The Lady from Shanghai
“I told you... you know nothing about wickedness”
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
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Cast
65 people
Rita Hayworth
Elsa Bannister
Known for
Gilda
Cover Girl
Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara
Known for
Citizen Kane
Touch of Evil
Everett Sloane
Arthur Bannister
Known for
Citizen Kane
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Glenn Anders
George Grisby
Known for
M
Ted de Corsia
Sidney Broome
Known for
The Killing
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Erskine Sanford
Judge
Known for
Citizen Kane
The Magnificent Ambersons
Gus Schilling
Goldfish
Known for
Citizen Kane
On Dangerous Ground
Carl Frank
Galloway
Also in
Mandrake the Magician
The Kill
Louis Merrill
Jake Bjornsen
Known for
The Giant Claw
Evelyn Ellis
Bessie
Also in
Interrupted Melody
The Joe Louis Story
Harry Shannon
Cab Driver
Known for
Citizen Kane
High Noon
William Alland
Reporter (uncredited)
Known for
Citizen Kane
Macbeth
Orson Welles Director · Sherwood King Author Heinz Roemheld Composer
Worldwide gross $1.6M · Budget $2.3M · United States release April 14, 1948
Box office
Budget
$2,300,000
Worldwide gross
$1,564,609
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
Mercury Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese · English
Release dates
France · December 24, 1947
Theatrical
United States · April 14, 1948
Theatrical
Austria
March 3, 1950 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1949 · Theatrical
Greece
May 21, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Re-Issue
Italy
October 12, 1948 · Theatrical
Japan
August 6, 1977 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 11, 2003 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
March 7, 1948 · Theatrical
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