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The Shanghai Gesture (1941)  link to The Shanghai Gesture on IMDb  

Number: 2200

poster The Shanghai Gesture

IMDb Rating:
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6.8/10 (2150 votes)

Country: USA, 95 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, French

Genre(s): Drama, Crime, Romance, Mystery, Film-Noir

Director(s): Josef von Sternberg

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
A young woman, Poppy, out for excitement in Shanghai, enters a gambling house owned by "Mother" Gin Sling, a dragon-lady who worked herself up from poverty to buy the casino. Sir Guy Charteris, wealthy entrepreneur, has purchased a large area of Shanghai, forcing Gin Sling to vacate by the coming Chinese New Year. Under orders from Gin Sling, who has found out Poppy is Charteris' daughter, the smarmy Doctor Omar leads Poppy deeper and deeper into an addiction to gambling and alcohol. Gin Sling, realizing that Charteris was her long-ago husband who she thinks abandoned her, plans her revenge by inviting Charteris to a Chinese New Year dinner party to expose his past indiscretions. Charteris, however, has a suprise of his own to spring on Gin Sling.

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Cast:

photo Gene Tierney Gene Tierney Poppy
photo Walter Huston Walter Huston Sir Guy Charteris
photo Victor Mature Victor Mature Doctor Omar
photo Ona Munson Ona Munson 'Mother' Gin Sling
photo Phyllis Brooks Phyllis Brooks The Chorus Girl

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3