![]() ![]() Screenplay: Orson Welles, Charles Lederer (uncredited), Fletcher Markle (uncredited) and William Castle (uncredited)Ĭomposers: Heinz Roemheld, Doris Fisher and Allen Roberts (song "Please Don't Kiss Me")Ĭinematography: Charles Lawton Jr., Joseph Walker (uncredited) and Rudolph Maté (uncredited) The yacht Zaca, on which many scenes take place, was owned by actor Errol Flynn, who skippered the yacht in between takes and can also be seen in the background in one scene at a cantina in Acapulco.Ĭast: Orson Welles (Narrator), Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia, Erskine Sanford, Gus Schilling, Carl Frank, Louis Merrill, Evelyn Ellis and Harry Shannon Based on the novel “If I Die Before I Wake.”įILM FACT: Other scenes were filmed in Acapulco. ![]() Fifty years later, ‘THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI’ is considered vintage Orson Welles, especially with his famous hall of mirrors climax hailed as one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history. The subject of great controversy and scandal upon its initial release, ‘THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI’ shocked 1948 audiences by presenting Rita Hayworth with her flaming red hair cut short and dyed champagne blonde. Hired to work on a yacht belonging to the disabled husband of femme fatale Rita Hayworth, Welles plays an innocent man drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue and murder. THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI A 4K Digital Restoration in High-Definition Video and Audio! The Story of a Reckless Woman!īaffling murders, fascinating plot twists and remarkable camera work all contribute to this spellbinding, time-honoured “film noir” written, directed by and starring Orson Welles. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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