The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Dec 25, 1932

1h 27m

★ 6.2

They found a love they dared not touch!

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

The Bitter Tea of General Yen Trailers

Cast

Megan Davis

Barbara Stanwyck

General Yen

Nils Asther

Mah-Li

Toshia Mori

Jones

Walter Connolly

Dr. Robert 'Bob' Strike

Gavin Gordon

Mr. Jacobson

Lucien Littlefield

Captain Li

Richard Loo

Miss Reed

Helen Jerome Eddy

Bishop Harkness

Emmett Corrigan

Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)

Clara Blandick

Officer (uncredited)

Willie Fung

Mrs. Blake

Jessie Arnold

The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.

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