The Shanghai Gesture

1941 · 99 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 3,053 VOTES · DIR. Josef von Sternberg

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Overview

A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,047 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:53 Make up your mind!
00:07:08 Old moneybags? He's an errand boy.
00:12:30 He's not the type that falls from a horse.
00:16:37 Sorry.
00:20:11 we are nothing but messengers.
00:23:06 Is your name Chinese or English?
00:25:54 I mean number one woman.
00:29:46 I'm afraid I won't come here again.
00:32:44 I bring a girlfriend along to referee
00:35:54 Sounds like rather a hard character.
00:41:25 You mean bound to get worse. I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever win.
00:46:04 Omar thinks so too.
00:52:16 How can you be jealous of a little chorus girl who doesn't own the clothes on her back?
00:56:25 Um, give me that invitation.
01:01:10 This very very small powder puff doesn't belong to you, does it?
01:04:40 Take care of yourself, Victoria.
01:09:58 I am happy to see that no one has disappointed me.
01:15:02 Cigarette, Sir Guy?
01:17:58 I'm left so often with idle time on my hands, with nothing, nothing... nothing to do.
01:22:12 But in her place stands Mother Gin Sling, who is strong
01:24:47 And how was I to know he would make it so easy?
01:29:46 Even when everything else goes, that remains.
01:34:40 She doesn't know to this day that she was born in China.
03:00:00 who can make one... except myself.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,047
Dialogue density10.6 lines / min
First line00:03:53
Final line03:00:00

Production Record

DirectorJosef von Sternberg
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,053