The Shanghai Gesture
“Mystery-lure of the Far East!”
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
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Cast
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Victor Mature
Doctor Omar
Known for
My Darling Clementine
Kiss of Death
Ona Munson
'Mother' Gin Sling
Known for
The Red House
Gene Tierney
Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
Known for
Laura
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Walter Huston
Sir Guy Charteris
Known for
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
And Then There Were None
Phyllis Brooks
Dixie Pomeroy
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Charlie Chan in Honolulu
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Albert Bassermann
Van Elst
Known for
The Red Shoes
Foreign Correspondent
Maria Ouspenskaya
The Amah
Known for
The Wolf Man
Love Affair
Eric Blore
Caesar Hawkins
Known for
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Top Hat
Ivan Lebedeff
Boris
Known for
History Is Made at Night
Bombshell
Mike Mazurki
The Coolie
Known for
Some Like It Hot
Murder, My Sweet
Clyde Fillmore
Percival Montgomery Howe
Known for
The More the Merrier
The Scarlet Claw
Grayce Hampton
Lady Blessington
Also in
The Bat Whispers
The Mating Season
Josef von Sternberg Director · Karl Vollmöller Writer Jules Furthman Writer
Worldwide gross $1.1M · United States release December 25, 1941 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,100,000
Production
Arnold Pressburger Films
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · French · Russian · Spanish
Release dates
United States · December 25, 1941
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
January 15, 1942 · Theatrical
Germany
October 3, 1971 · TV
Sweden
April 19, 1943 · Theatrical
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