The Lady from Shanghai

Dec 24, 1947

1h 27m

★ 7.3

I told you... you know nothing about wickedness

Overview

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Mercury Productions

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Elsa Bannister

Rita Hayworth

Michael O'Hara

Orson Welles

Arthur Bannister

Everett Sloane

George Grisby

Glenn Anders

Sidney Broome

Ted de Corsia

Judge

Erskine Sanford

Goldfish

Gus Schilling

District Attorney Galloway

Carl Frank

Jake Bjornsen

Louis Merrill

Bessie

Evelyn Ellis

Cab Driver

Harry Shannon

Reporter (uncredited)

William Alland

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.

7.4

Election 2

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5.7

Five Miles to Midnight

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5.7

Love and a .45

Nov 23, 1994

Small-time criminal Watty Watts attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Billy Mack Black. The robbery, however, leads to murder, and soon Watty leaves Billy behind and goes on the run with his beloved girlfriend, Starlene. Heading toward Mexico, the fugitive couple gets plenty of media coverage, until there are even more people on their trail. Can Watty and Starlene make it south of the border without getting caught?

5.6

The Bank

Sep 6, 2001

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5.8

Made

Jul 13, 2001

Two aspiring boxers and lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.

5.6

While She Was Out

Oct 27, 2008

Della Myers, a suburban housewife, lives with her twin children and her abusive husband, Kenneth. On Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall to buy gift-wrap. In the jam-packed parking lot, she notices an old car taking up two spaces and decides to leave a note on the windshield calling them out. After the mall closes, her car is blocked by the old car and she's threatened by four thugs. She escapes in her vehicle, but they drive after her. She crashes at a dead end construction site at the edge of a forest. What unfolds in the desolate woods is Della's lone fight for survival against a gang of angry young men with murderous intent.

7.7

White Heat

Sep 2, 1949

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

5.8

Cecilie

Jun 1, 2007

Cecilie sees and hears things no one else does; places suddenly change appearance, people aren´t really there. One night she experiences a rape, but no traces are to be found. Her husband Mads commits her to a psychiatric hospital. With the help of a psychiatrist, Per, she begins to see a frightening connection between her condition and a brutal murder that happened more than 30 years before.

3.1

Framed for Murder

Mar 18, 2007

When a woman falsely accused of murdering her husband is released from prison after 8 years, she hires a private investigator, determined to find out who framed her. What she doesn't know, is that the killer is about to do it again.

5.6

Beautiful Creatures

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When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom.

6.3

Los Fernández de Peralvillo

Sep 14, 1954

A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal.

4.1

Sinful Intrigue

Jul 13, 1995

A mysterious attacker is preying on the rich and decadent set in an elite community.

5.1

Anamorph

Sep 21, 2007

A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas.

5.1

.45

Nov 30, 2006

Kate and her brutish boyfriend Big Al sell handguns on the streets of New York. She's smart, stylish, and self-confident, but all that leaves her when Al, in a jealous and self-indulgent rage, beats her. Three friends encourage her recovery: Vic, a woman who would like to be Kate's lover; Reilly, who runs with Al but also is attracted to Kate and repulsed by Al's violence; and, Liz, the counselor assigned to Kate from a battered-women's program. Vic and Reilly talk about killing Al, Liz gives pep talks; Kate remains frightened. Will Al's menace and Kate's dependency hold sway?

4.9

Ten 'til Noon

Mar 30, 2007

Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what exactly happened...and why.