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The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932·87 min

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Directed by Frank Capra

DramaRomance

An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.

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Barbara Stanwyck

Megan Davis

General Yen

Mah-Li

Walter Connolly

Jones

Crew

Edward E. Paramore Jr.

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W. Franke Harling

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Producer

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Gavin Gordon

Dr. Robert 'Bob' Strike

Lucien Littlefield

Mr. Jacobson

Captain Li

Helen Jerome Eddy

Miss Reed

Emmett Corrigan

Bishop Harkness

Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)

Officer (uncredited)

Mrs. Blake

Missionary

Missionary

Chinese Officer

Dr. Hansen

Mrs. Bowman

Mrs. Amelia Hansen

Lillian Leighton

Missionary

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The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932) is about an American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.

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Frank Capra directed The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932).

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