1941 1h 39m Josef von Sternberg

The Shanghai Gesture

Name: The Shanghai Gesture
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
Released: 1941
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Gene Tierney, Walter Huston

★ 6.5 IMDb

Drama Romance Crime

A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

Writers Josef von Sternberg, Karl Vollmoeller, Jules Furthman, Géza Herczeg

Cast Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Gene Tierney, Walter Huston

DP Paul Ivano

Production Designer Boris Leven

Music Richard Hageman

Essays and Criticism

On Josef von Sternberg

Global Discoveries on DVD: Heroines, Heroes, Dogs, Filmmakers by Jonathan Rosenbaum, Cinema Scope Fun in a Chinese Laundry: Josef von Sternberg, the Filmmaker, the Memoirist and the Legendarium by Bart Versteirt, photogénie

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White

Nominated Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

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