The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1h 27m
DramaRomance
6.2

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

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
Robert Bolder
Missionary
Nora Cecil
Missionary
Wong Chung
Chinese Officer
Knute Erickson
Dr. Hansen
Adda Gleason
Mrs. Bowman
Ella Hall
Mrs. Amelia Hansen
Lillian Leighton
Missionary
Martha Mattox
Miss Avery
Arthur Millett
Mr. Pettis
Moy Ming
Dr. Lin
Robert Wayne
Rev. Bostwick

Crew

Frank Capra
Director, Producer
Edward E. Paramore Jr.
Screenplay
Grace Zaring Stone
Story
Edward Curtiss
Editor
Joseph Walker
Director of Photography
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Walter Wanger
Producer
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Robert Kalloch
Costume Design
Norbert A. Myles
Makeup Artist
W. Franke Harling
Original Music Composer

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