The Shanghai Gesture.

"Doctor" Omar (Victor Mature) bribes the Shanghai police not to jail the broke American showgirl Dixie Pomeroy (Phyllis Brooks) He invites her to seek a job at the casino owned by Dragon-lady "Mother" Gin Sling. Meanwhile, Omar attracts the attention of a beautiful, privileged young woman (Gene Tierney), fresh from a European finishing school. Dixie proves to be an unexpected source of information; Charteris had taken her out to dinner a number of times, before dumping her to avoid her meeting his newly arrived daughter, Victoria Charteris.

Credits

Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature

Copyright

Complete catalog record

THE SHANGHAI GESTURE. Released thru United Artists, c1941. Presented by Arnold Pressburger. 98 min., sd. From the play by John Colton. Credits: Producer, Arnold Pressburger; director, Josef von Sternberg; adaptation, Josef von Sternberg; collaboration, Geza Herczeg, Karl Vollmoeller and Jules Furthman; music, Richard Hageman; photography, Paul Ivano; film editor, Sam Winston. © Arnold Productions, Inc.; 25Dec41; LP11051.

Sources

16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record, copyright
Wikidata · Q331274 ↗ — color, country

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