The Lady from Shanghai
“I told you... you know nothing about wickedness”
1947•1h 27m•7.4•Released
MysteryCrimeThrillerDrama
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Director
Orson Welles
Writer
Orson Welles
Budget
$2M
Revenue
$2M
Languages
Cantonese, English
Studio
Mercury Productions
Cast
Rita Hayworth
Elsa Bannister
Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara
Everett Sloane
Arthur Bannister
Glenn Anders
George Grisby
Ted de Corsia
Sidney Broome
Erskine Sanford
Judge
Gus Schilling
Goldfish
Carl Frank
Galloway
Louis Merrill
Jake Bjornsen
Evelyn Ellis
Bessie
Harry Shannon
Cab Driver
William Alland
Reporter (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
Schoolteacher / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Wong Artarne
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Rama Bai
Townswomen (uncredited)
Production
Company
Mercury Productions
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Orson Welles
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