The Shanghai Gesture
Mystery-lure of the Far East!
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12/25/1941Runtime
99 minsGenres
Overview
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
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A murky tale of blackmail and degradation in a Shanghai gambling den, where a ruthless proprietor wields secrets as weapons and no one escapes unscathed. It's atmospheric melodrama wrapped in the aesthetics of classic film noir, built on schemes and desperation.
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Walter Huston
Sir Guy Charteris
Phyllis Brooks
Dixie Pomeroy
Albert Bassermann
Van Elst
Maria Ouspenskaya
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Eric Blore
Caesar Hawkins
Ivan Lebedeff
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Mike Mazurki
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Clyde Fillmore
Percival Montgomery Howe
Grayce Hampton
Lady Blessington
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