The Lady from Shanghai
The Kentucky Theatre
214 East Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507
Wednesday, June 25th
1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Wednesday, June 25th
7:15pm - 8:45pm EDT
7:15pm - 8:45pm EDT
Admission Fee: $8
SUMMER CLASSICS 2025
"Forget Kane. The Lady From Shanghai presents Welles at his most finely tuned baroque."
—Austin Chronicle
"The weirdest great movie ever made."
—Chicago Reader
Orson Welles (Citizen Kane) wrote, directed, and starred in this treacherous tale of a sailor (Welles) hired to help a beautiful woman (Rita Hayworth) and her disabled lawyer husband sail their private yacht from New York to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. On board, he is bribed to fake the murder of the lawyer's partner, only to find himself trapped in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Critics have lavished praise on Welles's uncommon vision, which culminates in the most elaborately staged of all film noir finales!