Rita Hayworth

Orson Welles

Everett Sloane

Glenn Anders

Ted de Corsia

Erskine Sanford

Gus Schilling

Carl Frank

Louis Merrill

Evelyn Ellis

Harry Shannon

William Alland

Jessie Arnold

Wong Artarne

Rama Bai

Jack Baxley

Steve Benton

Wong Chung

Eddie Coke

Tom Coleman

Al Eben

Edythe Elliott

John Elliott

Charles Ferguson

Joseph Granby

Alvin Hammer

Theresa Harris

Maynard Holmes

Tiny Jones

Byron Kane

Milton Kibbee

Grace Lem

Charles Meakin

Philip Morris

Sam Nelson

Mary Newton

Joe Palma

Edward Peil Sr.

Gerald Pierce

Joe Recht

Mabel Smaney

Harry Strang

Norman Thomson

Arthur Tovey

Philip Van Zandt

Dorothy Vaughan

Blackie Whiteford

Richard Wilson

Raoul Freeman

Eumenio Blanco

Vernon Cansino

Doris Chan

George Chirello

Peter Cusanelli

Heenan Elliott

Robert Gray

Preston Lee

Billy Louie

Mike Morelli

Theresa Testa

Eleanore Vogel

Glen Walters

Chalky Williams

Jean Wong

Katherine Yorke

Sherwood King

Stephen Goosson

Charles Lawton Jr.

Sturges Carne

Heinz Roemheld

William Castle

Lodge Cunningham

Wilbur Menefee

Herman N. Schoenbrun

Jean Louis

Viola Lawrence

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

The Lady from Shanghai

Mercury Productions

Columbia Pictures

United States of America

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 was taking a cab through the park one night when accosted by robbers. "Michael" was passing and came to the rescue. Next thing "Bannister" is asking him to come work on their luxury yacht. Clearly, he is attracted to the wife and soon a rather complex game is afoot - but who is playing whom? Meantime, "Grisby" *Glenn Anders) - the partner of "Bannister" in their law firm tries to embroil "Michael" in a rather cunning wheeze to create a corpse-less crime enabling him to flee his overbearing wife and claim some insurance money. It isn't long before the corpses do start to pile up and "Michael" is front and centre in the courtroom defended by "Bannister" for murder. Who actually did the killing, though? The film is very much at it's best with a strong performance from Hayworth, Welles and Sloane all playing against each other. I found the parallel plot to all be just a bit far-fetched. The ending is cracking, though - and though perhaps I felt there was a little injustice in it, it works really well. The production looks great, Hayworth dons her sailor's cap with panache and though a bit lumbering, Welles gels quite well with her as we progress. Good film, this.

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