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

The General Died at Dawn (1936)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Lewis Milestone
  • Profile picture of Gary Cooper
    O'Hara Gary Cooper
  • Profile picture of Madeleine Carroll
    Judy Perrie Madeleine Carroll
  • Profile picture of Akim Tamiroff
    General Yang Akim Tamiroff
  • Profile picture of Dudley Digges
    Mr. Wu Dudley Digges
  • Profile picture of Porter Hall
    Peter Perrie Porter Hall
  • Profile picture of William Frawley
    Brighton William Frawley
  • Profile picture of J.M. Kerrigan
    Leach J.M. Kerrigan
  • Profile picture of Philip Ahn
    Oxford Philip Ahn

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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