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19361h 38mNREnglish

The General Died at Dawn

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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.

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DirectorLewis Milestone

Keywords

rescueshanghai, chinawar crimesarms dealgreedmercenaryrenegadewarlordchinese civil wardeceptionmurdergunshot woundmass suicideoppressionadventurersomber1930sfather daughter relationshipamerican in china

Cast

Gary Cooper as O'Hara

Gary Cooper

O'Hara

Madeleine Carroll as Judy Perrie

Madeleine Carroll

Judy Perrie

Akim Tamiroff as General Yang

Akim Tamiroff

General Yang

Dudley Digges as Mr. Wu

Dudley Digges

Mr. Wu

Porter Hall as Peter Perrie

Porter Hall

Peter Perrie

William Frawley as Brighton

William Frawley

Brighton

J.M. Kerrigan as Leach

J.M. Kerrigan

Leach

Philip Ahn as Oxford

Philip Ahn

Oxford

Lee Tung Foo as Mr. Chen

Lee Tung Foo

Mr. Chen

Leonid Kinskey as Stewart

Leonid Kinskey

Stewart