China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a large sum of money to Mr. Wu with the task of buying weapons in Shanghai to help end General Yang's tyranny that keeps an entire province under his ruthless iron boot.
rescue
shanghai, china
war crimes
arms deal
greed
mercenary
renegade
warlord
chinese civil war
deception
murder
gunshot wound
mass suicide
oppression
adventurer
somber
1930s
father daughter relationship
american in china