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The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American film noir produced and directed by Orson Welles that stars Rita Hayworth, Welles and Everett Sloane. [2] Welles's screenplay is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King.
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The Lady from Shanghai, American film noir, released in 1947, that was adapted from the Sherwood King novel If I Die Before I Wake. Director, writer, and star Orson Welles cast his estranged wife, Rita Hayworth, opposite himself in a film that became famous for its confounding plot and for the studio interference that marred Welles’s vision for the project.
Welles appeared in the offbeat role of Michael O’Hara, a naive man who is snared into taking a bizarre sea journey with an aging millionaire (played by Everett Sloane) and his young, sexually frustrated wife (Hayworth). This leads to O’Hara’s implication in a murder and to the bizarre trial sequence that follows. The film culminates in a legendary shootout amid a fun-house hall of mirrors.
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•Studio: Columbia Pictures
•Director and producer: Orson Welles
•Writer: Orson Welles
•Music: Heinz Roemheld
•Orson Welles (Michael O’Hara)
•Rita Hayworth (Elsa Bannister)
•Everett Sloane (Arthur Bannister)
•Glenn Anders (George Grisby)
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Written by Maria Nicola. The story starts on a night in New York, when while strolling in the park, Michael O’Hara meets Mrs. Bannister and talks for a little bit with her. After they depart, Lady Bannister gets attacked but is saved by Michael who then accompanies her to her car.
Jul 22, 2014 · Orson Welles’ exhilarating film noir finds the actor-director mixing profundity with playfulness. 22 July 2014. The Lady from Shanghai (1947) By Geoff Andrew. Features. The older I get, the more convinced I am of Orson Welles’s genius.
The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American film noir produced and directed by Orson Welles that stars Rita Hayworth, Welles and Everett Sloane. Welles's screenplay is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King. Quick Facts Directed by, Screenplay by ... Close.
Jul 23, 2024 · The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American film about a man who follows a beautiful woman and joins a bizarre yachting cruise but ends up mired in a complex murder plot. Written and directed by Orson Welles, based on the novel by Sherwood King.
The Lady from Shanghai: Directed by Orson Welles. With Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders. Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
