The General Died at Dawn (1936)

11/17/1936 (US) • 1h 38m

Drama, Thriller

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.

Top Billed Cast

Gary Cooper

O'Hara

Madeleine Carroll

Judy Perrie

Akim Tamiroff

General Yang

Dudley Digges

Mr. Wu

Porter Hall

Peter Perrie

William Frawley

Brighton

J.M. Kerrigan

Leach

Philip Ahn

Oxford

Lee Tung Foo

Mr. Chen

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

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

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