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"Sir Guy Charteris" (Walter Huston) is an entrepreneurial British developer who has his eyes on the gin-palace of "Mother Gin Sling" (Ona Munson). The latter woman is running her successful den of iniquity and has no intention of acquiescing to the venal aspirations of her new ne…
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The Shanghai Gesture
“Mystery-lure of the Far East!”
62%
Movie
1h 39m
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The Shanghai Gesture (1941) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Shanghai Gesture (1941) — a movie tagged as Drama with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint. Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~99 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Shanghai Gesture 62% (74 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 74 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1941-12-25
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- TMDB rating
- 6.2
- TMDB ID
- 42678
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A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
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Cast
Victor Mature
Doctor Omar
Ona Munson
'Mother' Gin Sling
Gene Tierney
Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
Walter Huston
Sir Guy Charteris
Phyllis Brooks
Dixie Pomeroy
Albert Bassermann
Van Elst
Maria Ouspenskaya
The Amah
Eric Blore
Caesar Hawkins
Ivan Lebedeff
Boris
Mike Mazurki
The Coolie
Clyde Fillmore
Percival Montgomery Howe
Grayce Hampton
Lady Blessington
Rex Evans
The Counselor
Mikhail Rasumny
The Appraiser
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Michael Dalmatoff
The Bartender
Marcel Dalio
The Master of the Spinning Wheel
John Abbott
Poppy's Escort
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"Sir Guy Charteris" (Walter Huston) is an entrepreneurial British developer who has his eyes on the gin-palace of "Mother Gin Sling" (Ona Munson). The latter woman is running her successful den of iniquity and has no intention of acquiescing to the venal aspirations of her new nemesis. Determined to fight back, she enlists the help of the rather unscrupulous "Dr. Omar" (a rather mis-cast Victor Mature) to ensure that "Poppy" (Gene Tierney) - the daughter of "Charteris" - is introduced to the delightful effects of opium! The story becomes further complicated when it transpires that there is a personal history between the millionaire and the casino owner - and soon a plan is afoot to bring down retribution on his head. This has the look of an older "Charlie Chan" film to it, one without the charisma of Warner Oland or Sydney Toler. The scenarios are all very predictable and there is far too much dialogue as the tale meanders along for an over-long ninety minutes before a rather underwhelming, melodramatic, conclusion. Despite her relatively lowly billing, the films belongs to Munson when she appears, otherwise it's all pretty procedural daytime fayre.
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