The Wife of General Ling
1937 British film
- Peter Cheyney (novel)
- Dorothy Hope (novel)
- Ákos Tolnay
- Reginald Long
- Griffith Jones
- Valéry Inkijinoff
- Adrianne Renn
- Alan Napier
Production
company
company
Premier-Stafford Productions
- RKO (UK)
- Gaumont-British (US)
Release date
- 7 April 1937 (1937-04-07)
Running time
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
- Griffith Jones as John Fenton
- Valéry Inkijinoff as General Ling / Mr. Wong
- Adrianne Renn as Tai Wong
- Alan Napier as Governor
- Anthony Eustrel as See Long
- Jiro Soneya as Yuan
- Hugh McDermott as Tracy
- Gibson Gowland as Mike
- Gabrielle Brune as Germaine
- Lotus Fragrance as Tai's Maid
- Marian Spencer as Lady Buckram
- Billy Holland as Police Sergeant
- George Merritt as Police Commissioner
- Howard Douglas as Doctor
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]
References
- ^ a b "The Wife of General Ling". BFI Collections Search. British Film Institute. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ Scorsese, Martin (director) (14 June 1972). Boxcar Bertha (Motion picture). Los Angeles: American International Pictures. Event occurs at 1h:8m:42s.
- ^ Wilcox, Emily (2018). Revolutionary bodies : Chinese dance and the socialist legacy. doi:10.1525/luminos.58. ISBN 9780520300576. S2CID 191503359.
External links
- The Wife of General Ling at IMDb
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Films directed by Ladislao Vajda
- Where Is This Lady? (1932)
- Hello, Budapest! (1935)
- Wings Over Africa (1936)
- The Man Under the Bridge (1936)
- Sensation (1936)
- Three Dragons (1936)
- The Wife of General Ling (1937)
- The Borrowed Castle (1937)
- My Daughter Is Different (1937)
- Black Diamonds (1938)
- Rézi Friday (1938)
- Magda Expelled (1938)
- A Palace for Sale (1942)
- Three Mirrors (1947)
- Call of the Blood (1948)
- Golden Madonna (1949)
- The Woman with No Name (1950)
- The Seventh Page (1951)
- Spanish Serenade (1952)
- Doña Francisquita (1952)
- Condemned to Hang (1953)
- Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954)
- Miracle of Marcelino (1955)
- Afternoon of the Bulls (1956)
- Uncle Hyacynth (1956)
- The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957)
- It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
- The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
- The Shadows Grow Longer (1961)
- The Lightship (1963)
- A Nearly Decent Girl (1963)
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