The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture

1941 | 1h 38m | Crime | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

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

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Josef von Sternberg

CAST

Gene Tierney

Victor Mature

Ona Munson

Walter Huston

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Growing dissolute, Poppy (Gene Tierney) gets rousted by Mother Gin Sling (Ona Munson), then tries to arouse sympathy in the disinterested Doctor Omar (Victor Mature), in Josef von Sternberg's The Shanghai Gesture, 1942.
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Poppy (Gene Tierney), on a loosing streak at the roulette wheel, raises funds with help from smarmy Doctor Omar (Victor Mature) and appraiser Mischa (Mikhail Rasumny), in Josef von Sternberg's The Shanghai Gesture, 1942.
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"Mother" Gin Sling (Ona Munson) at her club, introduces herself to new customers Poppy, a.k.a. Victoria (Gene Tierney), and her escort (John Abbott), early in Josef von Sternberg's The Shanghai Gesture, 1942.
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