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The Shanghai gesture / a presentation of Twyman Films, Inc. ; Raymond Rohauer presents ; adapted by Josef von Sternberg with the collaboration of Geza Herczeg and Jules Furthman ; directed by Josef von Sternberg.
LIBRA DVD 023 352
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Colton, John, 1887-1946--Film adaptations.
- Colton, John.
- Colton, John, 1887-1946.
- English--China--Shanghai.
- English.
- Drug addiction--China--Shanghai--Drama.
- Drug addiction.
- Extortion--China--Shanghai--Drama.
- Extortion.
- Shanghai (China)--Drama.
- Shanghai (China).
- China--Shanghai.
- Genre:
- Film noir.
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [1999]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- video file
- 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.
- Participant:
- Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Walter Huston, Phyllis Brooks, Albert Bassermann, Maria Ouspenskaya.
- Credits:
- Produced by Arnold Pressburger ; cinematography, Paul Ivano ; editing, Sam Winston ; music, Richard Hageman.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
- Adapted from a play by John Colton.
- "Copyright 1941 Arnold Productions, Inc., licensed in perpetuity to Films Around the World, Inc."--Container.
- OCLC:
- 44013374
- Publisher Number:
- 014381537529
- ID5375FWDVD Image Entertainment
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