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The General Died at Dawn is a 1936 American drama film that tells the story of a mercenary who meets a beautiful girl while trying to keep arms from getting to a vicious warlord in war-torn China. The movie was written by Charles G. Booth and Clifford Odets and directed by Lewis Milestone. [1]
The General Died at Dawn: Directed by Lewis Milestone. With Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff, Dudley Digges. Amid the anarchy of China, an American mercenary tangles with a ruthless warlord.
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- Action, Drama, War
- Lewis Milestone
- 1936-10-28
A film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Gary Cooper as a mercenary in China. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and other crew members on IMDb.
As the general slowly dies, O'Hara, fearing for the lives of Judy and Wu, tells Yang the world will believe that his guards were disloyal and killed him. Yang, however, gives the guards orders to kill Judy and Wu, while O'Hara pleads with him to let them live so they can tell the story of his greatness. After O'Hara finally convinces Yang to ...
- Lewis Milestone, Hal Walker
- Gary Cooper
An American mercenary in China faces a ruthless warlord and a treacherous woman in this action-adventure film. IMDb provides a brief synopsis, cast and crew, user reviews, trivia, and more for this title.
The General Died at Dawn ★★★ 1936A clever, atmospheric suspense film about an American mercenary in Shanghai falling in love with a beautiful spy as he battles a fierce Chinese warlord who wants to take over the country.
The General Died at Dawn is very slowly paced, has a lot of talk for an adventure film, and has a meandering plot, making it easy to lose track of the MacGuffin, a pile of cash needed by groups of good guys and bad guys. But the cast and some visual flair make it quite watchable.
