The Lady from Shanghai
1947 film noir by Orson Welles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 2013 Pere Ubu release, see Lady from Shanghai (album).
The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American film noir produced and directed by Orson Welles that stars Rita Hayworth, Welles and Everett Sloane.[2] Welles's screenplay is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King.[3]
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Directed by | Orson Welles |
Screenplay by | Orson Welles Uncredited: William Castle Charles Lederer Fletcher Markle |
Based on | If I Die Before I Wake 1938 novel by Raymond Sherwood King |
Produced by | Orson Welles |
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Narrated by | Orson Welles |
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Edited by | Viola Lawrence |
Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
Color process | Black and white |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | 1,564,609 admissions (France)[1] |
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Although the Columbia Pictures film initially received mixed reviews, it has grown in stature over the years. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[4][5]