1937 British film
The Wife of General Ling is a 1937 British drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Griffith Jones, Valéry Inkijinoff and Adrianne Renn.[1] It was adapted from a novel by Dorothy Hope and Peter Cheyney. The film was made at Shepperton Studios by the independent company Premier-Stafford Productions.
Plot
Following the murder of a loyal Chinese, John Fenton, a British secret-service agent, is aided by the European wife of a Hong Kong merchant, Mr Wong, to expose him as a rebel war lord, General Ling.
Cast
Notability
- Although R. Thomas is the editor credited, David Lean was involved feasibly with the editing.[1]
- A poster for Wife of General Ling appears within a movie-theater backdrop in the motion picture, Boxcar Bertha.[2]
- This film contains the only recording of the dancing of the "Mother of Chinese Modern Dance", Dai Ailian, from her time in London.[3]
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