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The Lady from Shanghai

1947 film by Orson Welles
Movie film Q1214303
The Lady from Shanghai
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Summary

The Lady from Shanghai is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,383 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Orson Welles[3]
  • Screenwriter: Orson Welles[4], William Castle[5], Fletcher Markle[6], Charles Lederer[7]
  • Composer: Heinz Eric Roemheld[8], Morris Stoloff[9]
  • Genre: drama film[10], film noir[11]
  • Cast member: Rita Hayworth[12], Orson Welles[13], Everett Sloane[14], Glenn Anders[15], Ted de Corsia[16], Erskine Sanford[17], Gus Schilling[18], Harry Shannon[19], Evelyn Ellis[20], Philip Van Zandt[21]
  • Producer: Orson Welles[22], Richard Wilson[23], William Castle[24]
  • Production company: Columbia Pictures[25]
  • Director of photography: Rudolph Maté[26], Joseph Walker[27], Charles Lawton Jr.[28]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[30]
  • Commons category: The Lady from Shanghai[31]
  • Distribution format: digital download[32], video on demand[33]
  • Review score: 8.1/10[34], 85%[35]
  • Color: black-and-white[36]
  • Country of origin: United States[37]
  • Publication date: December 24, 1947[38], February 13, 1948[39], February 20, 1948[40], March 7, 1948[41], March 15, 1948[42], April 1, 1948[43], April 14, 1948[44], April 30, 1948[45], July 1, 1948[46], October 1, 1948[47], October 12, 1948[48], May 28, 1949[49], June 9, 1949[50], February 24, 1950[51]
  • Distributed by: Columbia Pictures[52], Xfinity Streampix[53]
  • Narrative location: San Francisco[54]
  • Filming location: San Francisco[55], New York City[56]
  • Film editor: Viola Lawrence[57]
  • Executive producer: Harry Cohn[58]
  • Title: The Lady from Shanghai[59]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[60]

Why It Matters

The Lady from Shanghai has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

Related Entities

film New York City Orson Welles Rita Hayworth United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  57. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Ontogon · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cinemarx title id (archived) → 3766
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  2. 22d ago · Kwayst · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → the-lady-from-shangai
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  5. 20w ago · Ontogon · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+87'}
    Fsk film rating → FSK 12
    Ampas collections film id → 1008270, W068190
    Distributed by → Columbia Pictures, Xfinity Streampix
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