---
title: 'The Lady from Shanghai (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Orson Welles'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lady-from-shanghai-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040525/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

1947 · 87 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American film noir produced and directed by Orson Welles and starring Rita Hayworth, Welles, Everett Sloane, and Glenn Anders. Welles's screenplay is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)
- **Screenplay:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles), [Fletcher Markle](https://cinepixo.com/people/fletcher-markle), [William Castle](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-castle), [Charles Lederer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lederer)
- **Producer:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles), [William Castle](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-castle), [Richard Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-wilson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Heinz Eric Roemheld](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-eric-roemheld), [Morris Stoloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/morris-stoloff)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-walker), [Charles Lawton Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lawton-jr)

## Cast

- [Erskine Sanford](https://cinepixo.com/people/erskine-sanford)
- [Everett Sloane](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-sloane)
- [Gus Schilling](https://cinepixo.com/people/gus-schilling)
- [Rita Hayworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-hayworth)
- [Ted de Corsia](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-de-corsia)
- [Glenn Anders](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-anders)
- [Harry Shannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-shannon)
- [Evelyn Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelyn-ellis)
- [Philip Van Zandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-van-zandt)
- [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)

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