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Film · Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance

The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

★ 6.2 · 78 votesIMDb★ 6.5 · 3,277 votes1 h 39 minCrime, Drama, Mystery, Romance1941

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
John Colton, Josef von Sternberg, Geza Herczeg
Country
United States
Language
English
Release date
December 25, 1941

The Shanghai Gesture was released on December 25, 1941.

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The Shanghai Gesture 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
  • Michael DalmatoffThe Bartender
  • Marcel DalioThe Master of the Spinning Wheel
  • John AbbottPoppy's Escort
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