The Lady from Shanghai

Columbia Picture
1948

Produced, Directed and Written for Screen by Orson Welles
Associate Producers, Richard Wilson and William Castle
Assistant Director, Sam Nelson
Welles's Sreenplay based on Sherwood King's novel, If I Should Die Before I Wake
Photographed by Charles Lawton, Jr
Musical Score by Heinz Roemheld
Musical Direction by Morris Stoloff
Song:"Please Don't Kiss Me", By Doris Fisher and Allan Roberts
(singing dubbed by Anita Ellis)
Art Direction by Stephen Goosson and Sturges Grane
Set Decoration by Wilbur Menefee and Herman Schoenbrun
Makeup by Robert Schiffer and Clay Cambell
Hair Styles by Helen Hunt
Gowns by Jean Louis
Sound Recording by Lodge Cunningham
Edited by Viola Lawrence
81 minutes

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
Goldie, GUS SCHILLING
District Attorney, CARL FRANK
Jake LOUIS MERRILL
Bessie, EVELYN ELLIS
Cab Driver, HARRY SHANNON
LI, WONG SHOW CHONG
Yacht Captain, SAM NELSON
Old Lady, EDYTHE ELLIOT
Police Lieutenant, JOSEPH GRANBY
Policeman, AL EBEN,NORMAN THOMSON, EDWARD COKE, HARRY STRANG,
PHILIP MORRIS,STEVE BENTON, MILTON KIBBEE, PHILIP VAN ZANDT
Reporters,WILLIAM ALLAND, ALVIN HAMMER, MARY NEWTON, ROBERT GRAY
Waiter, GERALD PIECE
Truck driver,MAYNARD HOLMES
Guards, JACK BAXLEY, EDWARD PEIL, HEENAN ELLIOT
Schoolteacher, JESSIE ARNOLD
Court Clerk, JOHN ELLIOT
Court Reporter, BYRON KANE
Old Woman, DOROTHY VAUGHN
Jury Foreman, CHARLES MEAKIN
Chinese Girls, DORIS CHAN and BILLY LOUIE
Bit Women, TINY JONES and MABEL SMANEY
Garage Attendant, JOE RECHT
Ticket Seller, JEAN WONG
Ticket Tacker, ARTANE WONG
Bit men, GEORGE "SHORTY" CHARELLO and VERNON CANSINO
Chinese Couple, GRACE LEM and PRESTON LEE
Second Cab Driver, JOSEPH PALMA