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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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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 ...
Amid the anarchy of China, an American mercenary tangles with a ruthless warlord. In revolution-torn China, American mercenary O'Hara is entrusted with a perilous mission, to get arms for the helpless authorities in a province ravaged by warlord General Yang. On the train to Shanghai, he meets Judy Perrie, whose father is in league with Yang.
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.
