The General Died at Dawn (1936)
- Starring:
- Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lewis Milestone
Synopsis of The General Died at Dawn
General Yang (Akim Tamiroff) is a politically ambitious Chinese bandit who holds the Northern districts in a grip of terror. Yang is opposed by O'Hara (Gary Cooper), an American mercenary who fights on behalf of the peasants. When he is entrusted with a large sum of money to buy guns, O'Hara becomes the target of Yang and his minions. Betrayed by a cowardly Caucasian (Porter Hall), O'Hara nonetheless falls in love with his betrayer's daughter Judy (Madeline Carroll). Yang captures both O'Hara and Judy and spirits them away on his junk, where the General intends to torture O'Hara so as to find out where the money is. A bizarre and gloomy ending caps this atmospheric thriller, adapted from Charles G. Booth's best-selling novel by Clifford Odets--who, along with director Lewis Milestone, novelist John O'Hara and Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky, appears as an extra in one scene. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The General Died at Dawn
- Gary Cooper - O'Hara
- Akim Tamiroff - Gen.Yang
- Porter Hall - Peter Perric
- J.M. Kerrigan - Leach
- Lee Tung Foo - Mr. Chen
- John O'Hara - Reporter
- Hans Von Morhart - Mandarin
- Walter Wong - Bartender
- Spencer Chan - Killer
- Hans Furberg - Yang's Military Advisor
- Willie Fung - Bartender
- George Chan - Porter
- Madeleine Carroll - Judy Perrie
- Dudley Digges - Mr. Wu
- William Frawley - Brighton
- Philip Ahn - Oxford
- Leonid Kinskey - Stewart
- Kam Tong - House Boy
- Sarah Edwards - American Couple
- Val Duran - Wong
- Paul Harvey - American Couple
- Barnett Parker - Englishman
- Lewis Milestone - Reporter
- Frank Young - Clerk
- Director(s):
- Lewis Milestone
- Writer(s):
- Clifford Odets
- Producer(s):
- William Le Baron
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