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7.2/10   905 votes
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Director:

Frank Capra

Writers:

Grace Zaring Stone (story)
Edward E. Paramore Jr. (screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

6 January 1933 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | War more

Tagline:

They found a love they dared not touch!

Plot:

The American missionary Megan Davis arrives in Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War to marry the missionary Dr... more | add synopsis

User Comments:

I was amazed by the sexual chemistry more (33 total)


Cast

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Barbara Stanwyck ... Megan
Nils Asther ... General Yen
Toshia Mori ... Mah-Li
Walter Connolly ... Jones
Gavin Gordon ... Bob
Lucien Littlefield ... Mr. Jacobson
Richard Loo ... Captain Li
Helen Jerome Eddy ... Miss Reed
Emmett Corrigan ... Bishop Harkness
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Additional Details

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

South Korea:15 (2007) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

This movie was the first to play at Manhattan's fabled showplace, Radio City Music Hall, beginning on January 11, 1933. more

Quotes:

Megan Davis: I want you to think of all those things and then forgive her. more

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Slanted Screen (2006) more

Soundtrack:

Onward Christian Soldiers more


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I was amazed by the sexual chemistry, 22 January 1999
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Author: Patrick Sullivan (sullivpj@sce.com) from Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

This film was made before Hollywood strengthened the censorship code. The sexual chemistry between Barbara Stanwyck and Nils Asther really amazed me! Director Frank Capra filled his story with strong overtones and suggestive dialogue. Very entertaining.

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