kerrigan

J.M. Kerrigan

Leach

Philip Ahn

Philip Ahn

Oxford

Lee Tung Foo

Lee Tung Foo

Mr. Chen

Leonid Kinskey

Leonid Kinskey

Stewart

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