Screenplay written by, directed by and starring the incomparable Orson Welles. Welles plays a rough and tumble Irish seaman who gets caught up in a murder for hire scheme and at the same time not so secretly smooching with the wife(Rita Hayworth)of his eventual lawyer(Everett Sloane). Film-Noir at its best. Script and story line meanders in that Welles way. Terrific camera angles and positioning. My favorite scenes are the get-a-way from the courtroom and later the very unusual scene in the mirror maze.
Note:This movie has nothing to do with Shanghai, but San Francisco. Hayworth(the soon to be ex-Mrs. Welles in real life)cuts her trademark red hair and dyes it blonde. Welles floats back and forth speaking in an Irish accent as he also narrates this misunderstood movie. And the yachting scenes are filmed on the personal yacht owned by Errol Flynn.
Note:This movie has nothing to do with Shanghai, but San Francisco. Hayworth(the soon to be ex-Mrs. Welles in real life)cuts her trademark red hair and dyes it blonde. Welles floats back and forth speaking in an Irish accent as he also narrates this misunderstood movie. And the yachting scenes are filmed on the personal yacht owned by Errol Flynn.