The Lady from Shanghai

April. 14,1948      NR
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

Rita Hayworth as  Elsa Bannister
Orson Welles as  Michael O'Hara
Everett Sloane as  Arthur Bannister
Glenn Anders as  George Grisby
Ted de Corsia as  Sidney Broome
Erskine Sanford as  Judge
Gus Schilling as  Goldfish
Lou Merrill as  Jake
Evelyn Ellis as  Bessie
Harry Shannon as  Cab Driver

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