The General Died at Dawn (1936)

Directed by

Lewis Milestone

Genre

adventure film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In war-torn China, a mercenary tries to stop arms from reaching a cruel warlord. He falls in love with a mysterious woman along the way.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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