The Wife of General Ling

The Wife of General Ling is a 1937 British drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Griffith Jones, Valéry Inkijinoff and Adrianne Renn. 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.
 * A poster for Wife of General Ling appears within a movie-theater backdrop in the motion picture, Boxcar Bertha.
 * This film contains the only recording of the dancing of the "Mother of Chinese Modern Dance", Dai Ailian, from her time in London.