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The Shanghai Gesture (1941) This movie has two or more women who talk to each other about something other than a man! This movie has two or more women who talk to each other about something other than a man!

The Shanghai Gesture has a Bechdel rating of 3/3. That means this movie has two women in it who talk to one another -- about something other than a man!

Imdb Rating

6.8 / 10

Rotten Tomatoes User Meter

73 / 100

Runtime

95 minutes

Parental Rating

Unrated/Not rated

Genre

Romance Mystery

Crime Drama

Film-Noir

Plot

In Shanghai, dragon-lady 'Mother' Gin Sling operates a gambling house for wealthy patrons but she clashes with influential land developer Sir Guy Charteris who wants to put her out-of-business.

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