Director: Orson Welles

Writer: Orson Welles

From novel: If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King

Musical Score by: Heinz Roemheld

Producer: Orson Welles

Keywords: Mystery, Film Noir, San Francisco, Cruise, Insurance Money

Irish seaman Michael O'Hara saves Mrs. Elsa Bannister from muggers in Central Park; she hires him to skipper her yacht. Elsa's husband is Arthur Bannister, a criminal defense attorney. Arthur's associate George Grisby brings O'Hara into an insurance scam, where for $10,000 he will pretend to kill Grisby. He and Elsa plan to run off together once he receives his share. Confusing noir, partly so because of studio butchering.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Glenn Anders	Actor	1-Sep-1889	26-Oct-1981	The Lady from Shanghai
Ted de Corsia	Actor	29-Sep-1905	11-Apr-1973	The Enforcer
Rita Hayworth	Actor	17-Oct-1918	14-May-1987	Gilda
Erskine Sanford	Actor	19-Nov-1885	7-Jul-1969	Citizen Kane
Everett Sloane	Actor	1-Oct-1909	6-Aug-1965	Patterns
Orson Welles	Actor	6-May-1915	10-Oct-1985	Citizen Kane

CAST

Rita Hayworth	...   Elsa Bannister
Orson Welles	...   Michael O'Hara
with
Everett Sloane	...   Arthur Bannister
Glenn Anders	...   George Grisby
Ted de Corsia	...   Sidney Broome
Erskine Sanford	...   Judge
Gus Schilling	...   Goldie
Carl Frank	...   District Attorney
Louis Merrill	...   Jake
Evelyn Ellis	...   Bessie
Harry Shannon	...   Cab Driver

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