The Shanghai Gesture
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
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The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American film noir directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, and Ona Munson. It is based on a Broadway play of the same name by John Colton, which was adapted for the screen by Sternberg and produced by Arnold Pressburger for United Artists. It was the last Hollywood film Sternberg ever completed: Howard Hughes fired him halfway through production of Macao in 1951, as well as from Jet Pilot in 1957. Boris Leven received an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction, while Richard Hageman was nominated for Best Original Music Score.
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- Director
- Josef von Sternberg
- Starring
- Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Phyllis Brooks, Albert Bassermann, Maria Ouspenskaya, Eric Blore
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