The Shanghai Gesture poster

Movie · 1941

The Shanghai Gesture

Released 25 December 1941 More from 1941 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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

FR·01

How old were they?

Oldest first
Albert Bassermann
as Van Elst
74
Maria Ouspenskaya
as The Amah
65
Eric Blore
as Caesar Hawkins
54
Rex Evans
as The Counselor
38
John Abbott
as Poppy's Escort
36
Victor Mature
as Doctor Omar
28
Gene Tierney
as Victoria Charteris (aka "Poppy Smith")
21
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
53years between the oldest and youngest billed
74Albert Bassermann — oldest on the call sheet
21Gene Tierney — youngest billed
45average age of the credited cast
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