The Shanghai gesture / a presentation of Twyman Films, Inc. ; adapted by Josef von Sternberg with the collaboration of Geza Herczeg and Jules Furthman ; directed by Josef von Sternberg.
Publisher:
Image Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
1999
Description:
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Walter Huston, Phyllis Brooks, Albert Bassermann, Maria Ouspenskaya. Originally released as a motion picture in 1941. Adapted from a play by John Colton. Includes cast and director filmographies.
Summary:
"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.
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