The Lady From Shanghai
1947·United States·87 min.
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A seaman, Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles), is hired as a crew member on the yacht of the wealthy Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane). His beautiful but mysterious wife Elsa (Rita Hayworth) has met O'Hara earlier, when he saved her from a mugging. What ensues is a complicated and bizarre pattern of deception, fraud and murder, with O'Hara finding himself implicated in a murder, despite his innocence.
DirectorOrson Welles
MusicHeinz Roemheld
CinematographyCharles Lawton Jr.
CastOrson Welles·Rita Hayworth·Everett Sloane·Glenn Anders·Ted de Corsia·Erskine Sanford·Gus Schilling·Carl Frank·Louis Merrill·Evelyn Ellis·Harry Shannon
Original titleThe Lady From Shanghai