The Shanghai Gesture
Dec 25 1941
•2h 39m
•Drama
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
Cast
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Victor Mature
Doctor Omar
Ona Munson
'Mother' Gin Sling
Gene Tierney
Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
Walter Huston
Sir Guy Charteris
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