

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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Key Crew

Lewis Milestone
Director

Clifford Odets
Screenplay
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
Val Duran
Wong
Willie Fung
Bartender

Hans Fuerberg
Yang's Military Advisor
John O'Hara
Newspaper Reporter

Russell Hicks
No Matches Man (uncredited)

Barnett Parker
Dining Car Man (uncredited)
Frank Young
Travel Agent (uncredited)

Irene Bennett
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
Killer (uncredited)
Suey Chan
Guard (uncredited)