Drama ·Thriller · United States of America · 1936 · 1h 38m

The General Died at Dawn

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Director
Lewis Milestone
Cast
Gary Cooper as O'Hara Madeleine Carroll as Judy Perrie Akim Tamiroff as General Yang Dudley Digges as Mr. Wu Porter Hall as Peter Perrie William Frawley as Brighton
Crew
Victor Milner — Director of Photography Eda Warren — Editor Werner Janssen — Original Music Composer Clifford Odets — Screenplay Charles G. Booth — Story William LeBaron — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
rescueshanghai, chinawar crimesarms dealgreedmercenaryrenegadewarlordchinese civil wardeceptionmurdergunshot wound
Key Collaborators
Lewis Milestone Director Victor Milner Director of Photography Eda Warren Editor Werner Janssen Original Music Composer Clifford Odets Screenplay Charles G. Booth Story William LeBaron Producer
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