The General Died at Dawn

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.

Directed by Lewis Milestone

Top 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

V

Val Duran

Wong

Willie Fung

Bartender

Hans Fuerberg

Yang's Military Advisor

J

John O'Hara

Newspaper Reporter

Russell Hicks

No Matches Man (uncredited)

Barnett Parker

Dining Car Man (uncredited)

F

Frank Young

Travel Agent (uncredited)

Irene Bennett

Train Passenger (uncredited)

S

Spencer Chan

Killer (uncredited)

S

Suey Chan

Guard (uncredited)

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