There are some things mankind is destined to never truly understand. Among such impossible to fully grasp matters is the Irish accent Orson Welles chose to adorn for the lead role of his 1948 directorial effort
The Lady From Shanghai. One of a number of forays into film noir that Welles would pursue both as a performer and as a director, Welles gives his performance as this film's central protagonist a pervasive thick Irish accent that, thanks to opening voice-over narration (this is a classic film noir after all) begins the film on a note of ludicrousness. There's plenty more where that came from, of course, and the wicked peculiar streak of
The Lady from Shanghai is what makes it a lot of fun to watch.
