The Shanghai Gesture

Storyline

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

Top 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

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Michael Dalmatoff

The Bartender

Marcel Dalio

Marcel Dalio

The Master of the Spinning Wheel

John Abbott

John Abbott

Poppy's Escort

Director

Josef von Sternberg

Writers

Josef von Sternberg, Geza Herczeg, Jules Furthman, James M. Cain, Karl Vollmöller

Status

Released

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