Welles co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in his fourth film as rogue seaman Michael O’Hara who, after saving beautiful Elsa (Welles’ then-wife Rita Hayworth) from thieves in Central Park, is requested by her rich but crippled husband (Everett Sloane) on his yacht. As a fiery passion bubbles beneath, O’Hara is lured into a web of lies and murder. Famous for its thrilling climax in a hall of mirrors, THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI plays like the classic noir that it is, quickly drawing the viewer in and never letting go.

A magnificent mess of switchbacks and revelations, climaxing with one of cinema's most outrageously inventive sequences.  —Tom Huddleston, Time Out