The General Died at Dawn(Movie, 1936)

Name: The General Died at Dawn
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1936
Duration: T01:38:00
Rating: 3.1

1h 38min | Genres: Drama, Thriller

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

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. It stars Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff, and Dudley Digges. Director Milestone has a cameo role. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The General Died at Dawn

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominated for: Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment

About 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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: China

Made by: Paramount Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 8 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/02/1936 (World premiere: 11/17/1936)

Cast: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff, Porter Hall, Dudley Digges, William Frawley, J. M. Kerrigan, Philip Ahn, Leonid Kinskey, John O'Hara, Paul Harvey, Willie Fung

Director: Lewis Milestone

Producer: Paramount Pictures

Screenwriter: Clifford Odets

Film Editor: Eda Warren

Director of Photography: Victor Milner

Composer: Werner Janssen

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Generalen døde ved daggry"

"Idässä palaa"

"Kínai arany"

"将軍暁に死す"

"Żółty skarb"

"Generalul a murit în zori"

"Generalen dog i gryningen"

"Chinese Gold"

Keywords: arms deal, 1930s, chinese civil war, father daughter relationship, shanghai, china, warlord

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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The General Died at Dawn(Movie, 1936)

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