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.
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