The Shanghai Gesture
1941/12/25 • Released • Mandarin, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Mystery-lure of the Far East!
Overview
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
Director : Josef von Sternberg
Casts
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
Clyde Fillmore
Percival Montgomery Howe
Grayce Hampton
Lady Blessington
Rex Evans
The Counselor
Mikhail Rasumny
The Appraiser
Marcel Dalio
The Master of the Spinning Wheel
John Abbott
Poppy's Escort
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