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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 Chinese New Year. Under orders .. Read more

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

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- Sternberg's last Hollywood masterpiece, a delirious melodrama of decadence and sexual guilt that uses its Oriental... read more on Time Out
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  Good bitterness on display. Whats more, the casino is great - a swirling hell hole of limitless depravity. Its rendolent of Mos Eisley in Star Wars and other ... read more »
  
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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 ...