The Lady from Shanghai


MPAA Rating: NR | Year: 1948 | Running Time: 87 minutes

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The Lady From Shanghai, a complex, involving puzzle-within-a-puzzle mystery story, is a showcase for Orson Welles, showing his singular talents and sensibilities as few other films have. The story is superficially simple: a seaman Michael O'Hara (Welles) is hired as a crew member on the yacht of the ...more

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  • The Lady from Shanghai - A scene from The Lady from Shanghai.
  • The Lady from Shanghai - A scene from The Lady from Shanghai.
  • The Lady from Shanghai - A scene from The Lady from Shanghai.
  • The Lady from Shanghai - A scene from The Lady from Shanghai.

The Lady From Shanghai, a complex, involving puzzle-within-a-puzzle mystery story, is a showcase for Orson Welles, showing his singular talents and sensibilities as few other films have. The story is superficially simple: a seaman Michael O'Hara (Welles) is hired as a crew member on the yacht of the wealthy Banister (Everett Sloane). His beautiful but mysterious wife Elsa (Rita Hayworth) has met O'Hara earlier, when he saved her from a mugging. What ensues is a complicated and bizarre pattern of ...more