The read
Critics rate it 35 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 35 points higher than audiences do.
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Lewis MilestoneDirector
- Clifford OdetsScreenplay
- Werner JanssenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gary CooperO'Hara
- Madeleine CarrollJudy Perrie
- Akim TamiroffGeneral Yang
- Dudley DiggesMr. Wu
- Porter HallPeter Perrie
- William FrawleyBrighton
- J.M. KerriganLeach
- Philip AhnOxford
- Lee Tung FooMr. Chen
- Leonid KinskeyStewart
- Val DuranWong
- Willie FungBartender
Stills
Themes
rescueshanghai, chinawar crimesarms dealgreedmercenaryrenegadewarlordchinese civil wardeceptionmurdergunshot wound