The Lady from Shanghai
“I told you... you know nothing about wickedness”
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Genres
Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Studio
Mercury Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Lady from Shanghai performed
Budget
$2.3M
Worldwide Gross
$1.6M
Gross Profit
−$735,391
Return
0.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$257K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~47/53, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Mystery) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Elsa Bannister
Rita Hayworth
Elsa Bannister
Michael O'Hara
Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara
Arthur Bannister
Everett Sloane
Arthur Bannister
George Grisby
Glenn Anders
George Grisby
Sidney Broome
Ted de Corsia
Sidney Broome
Judge
Erskine Sanford
Judge
Goldfish
Gus Schilling
Goldfish
Galloway
Carl Frank
Galloway
Jake Bjornsen
Louis Merrill
Jake Bjornsen
Bessie
Evelyn Ellis
Bessie
Cab Driver
Harry Shannon
Cab Driver
Reporter (uncredited)
William Alland
Reporter (uncredited)
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