La Signora di Shanghai
Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Mandarin Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA Maritime Union, New York City, New York, USA New York City, New York, USA San Francisco Aquarium, San Francisco, California, USA San Francisco, California, USA Walhalla Bar & Cafe, Sausalito, California, USA
Genere: Film-Noir
Lingue: Cantonese English
Plot: Michael O'Hara, against his better judgement, hires on as a crew member of Arthur Bannister's yacht, sailing to San Francisco. They pick up Grisby, Bannister's law partner, en route. Bannister has a wife, Rosalie, who seems to like Michael much better than she likes her husband. After they dock in Sausalito, Michael goes along with Grisby's weird plan to fake his (Grisby's) murder so he can disappear untailed. He wants the $5000 Grisby has offered, so he can run off with Rosalie. But Grisby turns up actually murdered, and Michael gets blamed for it. Somebody set him up, but it is not clear who or how. Bannister (the actual murderer?) defends Michael in court. Michael O'Hara è un marinaio disoccupato. Una sera salva la misteriosa ed affascinante Elsa Lancaster da una aggressione. Per ricompensa, il marito di lei, Arthur, potente avvocato, lo assume presso di sè. Il marinaio si fa coinvolgere dalla sensualità della donna ed accetta di collaborare col marito in un finto suicidio. Ma il gioco si fa pesante e Michael si rende conto di essere stato usato da entrambi. La resa dei conti avviene in una "sala degli specchi", dove Elsa ed il marito si eliminano a vicenda, cercando di eliminare il marinaio.
Colonna sonora: - "Please Don't Kiss Me" by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher Performed by 'Rita Hayworth' (qv), voice dubbed by Anita Ellis
Visti censura internazionale: Finland:K-16 USA:Unrated
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Australia:11 March 1948 |
| Finland:13 February 1948 |
| Portugal:28 May 1949 |
| UK:7 March 1948 |
| USA:9 June 1948 |
| MET:2450 m |
| OFM:35 mm |
| PCS:Spherical |
| PFM:35 mm |
| RAT:1.37 : 1 |
| Mono |
| USA:87 |
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
filmes castello lopes
produzione cinematografica: columbia pictures corporation
produttore cinematografico: wilson richard (i) cohn harry (i)
attore: hayworth rita welles orson sloane everett anders glenn de corsia ted sanford erskine schilling gus frank carl merrill louis ellis evelyn shannon harry (i) meakin charles morris philip (i) nelson sam palmer joseph (i) peil sr. edward pierce gerald recht joe granby joseph gray robert (i) hammer alvin holmes maynard kane byron kibbee milton lee preston eben al elliott john (i) elliott keenan chirello george chong wong show coke edward cusanelli peter baxley jack benton steve cansino vernon alland william jones tiny lem grace louie billy newton mary smaney mabel vaughan dorothy wong jean (i) wong artarne arnold jessie chan doris elliott edythe strang harry thomson norman van zandt philip wilson richard (i)
direttore della fotografia: lawton jr. charles maté rudolph walker joseph (i)
montaggio: lawrence viola
compositori: roberts allan roemheld heinz fisher doris
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: king sherwood lederer charles welles orson castle william markle fletcher
costumi: louis jean (i)
troupe varia: stoloff morris cormack dorothy b. klein irving van upp virginia gilbert herschel burke flynn errol
produzione cinematografica: columbia pictures corporation
produttore cinematografico: wilson richard (i) cohn harry (i)
attore: hayworth rita welles orson sloane everett anders glenn de corsia ted sanford erskine schilling gus frank carl merrill louis ellis evelyn shannon harry (i) meakin charles morris philip (i) nelson sam palmer joseph (i) peil sr. edward pierce gerald recht joe granby joseph gray robert (i) hammer alvin holmes maynard kane byron kibbee milton lee preston eben al elliott john (i) elliott keenan chirello george chong wong show coke edward cusanelli peter baxley jack benton steve cansino vernon alland william jones tiny lem grace louie billy newton mary smaney mabel vaughan dorothy wong jean (i) wong artarne arnold jessie chan doris elliott edythe strang harry thomson norman van zandt philip wilson richard (i)
direttore della fotografia: lawton jr. charles maté rudolph walker joseph (i)
montaggio: lawrence viola
compositori: roberts allan roemheld heinz fisher doris
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: king sherwood lederer charles welles orson castle william markle fletcher
costumi: louis jean (i)
troupe varia: stoloff morris cormack dorothy b. klein irving van upp virginia gilbert herschel burke flynn errol


