The Bitter Tea of General Yen
“They found a love they dared not touch!”
1932•1h 27m•6.3•Released
DramaRomance
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
Director
Frank Capra
Writer
Edward E. Paramore Jr.
Languages
Mandarin, English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
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
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Frank Capra
Producer
Walter Wanger
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