The Lady From Shanghai
1947 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
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.
Direction Orson Welles
Cast Orson Welles · Rita Hayworth · Everett Sloane · Glenn Anders · Ted de Corsia · Erskine Sanford · Gus Schilling · Carl Frank · Louis Merrill · Evelyn Ellis · Harry Shannon
Soundtrack Heinz Roemheld
Screenplay Orson Welles · Sherwood King
Cinematography Charles Lawton Jr.
Original title The Lady From Shanghai
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