Orson Welles directs, produces, writes and stars in this maritime film noir. When unemployed Irishman Michael O'Hara (Welles) saves Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) from some thugs, she obtains him a position on her invalid lawyer husband Arthur's (Everett Sloane) yacht, as a deckhand. It soon becomes clear that Elsa now has designs on O'Hara, and also wants her husband out of the way.

Crime
Drama
Film-Noir
Orson Welles
Rita Hayworth
Everett Sloane
Glenn Anders
Ted de Corsia
Erskine Sanford
Gus Schilling
Carl Frank
Louis Merrill
Evelyn Ellis
Harry Shannon
Mercury Productions
Columbia Pictures