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The Lady from Shanghai

"I told you... you know nothing about wickedness"

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Top Cast

  • Rita Hayworth

    Rita Hayworth

    Elsa Bannister

  • Orson Welles

    Orson Welles

    Michael O'Hara

  • Everett Sloane

    Everett Sloane

    Arthur Bannister

  • Glenn Anders

    Glenn Anders

    George Grisby

  • Ted de Corsia

    Ted de Corsia

    Sidney Broome

  • Erskine Sanford

    Erskine Sanford

    Judge

  • Gus Schilling

    Gus Schilling

    Goldfish

  • Carl Frank

    Carl Frank

    Galloway

  • Louis Merrill

    Louis Merrill

    Jake Bjornsen

Overview

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Rating

7.4 / 10
721 Reviews
2 Popular

1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jun 20, 2023

    This is another film where the two top-billed - Rita Hayworth ("Elsa") and Orson Welles ("Michael") are outshone by a strong supporting effort. This time, that comes from Everett Sloane. Here, he is renowned barrister "Bannister" who needs crutches to walk and is married to the restless "Elsa". She was taking a cab through the park one night when accosted by robbers. "Michael" was passing and came to the rescue. Next thing "Bannister" is asking him to come work on their luxury yacht. Clearly, he is attracted to the wife and soon a rather complex game is afoot - but who is playing whom? Meantime, "Grisby" *Glenn Anders) - the partner of "Bannister" in their law firm tries to embroil "Michael" in a rather cunning wheeze to create a corpse-less crime enabling him to flee his overbearing wife and claim some insurance money. It isn't long before the corpses do start to pile up and "Michael" is front and centre in the courtroom defended by "Bannister" for murder. Who actually did the killing, though? The film is very much at it's best with a strong performance from Hayworth, Welles and Sloane all playing against each other. I found the parallel plot to all be just a bit far-fetched. The ending is cracking, though - and though perhaps I felt there was a little injustice in it, it works really well. The production looks great, Hayworth dons her sailor's cap with panache and though a bit lumbering, Welles gels quite well with her as we progress. Good film, this.

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