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The Lady from Shanghai

1947·87 min

The Lady from Shanghai

Directed by Orson Welles

MysteryCrimeThrillerDrama

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

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Elsa Bannister

Michael O'Hara

Arthur Bannister

George Grisby

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Screenplay

Charles Lawton Jr.

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The Lady from Shanghai (1947) is about a romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

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Orson Welles directed The Lady from Shanghai (1947).

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