The General Died at Dawn
1936 · 1h 38m · Drama, Thriller · United States of America
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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1930sadventureramerican in chinaarms dealchinese civil wardeceptionfather daughter relationshipgreedgunshot woundmass suicidemercenarymurderoppressionrenegaderescueshanghai, chinasomberwar crimeswarlord
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