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The General Died at Dawn ()

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Amid the anarchy of China, an American mercenary tangles with a ruthless warlord.
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O'Hara
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Judy Perrie
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General Yang
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Mr. Wu
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Peter Perrie
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Brighton
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Leach
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Oxford
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Mr. Chen (as Lee Tung-Foo)
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Stewart
Val Duran ...
Wong
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Bartender
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Yang's Military Advisor (as Hans Furberg)
John O'Hara ...
Newspaper Reporter
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Passenger (uncredited)
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Killer (uncredited)
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Guard (uncredited)
Thomas Chan ...
Houseboy (uncredited)
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American's Companion (uncredited)
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American Husband (uncredited)
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American with No Matches (uncredited)
Charles Leong ...
Houseboy (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
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Englishman on Train (uncredited)
Harold Tong ...
Houseboy (uncredited)
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Houseboy (uncredited)
Hans von Morhart ...
Mandarin (uncredited)
Walter Wong ...
Bartender (uncredited)
Swan Yee ...
Houseboy (uncredited)
Harry Yip ...
Houseboy (uncredited)
Frank Young ...
Clerk (uncredited)

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Lewis Milestone

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Clifford Odets ... (screen play)
 
Charles G. Booth ... (based on a story by)

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William LeBaron ... producer

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Werner Janssen

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Victor Milner ... (photographed by)

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Eda Warren ... (edited by)

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Hans Dreier
Ernst Fegté

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Travis Banton ... (costumes designed by)

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Charles Gemora ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Wally Westmore ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Hal Walker ... assistant director (uncredited)

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A.E. Freudeman ... interior decorator

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Louis Mesenkop ... sound recordist
Harry D. Mills ... sound recordist (as Harry Mills)
Charles Althouse ... sound (uncredited)

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Gordon Jennings ... special photographic effects
Art Smith ... special photographic effects

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Boris Morros ... musical director
Gerard Carbonara ... composer: main title and prologue (uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer ... music adaptor (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld ... music adaptor (uncredited)
Irvin Talbot ... conductor (uncredited)
Ernst Toch ... composer: additional music (uncredited)

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Andrei Tolstoy ... technical advisor (as Count Andrey Tolstoy)
Adolph Zukor ... presenter
Harry Caplan ... vulture wrangler (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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. Will Judy regret agreeing to lure O'Hara to his doom, and if so, can she make it up to him? The balance of power seesaws to a perilous conclusion. Written by Rod Crawford

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Taglines Gary goes to town for the best looking girl in China ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Chinese Gold (United States)
  • Le général est mort à l'aube (France)
  • El general murió al amanecer (Spain)
  • Kinai arany (Hungary)
  • Żółty skarb (Poland)
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Trivia The main character, O'Hara, is based on the real-life adventurer Morris "Two-Gun" Cohen (1887-1970). Born in Poland to a Jewish family, Cohen grew up in the tough streets of London's East End. As a teenager, he moved to western Canada and became a ranch hand and gambler in Saskatchewan, and later a highly successful real-estate agent in Alberta. During World War I he fought in Europe with the Canadian Railway Troops. His friendship with Chinese workers on the Canadian-Pacific Railroad prompted him to go to China in the 1920s. After negotiating a railroad deal with Dr. Yat-sen Sun, Cohen became a personal bodyguard to Sun and a trainer of Sun's private army. After Sun's death in 1925, Cohen ran guns for various Chinese warlords throughout the 1930s. When the Japanese invaded China in 1937, Cohen continued to supply Chinese resistance forces with arms and served with the British SOE. In 1941, following the fall of Hong Kong, he was captured by the Japanese and put in a prison camp, but was traded to the English in 1943 in a rare prisoner exchange. After the war, Cohen continued to operate in China as an agent for various British firms, including Rolls-Royce and Decca Radar. His former dealings with Chinese warlords kept him in good standing with Chinese Communist officials until his death in 1970. See more »
Goofs While arguing with Peter, Judy slams a book down on the desk. A couple of other books on the corner of the desk disappear in a later scene. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Red Hollywood (1996). See more »
Crazy Credits The opening credits all appear on the sails of boats. See more »
Quotes O'Hara: I like people too much to shoot. But it's a dark year and a hard night.
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