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Feature film — 1936

The General Died at Dawn (1936)

6.51h 38mDrama — Thriller

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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Paramount Pictures

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Director: Lewis Milestone

On screen

Cast & crew

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

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Val Duran

Wong

Willie Fung as Bartender

Willie Fung

Bartender

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