The General Died at Dawn

Theatrical Release Poster

Country	USA
Directed by	Lewis Milestone
Release Date	1936
Studio	Paramount Pictures
Distributor	Paramount Pictures

Main Cast
Character	Actor
O'Hara	Gary Cooper
Judy Perrie	Madeleine Carroll
General Yang	Akim Tamiroff
Mr. Wu	Dudley Digges
Peter Perrie	Porter Hall
Brighton	William Frawley
Leach	J.M. Kerrigan

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 daugther 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 Police Positive with 4" Barrel - .38 Special

O'Hara draws his revolver.

The revolver is seen through the glass door of dining car.

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.

Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol Nickel with pearl grips - .32 ACP

Wu gives the pistol to O'Hara.

O'Hara draws the pistol in standoff with Peter Perrie.

O'Hara fires.

The pistol in Judy's hands.

Leach aims the pistol at O'Hara and Judy.

The pistol is again in O'Hara's hands. A good view of pearl grips.

Wu (at the left) surrenders his blued Colt to Yang.

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).

1910 Mauser Pocket Pistol - 6.35x16mmSR

Judy Perrie confronts Leach with her father's pistol in hand.

Peter Perrie holds his pistol in standoff with O'Hara.

Leach gets Perrie's Mauser.

O'Hara threatens Leach with Mauser and Colt pistols.

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.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is blank adapted movie gun.

Yang has a Luger holster on his belt. He also holds a bayonet sword of Mauser 98 rifle.

Yang's military advisor draws his Luger.

Oxford holds a Luger in the final scene.

Luger LP08 long barreled "Artillery" model - 9x19mm

Yang's bodyguards, disguised as townspeople, surprise Mr. Wu by their long barreled Lugers.

Another pair of Yang's men aim their Lugers at O'Hara.

Yang's guard holds an Artillery Luger.

The guards fire their pistols.

Yang's guards stands in two formations with pistols ready. A standard Luger, hold by Oxford, is seen at the right.

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.