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The General Died at Dawn
6.5 / 10• 1936• 1h 38m•NR• English
DramaThriller
Storyline
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
Gary Cooper
O'Hara
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lewis Milestone's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The General Died at Dawn is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
