The lady from Shanghai [videorecording]
2003
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Film noir crime drama directed by and starring Orson Welles. When unemployed Irishman Michael O'Hara (Welles) saves Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) from a group of thugs, she repays him by getting him a position on her husband Arthur (Everett Sloane)'s yacht as a deckhand. It soon becomes clear that Elsa has eyes for O'Hara and wants her husband out of the way. O'Hara, although resisting Elsa's advances, finds himself becoming embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder.
Main title:
The lady from Shanghai [videorecording] / producer, Orson Welles.
Author:
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, directorRoemheld, Heinz, 1901-1985, composer (expression)Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987, actorSloane, Everett, 1909-1965, actorAnders, Glenn, actorKing, Sherwood, book author
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : Sony Pictures Home Ent., 2003.
Collation:
1 DVD (87 min.) : black and white
Notes:
Made in 1947.Based on the novel 'If I die before I wake' by Sherwood King.DVDN.
Credits:
Credits: director, Orson Welles; writer, Orson Welles; music, Heinz Roemheld; cinematographer, Charles Lawton Jr.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia, Erskine Sanford, Gus Schilling, Carl Frank, Lou Merrill, Evelyn Ellis.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1438096
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