The Lady from Shanghai
An Irish adventurer is charmed into joining a cruise, and into helping a man disappear. But he finds he is being exploited by the wife and two lawyers who shoot it out.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Elsa Bannister Rita Hayworth
- Michael O'Hara Orson Welles
- Arthur Bannister Everett Sloane
- George Grisby Glenn Anders
- Sidney Broome Ted De Corsia
- judge Erskine Sanford
- Goldie Gus Schilling
- Galloway, district attorney Carl Frank
- Jake Jorgenson Louis Merrill
- Bessie Evelyn Ellis
- hansom cab driver Harry Shannon
- [Li] Won Show Chong
- [yacht captain] Sam Nelson
- [woman] Elizabeth Jones
- [bartender] Peter Cusanelli
- [police lieutenant] Joe Granby
- [policeman] Al Eben
- [policeman] Norman Thomson
- [policeman] Eddie Coke
- [policeman] Harry Strang
- [waiter] Gerald Pierce
- [truck driver] Maynard Holmes
- [guard] Jack Baxley
- [guard] Edward Peil
- [guard] Heenan Elliott
- [old woman] Dorothy Vaughan
- [port steward/policeman/Peters] Philip Morris
- [policeman] Steve Benton
- [policeman] Milton Kibbee
- [toughie/policeman] Philip Van Zandt
- [reporter] William Alland
- [reporter] Alvin Hammer
- [reporter] Mary Newton
- [reporter] Robert Gray
- [reporter] Byron Kane
- [clerk] John Elliott
- [jury foreman] Charles Meakin
- [school teacher] Jessie Arnold
- [woman] Mabel Smaney
- [man] George 'Shorty' Charello
- [man] Vernon Cansino
- [Chinese girl] Doris Chan
- [Chinese girl] Billy Louie
- [garage attendant] Joe Recht
- [ticket seller] Jean Wong
- [ticket taker] Artane Wong
- [Chinese woman] Grace Lem
- [Chinese man] Preston Lee
- [cab driver] Joe Palma
- [district attorney's assistant] Richard Wilson
- [crew hand - allegedly] Errol Flynn
- [old woman] Edythe Elliott
Credits
Direction
- Production [Director] Orson Welles
- Assistant Director Sam Nelson
- [Script Supervisor] Dorothy Cormack
Production
- Production Company Columbia Pictures Corporation
- [Executive Producer] Harry Cohn
- Production Orson Welles
- Associate Producer Richard Wilson
- Associate Producer William Castle
- [Studio] Columbia Studios
Writing
- Screen Play Orson Welles
- Story based on a novel by Sherwood King
Photography
- Director of Photography Charles Lawton Jr
- [Fill-in Director of Photography] Rudolph Maté
- [Camera Operator] Irving Klein
- [Assistant Camera] Donald Roy Cory
- [Assistant Cameraman] Richard H. Kline
- [Grip] Don Murphy
Stills
- [Stills] Robert Coburn
- [Stills] Eddy Cronenweth
Special Effects
- [Special Effects] Lawrence Butler
Editing
- Film Editor Viola Lawrence
Design
- Art Director Stephen Goossón
- Art Director Sturges Carne
- Set Decorations Wilbur Menefee
- Set Decorations Herman Schoenbrun
Costumes
- Gowns Jean Louis
Make-up
- [Make-up] Robert J. Schiffer
- [Hairstylist] Helen Hunt
Music
- Musical Score by Heinz Roemheld
- Song 'Please Don't Kiss Me' by Allan Roberts
- Song 'Please Don't Kiss Me' by Doris Fisher
- Musical Director Morris W. Stoloff
- [Orchestration] Herschel Burke Gilbert
Sound
- Sound Recording Lodge Cunningham
Visitor to set
- Film Industry Visitor Glenn Ford
