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