The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture

99 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | Dec. 25, 1941

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

The Shanghai Gesture

99 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | Dec. 25, 1941

The Shanghai Gesture
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers United Artists, Arnold Pressburger Films
Original title The Shanghai Gesture
Directors John London, Josef von Sternberg
Writers Geza Herczeg, John Colton, James M. Cain, Jules Furthman, Karl Vollmöller, Josef von Sternberg

Cast

Gene Tierney

as Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")

Walter Huston

as Sir Guy Charteris

Victor Mature

as Doctor Omar

Ona Munson

as 'Mother' Gin Sling

Phyllis Brooks

as Dixie Pomeroy

Albert Bassermann

as Van Elst

Maria Ouspenskaya

as The Amah

Eric Blore

as Caesar Hawkins

Ivan Lebedeff

as Boris

Mike Mazurki

as The Coolie

Clyde Fillmore

as Percival Montgomery Howe

Grayce Hampton

as Lady Blessington

Rex Evans

as The Counselor

Mikhail Rasumny

as The Appraiser

Michael Dalmatoff

as The Bartender

Marcel Dalio

as The Master of the Spinning Wheel

John Abbott

as Poppy's Escort