The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
Top billed cast
Victor MatureDoctor Omar
Ona Munson'Mother' Gin Sling
Gene TierneyVictoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
Walter HustonSir Guy Charteris
Phyllis BrooksDixie Pomeroy
Albert BassermannVan Elst
Maria OuspenskayaThe Amah
Eric BloreCaesar Hawkins
Ivan LebedeffBoris
Mike MazurkiThe Coolie
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