"They found a love they dared not touch!" 25 December 1932 Drama, Romance 87 mins
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
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Barbara Stanwyck as Megan Davis
Nils Asther as General Yen
Toshia Mori as Mah-Li
Walter Connolly as Jones
Gavin Gordon as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Strike
Lucien Littlefield as Mr. Jacobson
Richard Loo as Captain Li
Helen Jerome Eddy as Miss Reed
Emmett Corrigan as Bishop Harkness
Clara Blandick as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
Willie Fung as Officer (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold as Mrs. Blake
Robert Bolder as Missionary
Nora Cecil as Missionary
Wong Chung as Chinese Officer
Knute Erickson as Dr. Hansen
Frank Capra Director
Grace Zaring Stone Story
Edward E. Paramore Jr. Screenplay
Frank Capra Producer
W. Franke Harling Original Music Composer
Edward Curtiss Editor
Joseph Walker Director of Photography
Walter Wanger Producer
Robert Kalloch Costume Design
Edward Stevenson Costume Design
Charles C. Coleman Assistant Director
Norbert A. Myles Makeup Artist
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United States 25 December 1932
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A surprisingly great film overshadowed by Capra's 40s successes.
A young woman (Barbara Stanwyck) arrives in Shanghai to marry a missionary (Gavin Gordon). When the couple moves through a danger zone they are swept ...
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