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Play Sound I cannot speak for all China. just for this one district Poor and weak as it is. I'm confident it can survive many things. New laws no concubines. even two eccentric Englishwomen
I cannot speak for all China. just for this one district Poor and weak as it is. I'm confident it can survive many things. New laws no concubines. even two eccentric Englishwomen

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Description: A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.

Cast:
Gladys Aylward: Ingrid Bergman
Capt. Lin Nan: Curd Jürgens
The Mandarin of Yang Cheng: Robert Donat
Hok-A: Michael David
Jeannie Lawson: Athene Seyler
Sir Francis Jamison: Ronald Squire
Dr. Robinson: Moultrie Kelsall
Mr. Murfin: Richard Wattis
Yang: Peter Chong
Sui-Lan: Tsai Chin
Secretary at China Inland Mission: Edith Sharpe
Sir Francis' Cook: Joan Young
Woman with Baby: Lian-Shin Yang
Miss Thompson: Noel Hood
Li: Burt Kwouk
Russian Soldier: Richard Marner
Madman: Frank Blaine
Russian Fireman: Alexis Bobrinskoy
Chinese Dancer: Edwina Carroll
Tax Collector: Christopher Chen
Innkeeper's Wife: Lin Chen
Japanese Lieutenant: David Goh
Timothy: Frank Goh
Missionary: Ursula Granville
Train Passenger: Reg Thomason
Young Lin: Ronald Kyaing
Sixpence: Judith Lai
Chief Muleteer: Ronald Lee
Mai Da: Louise Lin
Russian Commissar: André Mikhelson
Russian Conductor: Stanislaw Mikula
Buddhist Priest: Aung Min
Bit Part: Mitch Mitchell
Little boy on train,: Philip Needs
Chinese Soldier: Myo Toon
Mandarin's Aide: Michael Wee
Chinese Captain: Vincent Wong
Orphan Boy: Woffles Wu
Bai-Bao: Ye-Min
Bit part: Ric Young
Chief Prison Guard Reporting Riot: Zed Zakari
Russian Officer: Stanley Zevic

Written by: Isobel Lennart, Alan Burgess

Director: Mark Robson

Production: 20th Century Fox

Release date: 19 Dec 1958