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The Lady from Shanghai is a american film of genre Drama directed by Orson Welles released in USA on 14 april 1948 with Rita Hayworth
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
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Add to a movie listThe Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 film noir directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, his estranged wife Rita Hayworth and Everett Sloane. It is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King.
Although The Lady from Shanghai initially received mixed reviews, it has grown in stature over the years, and many critics have praised its set designs and camerawork.
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Irish sailor Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles) meets the beautiful blonde Elsa (Rita Hayworth) as she rides a horse-drawn coach in Central Park. Three hooligans waylay the coach. Michael rescues Elsa and escorts her home. Michael reveals he is a seaman and learns Elsa and her husband, disabled criminal defense attorney Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane), are newly arrived in New York City from Shanghai. They are on their way to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. Michael, attracted to Elsa despite misgivings, agrees to sign on as an able seaman aboard Bannister's yacht.Actors
Rita Hayworth
(Elsa Bannister)
Orson Welles
(Michael O'Hara)
Everett Sloane
(Arthur Bannister)
Errol Flynn
(Man in Background Outside of Cantina (uncredited))
Glenn Anders
(George Grisby)
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