The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture

★ 6.2

Release Date:
Dec 25, 1941

Runtime:
1h 39m

Genres:
Drama

Description

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

Director: Josef von Sternberg
Writer: Josef von Sternberg, Geza Herczeg, Jules Furthman, James M. Cain, Karl Vollmöller
Stars: Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Gene Tierney
Production: Arnold Pressburger Films, United Artists

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Cast

Victor Mature
Victor Mature
Doctor Omar
Ona Munson
Ona Munson
'Mother' Gin Sling
Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney
Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
Walter Huston
Walter Huston
Sir Guy Charteris
Phyllis Brooks
Phyllis Brooks
Dixie Pomeroy
Albert Bassermann
Albert Bassermann
Van Elst
Maria Ouspenskaya
Maria Ouspenskaya
The Amah
Eric Blore
Eric Blore
Caesar Hawkins
Ivan Lebedeff
Ivan Lebedeff
Boris
Mike Mazurki
Mike Mazurki
The Coolie
Clyde Fillmore
Clyde Fillmore
Percival Montgomery Howe
Grayce Hampton
Grayce Hampton
Lady Blessington
Rex Evans
Rex Evans
The Counselor
Mikhail Rasumny
Mikhail Rasumny
The Appraiser
Michael Dalmatoff
The Bartender
Marcel Dalio
Marcel Dalio
The Master of the Spinning Wheel
John Abbott
John Abbott
Poppy's Escort

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Josef von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg
Director
Geza Herczeg
Writer
Jules Furthman
Jules Furthman
Writer
James M. Cain
James M. Cain
Writer
Karl Vollmöller
Writer
Arnold Pressburger
Producer
Albert de Courville
Producer
Paul Ivano
Director of Photography
Richard Hageman
Richard Hageman
Original Music Composer
Boris Leven
Boris Leven
Art Direction
John London
Second Assistant Director
Sam Winston
Editor
John Colton
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