The Lady from Shanghai
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The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 film noir directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, his estranged wife Rita Hayworth and Everett Sloane. It is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King.Irish sailor Michael O’Hara (Welles) meets the beautiful blonde Elsa (Rita Hayworth) as she rides a horse-drawn coach in Central Park. Three hooligans waylay the coach. Michael rescues Elsa and escorts her home. Michael reveals he is a seaman and learns Elsa and her husband, disabled criminal defense attorney Arthur Bannister (Sloane), are newly arrived in New York City from Shanghai. They are on their way to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. Michael, attracted to Elsa despite misgivings, agrees to sign on as an able seaman aboard Bannister’s yacht.

Genre: Crime, Drama

Actor: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane

Director: Orson Welles

Country: United States

Quality: HD

Duration: 1h 27m

Release: 1964

IMDb: 0.7/10