The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American film noir directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature and Ona Munson.
==Plot==
Gambling-den boss Mother Gin Sling (Ona Munson) drags her British ex-lover's (Walter Huston) daughter (Gene Tierney) into decadence.
==Cast==
*Gene Tierney as Poppy (Victoria Charteris)
*Walter Huston as Sir Guy Charteris (aka Victor Dawson)
*Victor Mature as "Doctor" Omar
*Ona Munson as "Mother" Gin Sling
*Phyllis Brooks as The Chorus Girl, Dixie Pomeroy
*Albert Bassermann as Van Elst
*Maria Ouspenskaya as The Amah
*Eric Blore as The Bookkeeper, Caesar Hawkins
*Ivan Lebedeff as The Gambler, Boris
*Mike Mazurki as The Coolie
*Clyde Fillmore as The Comprador, Percival Montgomery Howe
*Grayce Hampton as The Social Leader, Lady Blessington
*Rex Evans as The Counselor, Mr. Jackson
*Mikhail Rasumny as The Appraiser, Mischa Vaginisky
*Michael Dalmatoff as The Bartender
*Marcel Dalio as The Master of the Spinning Wheel, Marcel
*Leyland Hodgson as Ryerson
Category:1941 films
Category:American films
Category:English-language films
Category:1940s films
Category:Films
Category:American drama films
Category:Drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Black-and-white films
Category:Film noir
Category:American films based on plays
Category:Films based on plays
Category:Films set in Shanghai
Category:United Artists films
Category:Films directed by Josef von Sternberg