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The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American film noir produced and directed by Orson Welles that stars Rita Hayworth, Welles and Everett Sloane. Welles's screenplay is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King.
A film-noir crime drama directed by and starring Orson Welles, with Rita Hayworth as a femme fatale. The plot involves a seaman, a murder, a yacht, a hall of mirrors and a twist ending.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Orson Welles
- 1948-04-14
A film by Orson Welles starring Rita Hayworth as a femme fatale in a murder plot. Read critics' reviews, ratings, and watch the trailer on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Rita Hayworth
- Orson Welles
- Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
The Lady from Shanghai, American film noir, released in 1947, that was adapted from the Sherwood King novel If I Die Before I Wake. Director, writer, and star Orson Welles cast his estranged wife, Rita Hayworth, opposite himself in a film that became famous for its confounding plot and for the
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Apr 23, 2012 · Roger Ebert praises Orson Welles' noir film as a masterpiece and a weird great movie. He also shares some trivia about the yacht used in the film and the death of Errol Flynn.
Aug 22, 2021 · Watch the classic film noir directed by Orson Welles and starring him and Rita Hayworth. Learn about the plot, the reviews, and the cultural significance of this movie.
Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot. Michael O'Hara, against his better judgement, hires on as a crew member of Arthur Bannister's yacht, sailing to San Francisco. They pick up Grisby, Bannister's law partner, en route.
