The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American film noir directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature and Ona Munson.

Plot
Gambling-den boss Mother Gin Sling (Ona Munson) drags her British ex-lover's (Walter Huston) daughter (Gene Tierney) into decadence.

Cast

 * Gene Tierney as Poppy (Victoria Charteris)
 * Walter Huston as Sir Guy Charteris (aka Victor Dawson)
 * Victor Mature as "Doctor" Omar
 * Ona Munson as "Mother" Gin Sling
 * Phyllis Brooks as The Chorus Girl, Dixie Pomeroy
 * Albert Bassermann as Van Elst
 * Maria Ouspenskaya as The Amah
 * Eric Blore as The Bookkeeper, Caesar Hawkins
 * Ivan Lebedeff as The Gambler, Boris
 * Mike Mazurki as The Coolie
 * Clyde Fillmore as The Comprador, Percival Montgomery Howe
 * Grayce Hampton as The Social Leader, Lady Blessington
 * Rex Evans as The Counselor, Mr. Jackson
 * Mikhail Rasumny as The Appraiser, Mischa Vaginisky
 * Michael Dalmatoff as The Bartender
 * Marcel Dalio as The Master of the Spinning Wheel, Marcel
 * Leyland Hodgson as Ryerson