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The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American film noir directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, and Ona Munson. It is based on a Broadway play of the same name by John Colton, which was adapted for the screen by Sternberg and produced by Arnold Pressburger for United Artists .
With Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Ona Munson. In Shanghai, dragon lady 'Mother' Gin Sling operates a gambling house for wealthy patrons but she clashes with influential land developer Sir Guy Charteris who wants to put her out of business.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Josef von Sternberg
- 1942-01-15
Dec 14, 2022 · The Shanghai Gesture (1941) Film-Noir, Drama, Crime. In Shanghai, dragon-lady 'Mother' Gin Sling operates a gambling house for wealthy patrons but she clashes with influential land developer...
- 99 min
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- KINOPAN0RAMA
Sep 28, 2012 · Synopsis: GENE TIERNEY STARS AS POPPY, A GIRL DOOMED BY HER LOVE OF LIFE AND LAUGHTER. THE BACKGROUND AND SETTING OF THIS FILM SUCCESSFULLY EVOKES A BYGONE EAST WITH ITS COLONIAL TRACES. WALTER...
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- CSTONEUK
Brief Synopsis. A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
May 26, 2022 · The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American FILM NOlR directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature and Ona Munson. It is based on a Broadway play of the same name.
A wildly baroque, subversive melodrama. An English financier tries to close a gambling den, only to be blackmailed by the female proprietor—who tells him not only is the man's daughter heavily indebted to her, but that she is the wife he abandoned long ago. Based on a notorious Broadway play.
