The Lady from Shanghai 1947 123movies

Watch: The Lady from Shanghai 1947 123movies, Full Movie Online – Michael O’Hara, against his better judgement, hires on as a crew member of Arthur Bannister’s yacht, sailing to San Francisco. They pick up Grisby, Bannister’s law partner, en route. Bannister has a wife, Elsa, who seems to like Michael much better than she likes her husband. After they dock in Sausalito, Michael goes along with Grisby’s weird plan to fake his (Grisby’s) murder so he can disappear untailed. He wants the $5000 Grisby has offered, so he can run off with Elsa. But Grisby turns up actually murdered, and Michael gets blamed for it. Somebody set him up, but it is not clear who or how. Bannister (the actual murderer?) defends Michael in court..
Plot: A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
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Ratings:

	7.5/10 Votes: 30,830
	84% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 514 Popularity: 10.911 | TMDB

Reviews:

A Noir Experience
Made in 1946 and released in 1948, The Lady and Shanghai was one of the big films made by Welles after returning from relative exile for making Citizen Kane. Dark, brooding and expressing some early Cold War paranoia, this film stands tall as a Film-Noir crime film. The cinematography of this film is filled with Welles’ characteristic quirks of odd angles, quick cuts, long pans and sinister lighting. The use of ambient street music is a precursor to the incredible long opening shot in Touch of Evil, and the mysterious Chinese characters and the sequences in Chinatown can only be considered as the inspiration, in many ways, to Roman Polanski’s Chinatown. Unfortunately, it is Welles’ obsession with technical filmmaking that hurts this film in its entirety. The plot of this story is often lost behind a sometimes incomprehensible clutter of film techniques.

However, despite this criticism, the story combined with wonderful performances by Welles, Hayworth and especially Glenn Anders (Laughter) make this film a joy to watch. Orson Welles pulls off not only the Irish brogue, but the torn identities as the honest but dangerous sailor. Rita Hayworth, who was married to Welles at the time, breaks with her usual roles as a sex goddess and takes on a role of real depth and contradictions. Finally, Glenn Anders strange and bizarre portrayal or Elsa’s husbands’ law partner is nothing short of classic!

Why the accent Orson?
I must say that Orson Welles Irish accent ruined this movie for me. It was absolutely horrible to listen to! That’s too bad, because the story was quite good, the movie really nice visually and the final scenes just masterful.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 27 min (87 min), 1 hr 21 min (81 min) (West Germany), 1 hr 32 min (92 min) (original) (UK)
Budget 2300000
Revenue 1564609
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director Orson Welles
Writer Sherwood King, Orson Welles, William Castle
Actors Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane
Country United States
Awards 1 win
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,450 m
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm