Irish sailor Michael O'Hara (Welles) meets the beautiful blonde Elsa (Rita Hayworth) as she rides a horse-drawn coach in Central Park. Three hooligans waylay the coach. Michael rescues Elsa and escorts her home. Michael reveals he is a seaman and learns Elsa and her husband, disabled criminal defense attorney Arthur Bannister (Sloane), are newly arrived in New York City from Shanghai. They are on their way to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. Michael, attracted to Elsa despite misgivings, agrees to sign on as an able seaman aboard Bannister's yacht...
Directed by Orson Welles
Produced by Orson Welles
Screenplay by Orson Welles
Uncredited:
William Castle
Charles Lederer
Fletcher Markle
Based on If I Die Before I Wake
by Sherwood King [de]
Starring
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
Everett Sloane
Glenn Anders
Ted de Corsia
Narrated by Orson Welles
Music by Heinz Roemheld
Cinematography
Charles Lawton Jr.
Rudolph Maté
(uncredited)
Joseph Walker
(uncredited)
Edited by Viola Lawrence