The Lady from Shanghai

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

Cast

Rita Hayworth

as Elsa Bannister

Orson Welles

as Michael O'Hara

Everett Sloane

as Arthur Bannister

Glenn Anders

as George Grisby

Ted de Corsia

as Sidney Broome

Erskine Sanford

as Judge

Gus Schilling

as Goldfish

Carl Frank

as District Attorney Galloway

Louis Merrill

as Jake Bjornsen

Evelyn Ellis

as Bessie

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This is another film where the two top-billed - Rita Hayworth ("Elsa") and Orson Welles ("Michael") are outshone by a strong supporting effort. This time, that comes from Everett Sloane. Here, he is renowned barrister "Bannister" who needs crutches to walk and is married to the restless "Elsa". She ...

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