Film

The Lady from Shanghai 1947

Directed by Orson Welles

  • Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama
  • 87 min

I told you... you know nothing about wickedness

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

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Grave, plot-driven, spare and meticulous.

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  • character-ledplot-driven
  • sparerichly built
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