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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
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