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The Shanghai Gesture (1941) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Oscars Emmys TIFF Festival Season STARmeter Awards ...
Cast. The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American film noir directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, and Victor Mature. Set in Shanghai, the film follows a wealthy businessman who seeks revenge against his daughter's suitor, a gambler, while navigating a complex web of deceit and corruption in the city's underworld.
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. A young woman, Poppy, out for excitement in Shanghai, enters a gambling house owned by "Mother" Gin Sling, a dragon-lady who worked herself up from poverty to buy the casino.
"The Shanghai Gesture confronts issues of women's rights, the sex trade, child abuse/slavery, and what happens when one country imposes its culture upon another." "It takes place in China in the roaring twenties when Shanghai was a truly cosmopolitan city filled with Russian refugees, its people exploited by opium traders and adventurers from all over Europe and Great Britain, and visited by ...
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Meet the talented cast and crew behind 'The Shanghai Gesture' on Moviefone. Explore detailed bios, filmographies, and the creative team's insights. ... ‘Bel-Air’s third season struggles to ...
The Shanghai Gesture. Gary Indiana. 3.42. 26 ratings 5 reviews. Want to read. Buy on Amazon. Rate this book ...
Synopsis. In Shanghai, China, destitute Brooklyn chorus girl Dixie Pomeroy is picked up on the street by Doctor Omar, a mystic and opportunist, as she is being taken to jail for vagrancy. Omar and his friend make a deal with the police and bring Dixie to "Mother" Gin Sling's casino, where they expect Mother Gin Sling to provide her with work.
