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1941

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Starring	Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Ona Munson
Director	Josef Von Sternberg
Genres	Drama

Shanghai Gesture

A young woman, Poppy, out for excitement in Shanghai, enters a gambling house owned by "Mother" Gin Sling, a dragon-lady who worked herself up from poverty to buy the casino. Sir Guy Charteris, wealthy entrepreneur, has purchased a large area of Shanghai, forcing Gin Sling to vacate by the coming Chinese New Year. Under orders from Gin Sling, who has found out Poppy is Charteris' daughter, the smarmy Doctor Omar leads Poppy deeper and deeper into an addiction to gambling and alcohol. Gin Sling, realizing that Charteris was her long-ago husband who she thinks abandoned her, plans her revenge by inviting Charteris to a Chinese New Year dinner party to expose his past indiscretions. Charteris, however, has a suprise of his own to spring on Gin Sling.

Starring	Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Phyllis Brooks
Director	Josef Von Sternberg
Studio	CORNERSTONE MEDIA
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 36 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1941 To Rent: DVD: 04 Jan 2010

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  A young woman, Poppy, out for excitement in Shanghai, enters a gambling house owned by "Mother" Gin Sling, a dragon-lady who worked herself up from poverty to buy the casino. Sir Guy Charteris, wealthy entrepreneur, has purchased a large area of Shanghai, forcing Gin Sling to vacate by the coming ...