The Wife of General Ling

1937 British film

Peter Cheyney (novel)
Dorothy Hope (novel)
Ákos Tolnay
Reginald Long

Produced byJohn StaffordStarring

Griffith Jones
Valéry Inkijinoff
Adrianne Renn
Alan Napier

CinematographyJames WilsonEdited byDavid LeanMusic byJack Beaver

Production
company

Premier-Stafford Productions

Distributed by

RKO (UK)
Gaumont-British (US)

Release date

7 April 1937 (1937-04-07)

Running time

72 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

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.