

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
DirectorFrank Capra
“They found a love they dared not touch!”
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
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Cast

Barbara Stanwyck
Megan Davis

Nils Asther
General Yen

Toshia Mori
Mah-Li

Walter Connolly
Jones

Gavin Gordon
Dr. Robert 'Bob' Strike

Lucien Littlefield
Mr. Jacobson

Richard Loo
Captain Li

Helen Jerome Eddy
Miss Reed

Emmett Corrigan
Bishop Harkness

Clara Blandick
Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)

Willie Fung
Officer (uncredited)

Jessie Arnold
Mrs. Blake
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