The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Top billed cast
Rita HayworthElsa Bannister
Orson WellesMichael O'Hara
Everett SloaneArthur Bannister
Glenn AndersGeorge Grisby
Ted de CorsiaSidney Broome
Erskine SanfordJudge
Gus SchillingGoldfish
Carl FrankDistrict Attorney Galloway
Louis MerrillJake Bjornsen
Evelyn EllisBessie
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