The Bitter Tea of General Yen(1932)
They found a love they dared not touch!
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
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Megan Davis
General Yen
Mah-Li
Jones
Dr. Robert 'Bob' Strike
Mr. Jacobson
Captain Li
Miss Reed
Bishop Harkness
Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
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