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'''''The General Died at Dawn''''' is a 1936 B&W adventure movie directed by [[Lewis Milestone]] and starring [[Gary Cooper]], [[Madeleine Carroll]] and [[Akim Tamiroff]]. During the Chinese civil war in 1930s an American adventurer O'Hara (Cooper) is hired to transport a large sum of cash to Shanghai where Mr. Wu (Digges) need the money to buy smuggled guns and arm his men against Gen. Yang (Tamiroff) whose troops pillage the province. Another adventurer on Yang's service, Peter Perrie (Hall), plans to deceive O'Hara and get the money from him. A key figure in the plan is Perrie's | '''''The General Died at Dawn''''' is a 1936 B&W adventure movie directed by [[Lewis Milestone]] and starring [[Gary Cooper]], [[Madeleine Carroll]] and [[Akim Tamiroff]]. During the Chinese civil war in 1930s an American adventurer O'Hara (Cooper) is hired to transport a large sum of cash to Shanghai where Mr. Wu (Digges) need the money to buy smuggled guns and arm his men against Gen. Yang (Tamiroff) whose troops pillage the province. Another adventurer on Yang's service, Peter Perrie (Hall), plans to deceive O'Hara and get the money from him. A key figure in the plan is Perrie's daughter Judy. | ||
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The General Died at Dawn is a 1936 B&W adventure movie directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll and Akim Tamiroff. During the Chinese civil war in 1930s an American adventurer O'Hara (Cooper) is hired to transport a large sum of cash to Shanghai where Mr. Wu (Digges) need the money to buy smuggled guns and arm his men against Gen. Yang (Tamiroff) whose troops pillage the province. Another adventurer on Yang's service, Peter Perrie (Hall), plans to deceive O'Hara and get the money from him. A key figure in the plan is Perrie's daughter Judy.
The following weapons were used in the film The General Died at Dawn:
Handguns
Colt Police Positive
A Colt Police Positive is O'Hara's (Gary Cooper) personal handgun until he is disarmed by Yang's soldiers.
Colt Model 1903
When O'Hara (Gary Cooper) appears in Shanghai, Mr. Wu (Dudley Digges) gives him a nickel plated Colt Model 1903. Judy Perrie (Madeleine Carroll) briefly holds O'Hara's pistol, and then Leach (J.M. Kerrigan) takes it. Wu is also seen with another pistol, a blued one.
Mauser Model 1910
Peter Perrie (Porter Hall) owns a Mauser Model 1910 pocket pistol. Judy Perrie (Madeleine Carroll) holds this pistol in one scene. Later Perrie's pistol is seen in hands of Leach (J.M. Kerrigan) and at last passes to O'Hara (Gary Cooper).
Luger P08
General Yang (Akim Tamiroff), his German military advisor (Hans Fuerberg) and chief bodyguard Oxford (Philip Ahn) carry Luger P08 pistols. Most Yang's guards are armed with Luger P08 Artillery Model pistols. In the climactic scene Brighton (William Frawley) manages to get an Artillery Luger.
Rifles
Mauser Gewehr 1898
General Yang's soldiers are armed with Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles with sword bayonets. O'Hara (Gary Cooper) birefly holds a rifle, taken from a soldier, in one scene.
Machine Guns
Colt Model 1895
General Yang's troops use Colt Model 1895 machine guns.
Maxim MG08
General Yang's troops also use Maxim MG08 machine guns.
Maxim MG08/15
An MG08/15 machine gun is seen in Yang's car in the opening scene.
