The Shanghai gesture
(1999, original release: 1941)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/SHANGHAI

Availability

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Details

PUBLISHED
Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, 1999
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
6305557233 ID5375FWDVD
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Originally released as a motion picture in 1941

"In Shanghai's slimy underworld, English financier Sir Guy Charteris tries to close a gambling den, owned by the devious Mother Gin Sling. However, Gin Sling learns that Charteris's daughter Poppy is a regular at her establishment and with the help of the coldly seductive Dr. Omar, she lures Poppy into gambling and drug addictions. Gin Sling blackmails Charteris and reveals a shocking secret, plunging them to another level of hell."--Container

Adapted from a play by John Colton

"Copyright 1941 Arnold Productions, Inc., licensed in perpetuity to Films Around the World, Inc."--Container

Produced by Arnold Pressburger ; cinematography by Paul Ivano ; editing, Sam Winston ; music, Richard Hageman

Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Walter Huston, Phyllis Brooks, Albert Bassermann, Maria Ouspenskaya

Not rated by MPAA

DVD

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