I'd still give it to Rita Hayworth.

A servicable noir with an iconic ending. Normally, narration by Welles would be a pleasure. Not here. His supposedly Irish accent is awful. Say what you will about all the close-ups of Rita Hayworth but I'd say that they are actually the main attraction here. She's beyond stunning.

Mirror scene aside, which was pretty fantastic, I wasn't all that gripped by this one. The main plot took a fair while to get going and some of the acting was a little overdone - particularly George. And the less said about Orson Welles' accent the better, after all you shouldn't really be laughing at a noir...

Definately worth a view for all the classic moments.

Pretentious, arty. Welles adopts a bad Irish accent. But Rita has never been more gorgeous, and the final shoot-out a a fun house is very cool.

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The famed mirror scene is really quite spectacular - a masterstroke that shows that this is definitely Welles directing. Unfortunately quite a lot of the film felt oddly pedestrian to me and most of it definitely does not feel like Welles is directing. And even I thought his Irish accent was bad (Sloane was great though). I gave up trying and failing to follow the plot soon in and the occasional falling in to silliness actually made the film better (showing how apathetic I am to most of it).

Messy film with some great scenes.

A gorgeous, romantic film, but it's not all that engaging.

Strange and sinister, with a stamp of Welles' inimitable style, despite (what else) studio interference that leaves us wondering what could have been. Still a good movie bordering on greatness, if only for its unmatched technical precision.

Rita Hayworth. Orson Welles. Enough said. Well, if only Welles could lose that ridiculous accent.

OK, OK, maybe not the best Welles, but it has his personal touch all over it.

A surprisingly flimsy film in terms of its technical aspects, surprising since it came from the master of the technical. The awful editing and hugely inconsistent composition don't strengthen the unremarkable storyline and acting. At least the cinematography looks nifty, especially at the memorable ending.

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This was a pretty nice film-noir from Orson Welles. It’s about a man (Welles) who meets a beautiful lady and ends up involved in a complex murder plot. The lady was not actually Chinese, as the title might imply. Welles’ direction was fantastic, as usual. There was a scene near the end which was pretty brilliant. I can’t say I was completed enraptured though. I wouldn’t call it one of his best, but it’s worth a watch.

I left this movie a little disappointed. It came across like schlock Noir, which I'm usually not a fan of. Wells delivered with a few good scenes, but the plot was pretty uninspired, and the third act left me bored to tears (minus the mirror scene.)

A fantastic film noir. It takes a little while to get going, but when it does it is truly captivating. The finale in the mirror room is one of the most incredible sequences ever filmed. The score was butchered by the studio, and that can be pretty apparent sometimes. It's sad that so many of Welles' films were tampered with without his consent. This is one of Orson's lesser films, but that's neither here nor there since they're all fantastic.

Thanks to a hatchet job by the studio we are left with a deeply flawed but at times brilliant Film-Noir.I hope someday we get Orson Welles cut of this.