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Title:The Lady From Shanghai


Date: 1947
Type: Thriller
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Orson Welles
Producer: Orson Welles

Comment
A seaman who is down on his luck and has a history saves a beautiful lady from being robbed. He is then persuaded to help crew a pleasure yacht for her, her husband and his business partner. He is manipulated by all three of them as he lets his passion for her draw him into a complex web of deceit and finally murder. This has a typically complex film noir plot, but it is the production from Orson Welles that makes this film stand out. It is also helped by a sensual performance from sultry Rita Hayworth to whom he wsa married at the time.

Actors

Rita HayworthRita Hayworth
Orson WellesOrson Welles
Everett SloaneEverett Sloane
Glenn Anders
Ted de Corsia

Oscars

None

Lady From Shanghai