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The General Died at Dawn

1936 · 98 min

A somber, tense adventure through a war-torn land, where moral compromises and danger keep you leaning forward.

Directed by
Lewis Milestone
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff
Overview
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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Directed by
Lewis Milestone
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • survival
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Lewis Milestone
Written by
Clifford Odets
Starring
Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff, Dudley Digges, Porter Hall, William Frawley, J.M. Kerrigan, Philip Ahn
Music
Werner Janssen
Cinematography
Victor Milner
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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