The Bitter Tea of General Yen

They found a love they dared not touch!

An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.

Drama Romance

Barbara Stanwyck

(Megan Davis)

Nils Asther

(General Yen)

Toshia Mori

(Mah-Li)

Walter Connolly

(Jones)

Gavin Gordon

(Dr. Robert 'Bob' Strike)

Lucien Littlefield

(Mr. Jacobson)

Richard Loo

(Captain Li)

Helen Jerome Eddy

(Miss Reed)

Emmett Corrigan

(Bishop Harkness)

Clara Blandick

(Mrs. Jackson (uncredited))

Willie Fung

(Officer (uncredited))

Jessie Arnold

(Mrs. Blake)

Robert Bolder

(Missionary)

Nora Cecil

(Missionary)

Wong Chung

(Chinese Officer)

Knute Erickson

(Dr. Hansen)

Adda Gleason

(Mrs. Bowman)

Ella Hall

(Mrs. Amelia Hansen)

Lillian Leighton

(Missionary)

Martha Mattox

(Miss Avery)

Arthur Millett

(Mr. Pettis)

Moy Ming

(Dr. Lin)

Robert Wayne

(Rev. Bostwick)