The General Died at Dawn (1936)

6.5/10 98 min 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.

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

Leonid Kinskey

Stewart

Willie Fung

Bartender

Hans Fuerberg

Yang's Military Advisor

Russell Hicks

No Matches Man (uncredited)

Barnett Parker

Dining Car Man (uncredited)

Irene Bennett

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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