The General Died at Dawn (1936)
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.
Director:
Lewis Milestone
Writer:
Clifford Odets
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Gary Cooper as O'Hara |
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Madeleine Carroll as Judy Perrie |
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Akim Tamiroff as General Yang |
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Dudley Digges as Mr. Wu |
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Porter Hall as Peter Perrie |
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William Frawley as Brighton |
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J.M. Kerrigan as Leach |
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Philip Ahn as Oxford |
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Lee Tung Foo as Mr. Chen |
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Leonid Kinskey as Stewart |
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Val Duran as Wong |
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Willie Fung as Bartender |
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Hans Fuerberg as Yang's Military Advisor |
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John O'Hara as Newspaper Reporter |
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Russell Hicks as No Matches Man (uncredited) |
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Barnett Parker as Dining Car Man (uncredited) |
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Frank Young as Travel Agent (uncredited) |
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Irene Bennett as Train Passenger (uncredited) |
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Spencer Chan as Killer (uncredited) |
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Suey Chan as Guard (uncredited) |
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Thomas Chan as Houseboy (uncredited) |
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Sarah Edwards as Companion of American without Matches (uncredited) |
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Paul Harvey as American Husband (uncredited) |
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Charles Leong as Houseboy (uncredited) |
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Lewis Milestone as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Clifford Odets as Cameo (uncredited) |
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Harold Tong as Houseboy (uncredited) |
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Kam Tong as Houseboy (uncredited) |
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Hans von Morhart as Mandarin (uncredited) |
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Walter Wong as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Swan Yee as Houseboy (uncredited) |
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Harry Yip as Houseboy (uncredited) |
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Carol de Castro as Clerk (uncredited) |
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Dudley Lee as Waiter on Train (uncredited) |
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Walter Lem as Waiter on Train (uncredited) |
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Tommy Lee as Waiter on Train (uncredited) |
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George Wong Wah as Waiter on Train (uncredited) |
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Tom Ung as Steward on Train (uncredited) |
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Taft Jung as Guard (uncredited) |
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Sam Labrador as Guard (uncredited) |
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Richard Young as Guard (uncredited) |
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Jung Kai as Guard (uncredited) |
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Harry Leong as Guard (uncredited) |
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Paul Tom as Guard (uncredited) |
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Loo Loy as Guard (uncredited) |
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Wong Fong as Guard (uncredited) |
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Leo Abbey as Guard (uncredited) |
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Bob Jow as Guard (uncredited) |
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George Chan as Porter (uncredited) |
| Directing | Lewis Milestone | Director |
| Production | William LeBaron | Producer |
| Writing | Clifford Odets | Screenplay |
| Writing | Charles G. Booth | Story |
| Camera | Victor Milner | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Eda Warren | Editor |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Art | Ernst Fegté | Art Direction |
| Sound | Werner Janssen | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Adolph Zukor | Presenter |
| Visual Effects | Gordon Jennings | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Art Smith | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Harry D. Mills | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Louis Mesenkop | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Andrey Tolstoy | Technical Advisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travis Banton | Costume Designer |
| Art | A. E. Freudeman | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Boris Morros | Music Director |
| Directing | Hal Walker | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles Gemora | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Charles Althouse | Sound |
| Sound | Irvin Talbot | Conductor |