Movie
The Lady from Shanghai
Overview
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Details
- Release date
- 1947-12-24
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Mercury Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Rita Hayworth as Elsa Bannister
- Orson Welles as Michael O'Hara
- Everett Sloane as Arthur Bannister
- Glenn Anders as George Grisby
- Ted de Corsia as Sidney Broome
- Erskine Sanford as Judge
- Gus Schilling as Goldfish
- Carl Frank as Galloway
- Louis Merrill as Jake Bjornsen
- Evelyn Ellis as Bessie
- Harry Shannon as Cab Driver
- William Alland as Reporter (uncredited)
Crew
- Orson Welles - Director
- Orson Welles - Screenplay
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