Dec 25, 1941
99 min
Full-HD

The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

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

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