The Shanghai Gesture

1941 6.3 (65 votes) 1h 39m

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Arnold Pressburger Films
United Artists

Mystery-lure of the Far East!

Overview

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

Key Crew

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Producer: Arnold Pressburger, Albert de Courville

Director of Photography: Paul Ivano

Writer: Josef von Sternberg, Geza Herczeg, Jules Furthman, James M. Cain, Karl Vollmöller

Top 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

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