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The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

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Starring (View all)
Gene Tierney Gene Tierney
Poppy
Walter Huston Walter Huston
Sir Guy Charteris
Victor Mature Victor Mature
Doctor Omar
Ona Munson Ona Munson
'Mother' Gin Sling
Phyllis Brooks Phyllis Brooks
The Chorus Girl
Albert Bassermann Albert Bassermann
The Commissioner
Eric Blore Eric Blore
The Bookkeeper


Written by (View all)
Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg
(adaptation)


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A good movie

9 months, 4 weeks ago at Jul 13 7:46
I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since it seemed to have a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, the whole thing was rather disjointed but it make sense since the production on this movie was rather chaotic. Indeed, if you think that this movie was rather dark and seedy, the play it was based on was so much worse involving a brothel inste... read more

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1 month, 2 weeks ago at Mar 18 22:35
(YT) La 'summa von sternbergiana' sin Marlene (Gene muy jovencita y muy incipiente actriz), Mature con sus límites pero con las mejores líneas ('desde que nos vimos estamos solos los dos'), lo mejor es la imagen de círculos infernales del casino con la ruleta abajo conducida por Dalio...
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In Shanghai, dragon-lady 'Mother' Gin Sling operates a gambling house for wealthy patrons but she clashes with influential land developer Sir Guy Charteris who wants to put her out-of-business.
UPC: 014381537529
Tags: Film Noir (3), 1941 (2), Drama (1), Crime (1), Gambling (1), Corruption (1), Casino (1), 1940s (1), Shanghai (1), Sort (1), United Artists (1)
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johanlefourbe posted a review 9 months, 4 weeks ago

A good movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since it seemed to have a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, the whole thing was rather disjointed but it make sense since the production on this movie was rather chaotic. Indeed, if you think that this movie was rather dark and seedy, the play it was based on was so much worse involving a brothel instead of a casino and such fun things like nymphomania and drug addiction. As a result, it took more than a decade to adapt it and, after so many rewriting attempts, the end-result was slightly bewildering. Indeed, there was no real plot and too many characters involved which was probably not such a great idea since the damned thing lasted less than 100 mins. As a result, it was never really clear wh” read more

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