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"Love...marriage...give them up...they're not for we men of science! "

A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.

1h 31m1939NRTMDb 7.0

DramaWar

English

Crew and Cast

Frank BorzageFrank BorzageDirectorDorothy LamourDorothy LamourAudrey HiltonAkim TamiroffAkim TamiroffDr. 'Tubby' ForsterJohn HowardJohn HowardJohn Wesley BeavenJudith BarrettJudith BarrettWinifred BaneWilliam Collier Sr.William Collier Sr.Dr. William CunninghamVictor VarconiVictor VarconiDr. LaFerriereGordon JonesGordon JonesBill AndersonKeye LukeKeye LukeAndrew AbbottElisabeth RisdonElisabeth RisdonMrs. CunninghamSteve PendletonSteve PendletonLawrence Carpenter (as Gaylord Pendleton)Billy CookBilly CookJohnny MerkleWilliam PawleyWilliam PawleyMr. MerkleRenie RianoRenie RianoMrs. Riley
Z.T. NyiChinese Ambassador
Philson AhnKai
E. Y. ChungDr Ling (as Dr. E. Y. Chung)Philip AhnPhilip AhnDr. FungLi DandanLi DandanAviatrix (as Lee Ya-Ching)
Hortense ArbogastNurse

Storyline

A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
25 October 1939
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
NR
TMDB score
7.0 / 10 (3 votes)

Production

Director
Frank Borzage
Writers
Lloyd C. Douglas, Sheridan Gibney, Anthony Veiller
Studios
Paramount Pictures
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English