
Vertigo(1958)
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.


“I told you... you know nothing about wickedness”
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Rita Hayworth
Elsa Bannister

Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara

Everett Sloane
Arthur Bannister

Glenn Anders
George Grisby

Ted de Corsia
Sidney Broome

Erskine Sanford
Judge

Gus Schilling
Goldfish
Carl Frank
District Attorney Galloway

Louis Merrill
Jake Bjornsen

Evelyn Ellis
Bessie
The Lady from Shanghai is a mystery, crime, thriller, drama film released in 1947 exploring themes of new york city, shanghai, china, court, aquarium, san francisco, california, insurance fraud. Directed by Orson Welles, it stars Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane. A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
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