THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI

The Lady from Shanghai (original title: The Lady from Shanghai) is an American crime film in the style of film noir from 1947. The main roles were played by Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles, who also directed the film. Sherwood King's novel If I Die Before I Wake served as a literary model, which Welles rewrote into a screenplay. The Lady of Shanghai was added to the National Film Registry in 2018.

When the seductive Elsa Bannister is attacked one night, the sailor Michael saves her. In return, her husband, a rich lawyer, hires Michael as skipper for a sailing trip. During the trip, Michael falls in love with the mysterious Elsa and gets involved in a crooked deal with Bannister's partner Grisby. But when his body is found shortly afterwards, suspicion falls on Michael. His lawyer is, of all people, Elsa's husband, who knows about the affair with his wife.