

Dragon Seed
DirectorsHarold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway
“M-G-M's immortal production of the great novel”
Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against the Japanese invaders.
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Cast

Katharine Hepburn
Jade Tan

Walter Huston
Ling Tan

Aline MacMahon
Ling Tan's Wife

Akim Tamiroff
Wu Lien

Turhan Bey
Lao Er Tan - Middle Son

Hurd Hatfield
Lao San Tan - Youngest Son

J. Carrol Naish
Japanese Kitchen Overseer

Agnes Moorehead
Third Cousin's Wife

Henry Travers
Third Cousin

Robert Bice
Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son

Robert Lewis
Captain Sato

Frances Rafferty
Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife
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