Movie: "The Lady from Shanghai"
| Release Date: | Jun 1948 |
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| Genres: | Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller |
| Runtime: | 92 min. |
| Cast: | Rita Hayworth (Elsa Bannister), Orson Welles (Michael O'Hara), Everett Sloane (Arthur Bannister), Glenn Anders (George Grisby), Ted de Corsia (Sidney Broome (as Ted De Corsia)) Erskine Sanford (Judge) Gus Schilling ('Goldie' Goldfish) Carl Frank (District Attorney Galloway) Louis Merrill (Jake) Evelyn Ellis (Bessie (Bannister maid)) Harry Shannon (Cab Driver) William Alland (Reporter (uncredited)) Jessie Arnold (Schoolteacher at Aquarium (uncredited)) Wong Artarne (Ticket Taker (uncredited)) Jack Baxley (Guard (uncredited)) Steve Benton (Policeman (uncredited)) Vernon Cansino (Man (uncredited)) Doris Chan (Chinese Girl (uncredited)) George Chirello (Man (uncredited)) Wong Chung (Li (uncredited)) Eddie Coke (Policeman (uncredited)) Peter Cusanelli (Bartender (uncredited)) Al Eben (Policeman (uncredited)) Edythe Elliott (Old Lady (uncredited)) Heenan Elliott (Guard (uncredited)) John Elliott (Court Clerk (uncredited)) Errol Flynn (Man in Background Outside of Cantina...) Joseph Granby (Police Lieutenant (uncredited)) Robert Gray (Reporter (uncredited)) Alvin Hammer (Reporter (uncredited)) Maynard Holmes (Truck Driver (uncredited)) Tiny Jones (Woman (uncredited)) Byron Kane (Reporter (uncredited)) Milton Kibbee (Policeman (uncredited)) Preston Lee (Chinese Man (uncredited)) Grace Lem (Chinese Woman (uncredited)) Billy Louie (Chinese Girl (uncredited)) Charles Meakin (Jury Foreman (uncredited)) Philip Morris (Port Steward / Peters (uncredited)) Sam Nelson (Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)) Mary Newton (Reporter (uncredited)) Joe Palma (Cab Driver (uncredited)) Edward Peil Sr. (Guard (uncredited)) Gerald Pierce (Waiter (uncredited)) Joe Recht (Garage Attendant (uncredited)) Mabel Smaney (Woman (uncredited)) Harry Strang (Policeman (uncredited)) Norman Thomson (Policeman (uncredited)) Philip Van Zandt (Policeman / Thug (uncredited)) Dorothy Vaughan (Old Woman (uncredited)) Blackie Whiteford (Big Coke Drinker with Vest (uncredited)) Richard Wilson (Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)) Jean Wong (Ticket Seller (uncredited)) |
Storyline: Michael O'Hara, against his better judgement, hires on as a crew member of Arthur Bannister's yacht, sailing to San Francisco. They pick up Grisby, Bannister's law partner, en route. Bannister has a wife, Rosalie, who seems to like Michael much better than she likes her husband. After they dock in Sausalito, Michael goes along with Grisby's weird plan to fake his (Grisby's) murder so he can disappear untailed. He wants the $5000 Grisby has offered, so he can run off with Rosalie. But Grisby turns up actually murdered, and Michael gets blamed for it. Somebody set him up, but it is not clear who or how. Bannister (the actual murderer?) defends Michael in court.
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