"M-G-M's immortal production of the great novel" 20 July 1944 Drama 148 mins
Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against the Japanese invaders.
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Katharine Hepburn as Jade Tan
Walter Huston as Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon as Ling Tan's Wife
Akim Tamiroff as Wu Lien
Turhan Bey as Lao Er Tan - Middle Son
Hurd Hatfield as Lao San Tan - Youngest Son
J. Carrol Naish as Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Agnes Moorehead as Third Cousin's Wife
Henry Travers as Third Cousin
Robert Bice as Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son
Robert Lewis as Captain Sato
Frances Rafferty as Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife
Jacqueline deWit as Wu Lien's Wife
Clarence Lung as Fourth Cousin
Paul E. Burns as Shen - Neighbor
Anna Demetrio as Wu Sao
Harold S. Bucquet Director
Jack Conway Director
Marguerite Roberts Writer
Jane Murfin Writer
Pearl S. Buck Novel
Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction
Pandro S. Berman Producer
Herbert Stothart Music
Harold F. Kress Editor
Sidney Wagner Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
France 26 December 1945
United States 20 July 1944
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