---
title: 'The General Died at Dawn (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lewis Milestone'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-general-died-at-dawn-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027664/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The General Died at Dawn (1936)

1936 · 93 min · Adventure, War · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lewis Milestone](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-milestone)
- **Screenplay:** [Clifford Odets](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifford-odets)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Werner Janssen](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-janssen)
- **Producer:** [Paramount Pictures](https://cinepixo.com/people/paramount-pictures)
- **Director of Photography:** [Victor Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-milner)
- **Editor:** [Eda Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/eda-warren)

## Cast

- [Porter Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/porter-hall)
- [Willie Fung](https://cinepixo.com/people/willie-fung)
- [John O'Hara](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-o-hara)
- [Leonid Kinskey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-kinskey)
- [Dudley Digges](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-digges)
- [Philip Ahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-ahn)
- [J. M. Kerrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-m-kerrigan)
- [Paul Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-harvey)
- [William Frawley](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-frawley)
- [Madeleine Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeleine-carroll)
- [Akim Tamiroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/akim-tamiroff)
- [Gary Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-cooper)

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