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Dominican Rep. The Shanghai Gesture
- Original title
- The Shanghai Gesture
- Year
- 1941
- Running time
- 106 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Gene Tierney
Walter Huston
Victor Mature
Ona Munson
Eric Blore
Maria Ouspenskaya
Phyllis Brooks
Albert Basserman
Mike Mazurki- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
Paul Ivano (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Melodrama
- Movie Groups
- James M. Cain Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Bored good girl Gene Tierney goes looking for thrills in Shanghai – and winds up in Mother Gin Sling’s gambling palace, a bizarre, alternate reality that could only exist in the mind of director Josef von Sternberg. Look for Victor Mature sipping martinis at the bar as the enigmatic "Doctor Omar" along with Walter Huston, Maria Ouspenskaya and Mike Mazurki. An opium fever dream of a movie. Now if only places like this existed in the real world when you need an after-hours drink … !
- Awards
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1942: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Soundtrack (Drama or Comedy), Art Direction B&W
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