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# The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932): cast and crew

23 cast and 12 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Barbara Stanwyck](https://film.one/person/barbara-stanwyck.md) as Megan Davis
- [Nils Asther](https://film.one/person/nils-asther.md) as General Yen
- [Toshia Mori](https://film.one/person/toshia-mori.md) as Mah-Li
- [Walter Connolly](https://film.one/person/walter-connolly.md) as Jones
- [Gavin Gordon](https://film.one/person/gavin-gordon.md) as Dr. Robert 'Bob' Strike
- [Lucien Littlefield](https://film.one/person/lucien-littlefield.md) as Mr. Jacobson
- [Richard Loo](https://film.one/person/richard-loo.md) as Captain Li
- [Helen Jerome Eddy](https://film.one/person/helen-jerome-eddy.md) as Miss Reed
- [Emmett Corrigan](https://film.one/person/emmett-corrigan.md) as Bishop Harkness
- [Clara Blandick](https://film.one/person/clara-blandick.md) as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
- [Willie Fung](https://film.one/person/willie-fung.md) as Officer (uncredited)
- [Jessie Arnold](https://film.one/person/jessie-arnold.md) as Mrs. Blake
- Robert Bolder as Missionary
- Nora Cecil as Missionary
- Wong Chung as Chinese Officer
- Knute Erickson as Dr. Hansen
- Adda Gleason as Mrs. Bowman
- Ella Hall as Mrs. Amelia Hansen
- Lillian Leighton as Missionary
- Martha Mattox as Miss Avery
- Arthur Millett as Mr. Pettis
- Moy Ming as Dr. Lin
- Robert Wayne as Rev. Bostwick

## Directing

- [Frank Capra](https://film.one/person/frank-capra.md): Director
- Charles C. Coleman: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Edward E. Paramore Jr.](https://film.one/person/edward-e-paramore-jr.md): Screenplay
- Grace Zaring Stone: Story

## Production

- [Frank Capra](https://film.one/person/frank-capra.md): Producer
- [Walter Wanger](https://film.one/person/walter-wanger.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Joseph Walker](https://film.one/person/joseph-walker.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Edward Curtiss](https://film.one/person/edward-curtiss.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [W. Franke Harling](https://film.one/person/w-franke-harling.md): Original Music Composer

## Costume and make-up

- [Edward Stevenson](https://film.one/person/edward-stevenson.md): Costume Design
- Norbert A. Myles: Makeup Artist
- [Robert Kalloch](https://film.one/person/robert-kalloch.md): Costume Design

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