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The Lady from Shanghai

1947-12-241h 27mMystery / Crime / Thriller7.3/10TMDB · 756 votes

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

“I told you... you know nothing about wickedness”

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Directed byOrson Welles

Original languageEnglish

Original release1947-12-24

ProductionUnited States of America

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The people behind the picture.

Rita HayworthElsa Bannister

Orson WellesMichael O'Hara

Everett SloaneArthur Bannister

Glenn AndersGeorge Grisby

Ted de CorsiaSidney Broome

Erskine SanfordJudge

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Gus SchillingGoldfish Carl FrankGalloway Louis MerrillJake Bjornsen Evelyn EllisBessie Harry ShannonCab Driver William AllandReporter (uncredited)Jessie ArnoldSchoolteacher / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)Wong ArtarneTicket Taker (uncredited)Rama BaiTownswomen (uncredited)

Jack Baxley

Guard (uncredited)

Steve BentonPoliceman (uncredited)

Wong ChungLi (uncredited)

Eddie CokePoliceman (uncredited)

Tom ColemanCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Al EbenPoliceman (uncredited)

Edythe ElliottOld Lady (uncredited)

John ElliottCourt Clerk (uncredited)

Charles FergusonMan in Courthouse (uncredited)

Joseph GranbyPolice Lieutenant (uncredited)

Alvin HammerReporter (uncredited)

Theresa HarrisCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Maynard HolmesTruck Driver (uncredited)

Tiny JonesCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Byron KaneReporter (uncredited)

Milton KibbeePoliceman (uncredited)

Grace LemChinese Woman (uncredited)

Charles MeakinJury Foreman (uncredited)

Philip MorrisPort Steward / Officer Peters (uncredited)

Sam NelsonCaptain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)

Mary NewtonReporter (uncredited)

Joe PalmaCab Driver (uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.Guard (uncredited)

Gerald PierceWaiter (uncredited)

Joe RechtGarage Attendant (uncredited)

Mabel SmaneyWoman (uncredited)

Harry StrangPoliceman (uncredited)

Norman ThomsonPoliceman (uncredited)

Arthur ToveyCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Philip Van ZandtPoliceman / Thug (uncredited)

Dorothy VaughanOld Woman (uncredited)

Blackie WhitefordBig Coke Drinker (uncredited)

Richard WilsonAssistant District Attorney (uncredited)

Raoul FreemanBailiff (uncredited)

Eumenio BlancoSailor (uncredited)

Vernon CansinoMan (uncredited)

Doris ChanChinese Girl (uncredited)

George ChirelloMan (uncredited)

Peter CusanelliBartender (uncredited)

Heenan ElliottGuard (uncredited)

Robert GrayReporter (uncredited)

Preston LeeChinese Man (uncredited)

Billy LouieChinese Girl (uncredited)

Mike MorelliSailor (uncredited)

Theresa TestaTownswoman (uncredited)

Eleanore VogelCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Glen WaltersCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Chalky WilliamsSailor (uncredited)

Jean WongTicket Seller (uncredited)

Katherine YorkePretty Woman (uncredited)

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