

The Shanghai Gesture
1941-12-25 · 99 min · ★ 6.2
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
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- Directors
- Josef von Sternberg
- Production companies
- Arnold Pressburger Films, United Artists
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Victor MatureDoctor Omar
Ona Munson'Mother' Gin Sling
Gene TierneyVictoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
Walter HustonSir Guy Charteris
Phyllis BrooksDixie Pomeroy
Albert BassermannVan Elst
Maria OuspenskayaThe Amah
Eric BloreCaesar Hawkins
Ivan LebedeffBoris
Mike MazurkiThe Coolie
Clyde FillmorePercival Montgomery Howe
Grayce HamptonLady Blessington
Rex EvansThe Counselor
Mikhail RasumnyThe Appraiser
Marcel DalioThe Master of the Spinning Wheel
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