1941 - The Shanghai Gesture -Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, and Ona Munson.E

Gigolo “Doctor“ Omar (Victor Mature) bribes the Shanghai police not to jail the broke American showgirl Dixie Pomeroy (Phyllis Brooks); he invites her to seek a job at the casino owned by Dragon-lady “Mother“ Gin Sling (Ona Munson), his boss. In the casino, Omar attracts the attention of a beautiful, privileged young woman (Gene Tierney), fresh from a European finishing school. She is out for some excitement. When asked, she gives her name as “Poppy“ Smith.