The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

6.2/10 99 min Drama

Overview

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

Rex Evans

The Counselor

Mikhail Rasumny

The Appraiser

Marcel Dalio

The Master of the Spinning Wheel

John Abbott

Poppy's Escort

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