The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
| Release Date | 24 December 1947 |
| Budget | $2,000,000 |
| Tagline | One who keeps his nature keeps his original nature in the end. |
| Genre | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Acapulco Bay, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Language | English, Cantonese |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Film Noir, Romantic Mystery |
| Mood | Nail-biters |
| Themes | Femmes Fatales, Cons and Scams, Dangerous Attraction, Miscarriage of Justice, Treacherous Spouses |
| Tones | Atmospheric, Cynical, Menacing, Bleak, Chilly |
| Tags | Confession [criminal], Defense Attorney, Jury, Murder For Hire, Murder Trial, Partner, Sailor, Wife, Yacht |
The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 film noir directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, his estranged wife Rita Hayworth and Everett Sloane. It is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Glenn Anders
George Grisby
Erskine Sanford
Judge
Gus Schilling
'Goldie' Goldfish
Carl Frank
District Attorney Galloway
Louis Merrill
Jake
Evelyn Ellis
Bessie
Harry Shannon
Cab Driver
William Alland
Reporter
Jessie Arnold
Schoolteacher at Aquarium
Jack Baxley
Guard
Steve Benton
Policeman
Vernon Cansino
Man
Doris Chan
Chinese Girl
George Chirello
Man
Wong Chung
Li
Eddie Coke
Policeman
Peter Cusanelli
Bartender
Edythe Elliott
Old Lady
Heenan Elliott
Guard
John Elliott
Court Clerk
Joseph Granby
Police Lieutenant
Robert Gray
Reporter
Alvin Hammer
Reporter
Maynard Holmes
Truck Driver
Tiny Jones
Woman
Byron Kane
Reporter
Milton Kibbee
Policeman
Preston Lee
Chinese Man
Grace Lem
Chinese Woman
Billy Louie
Chinese Girl
Charles Meakin
Jury Foreman
Philip Morris
Port Steward, Peters
Sam Nelson
Captain of yacht Circe
Mary Newton
Reporter
Joe Palma
Cab Driver
Gerald Pierce
Waiter
Joe Recht
Garage Attendant
Mabel Smaney
Woman
Harry Strang
Policeman
Norman Thomson
Policeman
Dorothy Vaughan
Old Woman
Blackie Whiteford
Big Coke drinker with vest
Richard Wilson
Assistant District Attorney
Artarne Wong
Ticket Taker
Jean Wong
Ticket Seller
Director
Writer
Sherwood King
Producer
Richard Wilson
associate producer
Original Music
Heinz Roemheld
Cinematographer
Charles Lawton Jr.
Rudolph Maté
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Editor
Viola Lawrence
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Art Director
Sturges Carne
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Stephen Goosson
Set Decorator
Wilbur Menefee
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Herman N. Schoenbrun
Costume Designer
Makeup Department
Clay Campbell
makeup artist
Helen Hunt
hair stylist
Robert J. Schiffer
makeup artist
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sam Nelson
assistant director
Sound Department
Lodge Cunningham
sound recordist
Special Effects
Lawrence W. Butler
special effects
Stunts
John Daheim
stunts
Terry Wilson
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Edward Cronenweth
still photographer
Irving Klein
camera operator
Richard H. Kline
assistant camera
Don Murphy
grip
Ned Scott
still photographer
Music Department
Herschel Burke Gilbert
orchestrator
Other Crew
Dorothy B. Cormack
script supervisor
Virginia Van Upp
story continuity
Production Company
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Mercury Productions
Distributor
Columbia Film
Columbia Pictures
Filmes Castello Lopes
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Columbia TriStar Home Video
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Columbia Films S.A.
Columbia TriStar
LK-TEL Vídeo
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Union Film Wien
Related Lists
Navigation Boxes
Films directed by Orson Welles
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Don Quixote (1992)
Filming 'Othello' (1978)
It's All True (1993)
Macbeth (1948)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955)
Othello (1952)
Portrait of Gina (1958)
The Deep (1970)
The Fountain of Youth (1958)
The Hearts of Age (1934)
The Immortal Story (1968)
The Lady from Shanghai
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Merchant of Venice (1969)
The Other Side of the Wind (1972)
The Stranger (1946)
The Trial (1962)
Too Much Johnson (1938)
Touch of Evil (1958)
