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The Shanghai Gesture(1941)
Status: Released
Date: 1941-12-25
63%
66 Votes
Time: 1h 39m
Mystery-lure of the Far East!
Overview:
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
Languages: Mandarin, English, French, Russian, Spanish.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Arnold Pressburger Films
Movie: The Shanghai Gesture
Top 10 Billed 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
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