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The Lady from Shanghai

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.

Director

Orson Welles

Year

Genre

crime, drama, film-noir

Box Office

N/A

Production

Mercury Productions,Columbia Pictures

Awards

1 win

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Elsa Bannister

Michael O'Hara

Arthur Bannister

George Grisby

Sidney Broome

Judge

Erskine Sanford

Goldie

District Attorney Galloway

Jake Bjornsen

Bessie

Cab Driver

Reporter

Schoolteacher at Aquarium / Courtroom Spectator

Ticket Taker

Townswoman

Courtroom Spectator

Guard

Policeman

Sailor

Man

Chinese Girl

Man

George Chirello

Li

Policeman

Courtroom Spectator

Bartender

Peter Cusanelli

Policeman

Old Lady

Guard

Court Clerk

Man in Courthouse

Charles Ferguson

Bailiff

Police Lieutenant

Reporter

Reporter

Spectator in Courtroom

Truck Driver

Courtroom Spectator

Reporter

Policeman

Chinese Man

Chinese Woman

Chinese Girl

Jury Foreman

Sailor

Port Steward / Officer Peters

Captain of Yacht Circe

Reporter

Cab Driver

Guard

Edward Peil Sr.

Waiter

Garage Attendant

Townswoman

Millie Schottland

Woman

Policeman

Townswoman

Policeman

Norman Earl Thomson

Courtroom Spectator

Policeman / Thug

Philip Van Zandt

Old Woman

Dorothy Vaughan

Courtroom Spectator

Courtroom Spectator

Big Coke Drinker with Vest

Blackie Whiteford

Sailor

Chalky Williams

Assistant District Attorney

Ticket Seller

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Michael O'hara Arthur Bannister Elsa Bannister George Grisby Jake Bjornsen Sidney Broome

I'm shipping out tomorrow. - The Lady from Shanghai

I'm shipping out tomorrow.

I'll make it worth your while. - The Lady from Shanghai

I'll make it worth your while.

I don't know what - The Lady from Shanghai

I don't know what

I don't know - The Lady from Shanghai

He was exactly as helpless as a sleeping rattlesnake - The Lady from Shanghai

He was exactly as helpless as a sleeping rattlesnake

I wasn't sure you'd come - The Lady from Shanghai

I wasn't sure you'd come

Mike O'Hara - The Lady from Shanghai

Our little expedition spent some
weeks in the West Indies - The Lady from Shanghai

Our little expedition spent some weeks in the West Indies

That's right - The Lady from Shanghai

She'll ask you. - The Lady from Shanghai

She'll ask you.

Will you help me - The Lady from Shanghai

Will you help me

Give me a cigarette. - The Lady from Shanghai

Give me a cigarette.

Big boob that I am - The Lady from Shanghai

Big boob that I am

I didn't think you
would do that. - The Lady from Shanghai

I didn't think you would do that.

You think you needed
me to help you? - The Lady from Shanghai

You think you needed me to help you?

So long, kiddies! - The Lady from Shanghai

So long, kiddies!

So money doesn't interest you - The Lady from Shanghai

So money doesn't interest you

You've been traveling around the world too much to find out anything about it - The Lady from Shanghai

You've been traveling around the world too much to find...

Sanitary to be broke - The Lady from Shanghai

Sanitary to be broke

Bessie's a grandmother a widow Only one of the boys works - The Lady from Shanghai

Bessie's a grandmother a widow Only one of the boys...

You heard him - The Lady from Shanghai

I was taught to think about love in Chinese - The Lady from Shanghai

I was taught to think about love in Chinese

I never make up my mind about anything at all - The Lady from Shanghai

I never make up my mind about anything at all

Bannister's picnic party was most typical of him - The Lady from Shanghai

Bannister's picnic party was most typical of him

Michael. - The Lady from Shanghai

I haven't a cent - The Lady from Shanghai

I haven't a cent

You need more than luck in Shanghai - The Lady from Shanghai

You need more than luck in Shanghai

She's young - The Lady from Shanghai

Why should he - The Lady from Shanghai

Hey, Mike. - The Lady from Shanghai

Well, Michael. - The Lady from Shanghai

If you're so anxious for me to join the game - The Lady from Shanghai

If you're so anxious for me to join the game

Off the hump of Brazil - The Lady from Shanghai

Off the hump of Brazil

If you were a good lawyer - The Lady from Shanghai

If you were a good lawyer

- Where's Mrs. Bannister?
- I'm sure I don't know, sir. - The Lady from Shanghai

- Where's Mrs. Bannister? - I'm sure I don't ...

Or the tourists - The Lady from Shanghai

Or the tourists

Darling, of course you pay me. - The Lady from Shanghai

Darling, of course you pay me.

What's your guess - The Lady from Shanghai

What's your guess

That's what I said - The Lady from Shanghai

That's what I said

- Michael.
- Yes? - The Lady from Shanghai

- Michael. - Yes?

Everything - The Lady from Shanghai

You're such a foolish knight errant - The Lady from Shanghai

You're such a foolish knight errant

I don't speak their language - The Lady from Shanghai

I don't speak their language

Do you drink - The Lady from Shanghai

Is their some reason the police don't like you - The Lady from Shanghai

Is their some reason the police don't like you

Why don't you do it yourself - The Lady from Shanghai

Why don't you do it yourself

If you're a sailor - The Lady from Shanghai

If you're a sailor

You help yourself - The Lady from Shanghai

You help yourself

There's no such a thing as homicide - The Lady from Shanghai

There's no such a thing as homicide

I don't care where it is - The Lady from Shanghai

I don't care where it is

New York is not as big a city as it pretends to be - The Lady from Shanghai

New York is not as big a city as it pretends to be

Did you know - The Lady from Shanghai

I don't think there's
anybody home, just Broome. - The Lady from Shanghai

I don't think there's anybody home, just Broome.

- What are you doing?
- Oh, hello Michael. - The Lady from Shanghai

- What are you doing? - Oh, hello Michael.

What're you doing? - The Lady from Shanghai

What're you doing?

Now, be sure to let people in the bar
in there get a good look at you. - The Lady from Shanghai

Now, be sure to let people in the bar in there get a good lo...

Just say you're doing a little target practice - The Lady from Shanghai

Just say you're doing a little target practice

Get the law! - The Lady from Shanghai

San Rafael, please.
San Rafael, please. - The Lady from Shanghai

San Rafael, please. San Rafael, please.

Hello. I wanna speak
to Mrs. Bannister. - The Lady from Shanghai

Hello. I wanna speak to Mrs. Bannister.

You're the fall guy - The Lady from Shanghai

You're the fall guy

Well it's my own fault - The Lady from Shanghai

Well it's my own fault

Either me or the rest of the whole world is absolutely insane - The Lady from Shanghai

Either me or the rest of the whole world is absolutely...

Thinking myself a very gay dog - The Lady from Shanghai

Thinking myself a very gay dog

He's going to have to trust me - The Lady from Shanghai

He's going to have to trust me

My wife might think
he was a martyr. - The Lady from Shanghai

My wife might think he was a martyr.

I call Mrs. Arthur Bannister. - The Lady from Shanghai

I call Mrs. Arthur Bannister.

Personally - The Lady from Shanghai

- How long do they take, usually?
- You can't ever tell about a jury. - The Lady from Shanghai

- How long do they take, usually? - You can't ever tell...

Excuse me, Your Honor. - The Lady from Shanghai

Excuse me, Your Honor.

I might as well tell you this is one case I've enjoyed losing - The Lady from Shanghai

I might as well tell you this is one case I've enjoyed...

Would Your Highness care to gamble - The Lady from Shanghai

Would Your Highness care to gamble

Go back, there! - The Lady from Shanghai

Go back, there!

That's another jury from another trial - The Lady from Shanghai

That's another jury from another trial

Hello, Li? - The Lady from Shanghai

Don't take your arms - The Lady from Shanghai

Don't take your arms

The police. - The Lady from Shanghai

Don't you move! - The Lady from Shanghai

Don't you move!

One who follows his nature keeps his original nature in the end - The Lady from Shanghai

One who follows his nature keeps his original nature in the...

Killing you is killing myself - The Lady from Shanghai

Killing you is killing myself

When I start out to make a fool of myself - The Lady from Shanghai

When I start out to make a fool of myself

But I knew you had the gun in your bag - The Lady from Shanghai

But I knew you had the gun in your bag

I made a lot of mistakes - The Lady from Shanghai

I made a lot of mistakes

Make terms - The Lady from Shanghai

We can't win - The Lady from Shanghai

Everybody is somebody's fool - The Lady from Shanghai

Everybody is somebody's fool

The only way to stay out of trouble is to grow old - The Lady from Shanghai

The only way to stay out of trouble is to grow old

Maybe I'll live so long that I'll forget her - The Lady from Shanghai

Maybe I'll live so long that I'll forget her

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Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Orson Welles

Writer: Sherwood King, Orson Welles, William Castle

Production: Mercury Productions,Columbia Pictures

Genre: crime, drama, film-noir

Year: 1947

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 14 Apr 1948

Awards: 1 win

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