Movie Description
The Shanghai Gesture
(1941)Overview
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
Featured Crew
- Director : Josef von Sternberg
- Producer : Arnold Pressburger,Albert de Courville
- Writer : Josef von Sternberg,Geza Herczeg,Jules Furthman,James M. Cain,Karl Vollmöller
- Editor : Sam Winston
- Cast : Victor Mature,Ona Munson,Gene Tierney,Walter Huston,Phyllis Brooks,Albert Bassermann,Maria Ouspenskaya,Eric Blore,Ivan Lebedeff,Mike Mazurki,Clyde Fillmore,Grayce Hampton,Rex Evans,Mikhail Rasumny,Michael Dalmatoff,Marcel Dalio,John Abbott
Cast
Doctor Omar
'Mother' Gin Sling
Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
Sir Guy Charteris
Dixie Pomeroy
Van Elst
The Amah
Caesar Hawkins
Boris
The Coolie
Percival Montgomery Howe
Lady Blessington
The Counselor
The Appraiser
The Bartender
The Master of the Spinning Wheel
Poppy's Escort
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Facts
Original TitleThe Shanghai Gesture
Status Released
Release Information
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1941-12-25
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 39m
Production CompaniesArnold Pressburger Films,United Artists
Genres
- Drama