The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Directed by Frank Capra

Written by Grace Zaring Stone, Edward E. Paramore Jr.

Shanghai, China, the 1920s. In the midst of a bloody civil war, General Yen, a ruthless warlord, rescues Megan Davis —who was about to marry a missionary— from certain death amid the chaos.

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

Megan

Nils Asther

General Yen

Toshia Mori

Mah-Li

Walter Connolly

Jones

Gavin Gordon

Bob

Lucien Littlefield

Mr. Jackson

Richard Loo

Captain Li

Helen Jerome Eddy

Miss Reed

Emmett Corrigan

Bishop Harkness