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Film

The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

IMDb6.56.3TMDB99 min

Drama Crime Mystery Romance

Mystery-lure of the Far East!

A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

Director: Josef von Sternberg
Writers: Josef von Sternberg, Geza Herczeg, Karl Vollmöller

Themescasinofilm noirgamblinggigoloshanghai, chinashowgirl

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Cast

Victor Mature

Doctor Omar

Ona Munson

'Mother' Gin Sling

Gene Tierney

Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")

Walter Huston

Sir Guy Charteris

Phyllis Brooks

Dixie Pomeroy

Albert Bassermann

Van Elst

Maria Ouspenskaya

The Amah

Eric Blore

Caesar Hawkins

Ivan Lebedeff

Boris

Mike Mazurki

The Coolie