The General Died at Dawn
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.
Top Billed Cast
Gary Cooper
O'Hara
Madeleine Carroll
Judy Perrie
Akim Tamiroff
General Yang
Dudley Digges
Mr. Wu
Porter Hall
Peter Perrie
Featured Crew
William LeBaron
Producer
Lewis Milestone
Director
Charles G. Booth
Story
Ernst Fegté
Art Direction
Eda Warren
Editor
Clifford Odets
Screenplay
Victor Milner
Director of Photography
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Werner Janssen
Original Music Composer
Art Smith
Visual Effects
Travis Banton
Costume Designer
Boris Morros
Music Director
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