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The Story Of A Reckless Woman! Baffling murders, fascinating plot twists and remarkable camera work all contribute to this spellbinding, time-honored film noir written, directed by and starring Orson Welles. Hired to work on a yacht belonging to the disabled husband of femme fatale Rita Hayworth, Welles plays an innocent man drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue and murder. The subject of great controversy and scandal upon its initial release, The Lady From Shanghai shocked 1948 audiences by presenting Hayworth with her flaming red hair cut short and dyed champagne blonde. Fifty years later, The Lady From Shanghai is considered vintage Welles, his famous hall of mirrors climax hailed as one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history. Based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake Technical Aspects:1080p High-Definition Video from a 4k Digital RestorationPresented in Original Aspect Ratio of 1.37:1DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0Subtitles: EnglishBlack and White / 88 minutesNew Artwork with Double-Sided Packaging

Genre: Mystery & Suspense/Film Noir


Format: Blu-ray, Full Screen, Multiple Formats, NTSC


Contributor: Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Ted de Corsia


Language: English


Runtime: 1 hour and 28 minutes


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No


MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)


Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 5.25 x 0.3 inches; 0.71 ounces


Item model number ‏ : ‎ MLCR63224BR


Director ‏ : ‎ Orson Welles


Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray, Full Screen, Multiple Formats, NTSC


Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 28 minutes


Release date ‏ : ‎ March 17, 2015


Actors ‏ : ‎ Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Ted de Corsia


Subtitles: ‏ ‎ English


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    • Don't be fooled that Mill Creek distributed it. This Blu-Ray is excellent.
It's no surprise that "Citizen Kane" is Orson Welles' masterpiece. Now meet another, albeit lesser-known from the boy wonder, the wunderkind whose egos was just as gigantic as his talent. It was this conflict of narcissism and talent that would prove to be his undoing, producing numerous incomplete projects, baseless frictions within the studio system and his depressing (but inevitable) exile in Europe, but it also led to some of the most fascinating and rewarding movies ever made. One of those movies was "The Lady from Shanghai" (1947), the gripping film noir classic that gained as much attention for its stunning visuals as it did for Rita Hayworth's shocking new hair, courtesy of Welles. It's irrelevant to talk about the story: Orson Welles plays Michael, the "innocent" but actually "stupid" sap who finds himself in a deadly web of murder, mystery and deceit, involving disabled man Arthur Bannister (played by Everett Sloane in his greatest performance), his wife (or "lover") Elsa (Rita Hayworth) and their bodyguard George (a deliciously hammy Glenn Anders). The seemingly simple plot is just an excuse for Welles to showcase his playful use of inventive camerawork, startling shadows, labyrinthine plot twists and striking set pieces, all culminating in the unforgettable shootout at a mirror hall, an appropriate place for a final showdown in a movie filled with double crosses, facade alliances and confused (and confusing) motivations. For many fans, it doesn't get more film noir than this; "Shanghai" was so deceptive in its tone and storytelling that it was greatly rumored that Harry Cohn offered a ransom on anyone who could explain the plot. But this is no infuriating art flick; it is a constantly engaging, mesmerizing thriller that rewards you upon multiple viewings. Now onto the Blu-Ray. When one talks about Blu-Ray, three words are guaranteed to insert disdain into the hearts of movie fans: Mill Creek Entertainment. When it was announced that Mill Creek would distribute "Lady from Shanghai", there were grave concerns from the film community due to the company's dubious reputation of delivering hackneyed presentations of movies (particularly sets that include multiple films in one disc), especially when TCM had delivered a Blu-Ray disc of their own that actually included supplements. And indeed, putting on the Blu-Ray and watching its bare-bones menu (there are only the "play movie" and subtitles options; there are no supplements, not even a chapter selection) made me fear the worst. But such fears proved unfounded. If there's one word to describe Mill Creek's Blu-Ray presentation of "the Lady from Shanghai", it is STUNNING. The print is pristine (there are no scratches, artifacts or technical flaws), the grain is intact, details are more noticeable than before and the brightness is well balanced.. For all its virtues, there were complaints that the TCM transfer had an overabundance of darkness. Despite using that same transfer, however, the brightness here is more accurate and presentable, finally giving Charles Lawson's cinematography the clarity missing from previous versions. The audio track itself is also very good and solid. Best of all, it costs under $10, which is a good deal especially since most Orson Welles movies (even ones without supplements and with gravely inferior picture and audio qualities) cost $15 and sometimes even triple the price. Despite the prevalent lack of bonus features, if you want to watch "the Lady from Shanghai" in the best possible presentation yet, you can't go wrong with the Mill Creek version, especially with great picture quality and a nice price tag to go with it. If you have a Blu-Ray and you've never seen "Shanghai" before, don't hesitate to buy. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2015 by JLR
    • Great classic film.
This is a really good old movie. Very entertaining!
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2026 by Kateveryoldandsleepy
    • Great Movie!
This is a great movie! Good story (although a little tough to figure out, worth watching more than once), well acted, and of course, very well directed by Orson Welles! This 4K version has excellent video quality.
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2025 by Rick M
    • Still, it IS Welles. . .
I must confess at the outset that I am an Orson Welles fan. This is not to say that I am unaware of or wish to minimize his faults. What I mean is that, for me, his work possesses a set of characteristics, not all of them completely definable even yet, which are nonetheless rich and compelling. Furthermore, I maintain that enough (all?) of this "Welles aesthetic fingerprint survives the tribulation, sometimes extreme, to which his work was all too often subjected at the hands of others, to render even his lesser efforts very worthy of serious attention rewarded by enjoyment. "The Lady from Shanghai" illustrates the above very clearly. Welles made the film at a very serious juncture in her career. His "boy wonder" reputation was fading rapidly. His political views were becomming less popular as the country began to move toward the right. His radio work had begun to dry up. His finances were a shambles. In desperation, he turned to Harry Cohn, a man he had contemptuously attacked, to support his latest project. He meant "The Lady from Shanghai" to restore his reputation as a viable filmmaker, proof that he could make a film that would be "aminstream" enough to pay off at the box office, and yet not represent artistic capitulation to commercial Hollywood. It was also to be a both a starring vehicle and a "stretch" performance for his then-wife, Rita Hayworth. Unfortunately, the film proved typical of most of Welles work in one significant way: it was taken out of his hands in post-production, and as a result, was, when released, by no means the film Welles had in mind. I inssist, however, that it does manage to succeed to a great extent as an intelligent, originally handled thriller. Welles's genius for visual elements -- location, lighting, camera angles, etc, retain their fascination and beauty. A certain viewpoint still pervades the handling of plot and character -- satiric, bitter, increasingly surreal. And, I maintain, Rita Hayworth does "stretch" as an actress, creating, with, admittedly, a lot of help from her husband and his camera, a memorable femme fatale. The high quality of her performance is uniform with the rest of the cast, such as the very fine Everett Sloane. The is a film not only for fans of Welles, such as myself, but for anyone who enjoys an intelligent film noir, ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2006 by John D. Steyers
    • You don't have to look far for great noir!
A great and often overlooked film. The only thing I hated about the film was the incidental music; but that's my opinion. Classic noir with a dynamite ending.
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2025 by Amazon Customer
    • Gut-wrenching Masterpiece
Saying a Welles film is a masterpiece is pretty silly at this point. It is encouraging that people in the US are waking up to the fact that the dominant view of Welles (one hit wonder who then produced a string of forgettable garbage) is ABSURD!! I believe that this movie is more revolutionary than Kane. The emergence of artifice, combined with the dark comedic undertone is the beginning of a process that ultimately led to Godard, Pasolini, and Oshima (read: and everyone else of interest to lesser degrees). Welles apparently read Brecht's article about Chinese theatre and the Alienation Effect right before filming this and the results are staggering. The whole concept of the drama is turned inside out: rather than submit the work to be considered by the audience, the film turns the viewer's attention instead to the concept of reality and reveals it to be a threadbare patchwork production put on by hucksters and charlatans who vie for the right to determine how events will be interpreted. The climactic scene in the court room brings it all to a head as Bannister cross examines himself and then Michael's fate (for murder) ends up hinging on a kiss (seduction=damnation). The story about Cohn offering to pay anyone who could explain the plot is perfect: the whole point of this movie is that the plot is a construct that was used to sucker the protagonist and he was so busy being seduced, he didn't notice that it was absurd. From here you can draw a direct line to 'Kiss Me Deadly', one of the last great statements in this genre (along w/'Touch of Evil'). Welles was not only one of the great artists of the century, his works contain limitless philosophical depth. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2000 by R. Williams
    • "The Weirdest Great Movie Ever Made"
I struggled over giving this Mill Creek Blu-ray of a near-classic, 1948 movie a rating of '3' or '4.' Call it 3.5. This is an OTOH/BOTOH/BOTTH review: "on the one hand"/"but on the other hand"/"but on the third hand." OTOH, in the true tradition of film noir, the plot is twisted. BOTOH, some twists are so nutty that, on reflection, they don't make any sense. BOTTH, sheer logic doesn't necessarily produce captivating entertainment. Directors as different as Hitchcock and Tarantino have proved that. OTOH, the performances are amusingly arch. BOTOH, most of the actors are so fine—especially Rita Hayworth and Everett Sloane—that one suspects they were directed to pitch their style into an upper register, as befits pulp fiction. The director, by the way, was Orson Welles, whose own performance is comparatively underplayed. OTOH, the exterior shots on the shores of places like Acapulco and Sausalito are rich and lovely, whether in daylight or at night. (I didn't catch a day-for-night shot; probably there are some.) Screen ratio is 4:3, with vertical black bars on the sides. BOTOH, Welles's blocking and staging of some scenes seem surprisingly clunky. BOTTH, the movie's famous set-pieces inside an aquarium and a fun-house are magnificent beyond description. I don't know whether Welles was bored with other scenes or whether he executed some brilliantly, only to have them hacked up by Harry Cohn, head of Columbia Pictures. Like "The Magnificent Ambersons" but less obviously so, "The Lady From Shanghai" suffered severe studio cuts over which Welles had no control. Cohn also mandated some close-ups that aggravated Welles and may irritate you, too. OTOH, Mill Creek Entertainment has done a fine job of remastering this print in 1080HD. It's as clean as any I've ever seen of this movie. That's important: the noir is really noirish. BOTOH, this disc is bare-bones with no frills: no extras, not even scene selections. The title card offers you only two options: "Play Feature" and "Subtitles" (in English only). BOTTH: At this writing this Blu-ray is now priced at under eight bucks. You get what you pay for. Until Criterion picks up the license and jazzes things up, as this film arguably deserves, I'll be satisfied with what Mill Creek provides. If you are a Welles aficionado, you'll want to snatch this while available and affordable. If not, you may want to rent it, even though the image and audio may not be as sharp as the Mill Creek edition. In Welles's overall output, I'd pitch "The Lady From Shanghai" straight down the middle: not great, not bad, touched by genius. I'd say the same for the technical production afforded here by Mill Creek. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2019 by C. C. Black
    • Amazing, beautiful, symbolic, well written, perfect film noir.
The Lady From Shanghai is an amazing film. Revolutionary in its style, writing, and production; it changed film and needless to say the film noir genre. The dialogue is clever, amusing, and powerful. The themes of the film are well carried from beginning to end. The end, oh my goodness the end. Everyone has seen it imitated, whether they realize it or not. It has a remarkable twist that still leaves you hypothesizing about what was happening throughout the plot. Hayworth is incomparable to any actress of the era. Wells plays a strong and cynical character, while his narration tells you that he's foolish. The cinematography is beautiful and expresses so much while playing the continuity seamlessly. This is the greatest film ever made. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2016 by Amazon Customer

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