The Shanghai Gesture

1h 39m
Drama
6.3

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

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
Ivan Lebedeff
Boris
Mike Mazurki
The Coolie
Clyde Fillmore
Percival Montgomery Howe
Grayce Hampton
Lady Blessington
Rex Evans
The Counselor
Mikhail Rasumny
The Appraiser
Michael Dalmatoff
The Bartender
Marcel Dalio
The Master of the Spinning Wheel
John Abbott
Poppy's Escort

Crew

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

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