10 Nov 2009
Hurt
There are terrible things happening in the desert...unexplainable, frightening things. Tragic, inexplicable incidents… ever since she arrived.
The Shanghai Gesture
Mystery-lure of the Far East!
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
Top Billed Cast
Victor Mature Doctor Omar
Ona Munson 'Mother' Gin Sling
Gene Tierney Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
Walter Huston Sir Guy Charteris
Phyllis Brooks Dixie Pomeroy
Albert Bassermann Van Elst
Maria Ouspenskaya The Amah
Eric Blore Caesar Hawkins
Ivan Lebedeff Boris
Mike Mazurki The Coolie
Clyde Fillmore Percival Montgomery Howe
Grayce Hampton Lady Blessington
Rex Evans The Counselor
Mikhail Rasumny The Appraiser
Michael Dalmatoff The Bartender
Marcel Dalio The Master of the Spinning Wheel
John Abbott Poppy's Escort
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