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The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
“Mystery-lure of the Far East!”
Drama, Crime, Mystery, Romance · 1h 39m
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
Crew
- Director
- Josef von Sternberg
- Writer
- Josef von Sternberg, Geza Herczeg, Jules Furthman, James M. Cain, Karl Vollmöller
- Director of Photography
- Paul Ivano
- Original Music Composer
- Richard Hageman
- Editor
- Sam Winston
- Producer
- Arnold Pressburger, Albert de Courville
Details
- Release date
- 1941-12-25
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Mystery, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin, English, French, Russian, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Arnold Pressburger Films, United Artists