"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
Grace Zaring Stone Story
Frank Capra Director
Edward E. Paramore Jr. Screenplay
Frank Capra Producer
Joseph Walker Director of Photography
W. Franke Harling Original Music Composer
Edward Curtiss Editor
Norbert A. Myles Makeup Artist
Charles C. Coleman Assistant Director
Edward Stevenson Costume Design
Robert Kalloch Costume Design
Walter Wanger Producer
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United States 25 December 1932
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