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For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for The Lady from Shanghai can be found here.

Yes. The Lady from Shanghai is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King. The novel was adapted for the movie by Orson Welles, who also produced, directed, and starred in the movie, along with his then wife, Rita Hayworth.

The title reference refers to Rita Hayworth's character, Elsa Bannister, who once worked in Shanghai. Beyond that, Shanghai plays no part in the movie.