The Lady From Shanghai

(1948)

Synopsis

An Irish seaman who hires on to a yacht sailing from New York to San Francisco with a beautiful seductress finds himself in the middle of a murder plot against her husband. The film-noir thriller is famous for its climactic scene in a hall of mirrors. Orson Welles stars, directed and wrote the screenplay.

Directors

Orson Welles, Orson Welles, Orson Welles, Richard Wilson, William Castle, Jean Louis, Harry Cohn

Production year

1948

Rating

TV-PG

Studio

Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.

Runtime

87 minutes

Cast

Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia