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The Lady from Shanghai
1947
· Movie
· 87 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1043
- IMDb #1159
- Rotten Tomatoes #1114
- Letterboxd #931
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1490
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1277
Every rating
66–86
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 86.
See the most agreed on films →A charismatic Irish sailor is hired by a beautiful woman to work on the yacht of her wealthy, disabled husband. He is quickly drawn into a complex web of deceit and manipulation. The couple, along with the husband's law partner, involve him in a plot that culminates in a brilliantly shot hall-of-mirrors sequence and a shocking conclusion.
Details
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Writer
- Orson Welles
- Studio
- Mercury Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Released
- 24 December 1947
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Cantonese
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Budget
- $2.3M
- Box office
- $1.6M
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Cast
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Awards
1 win total
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