The Shanghai Gesture (1942)
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
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A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
Rating:NR
Genre:Drama
Written By:Josef von Sternberg, Geza Herczeg, Jules Furthman, James M. Cain, Karl Vollmöller
In Theaters:1/15/1942
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Runtime:99 minutes
Studio:Arnold Pressburger Films, United Artists
Cast
Josef von Sternberg
Director
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
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