
16 Oct 1999

The Road Home
Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.
They found a love they dared not touch!
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
Megan Davis
General Yen
Mah-Li
Jones
Dr. Robert 'Bob' Strike
Mr. Jacobson
Captain Li
Miss Reed
Bishop Harkness
Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
Officer (uncredited)
Mrs. Blake
Missionary
Missionary
Chinese Officer
Dr. Hansen
Mrs. Bowman
Mrs. Amelia Hansen
Missionary
Miss Avery
16 Oct 1999
Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.
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