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Shanghai Surprise

Shanghai Surprise
★ 4.3/10•1986•1h 37m•PG-13•Romance•Adventure•Crime

A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart.

Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.

Jim Goddard · Director

John Kohn · Writer

Robert Bentley · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 37m
LanguageEN
Release DateAug 29, 1986
Budget$17,000,000
Revenue$2,315,683

Actors

Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Glendon Wasey

Madonna

Madonna

Gloria Tatlock

Paul Freeman

Paul Freeman

Walter Faraday

Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

Willie Tuttle

Clyde Kusatsu

Clyde Kusatsu

Joe Go

Philip Sayer

Philip Sayer

Justin Kronk

Lim Kay Tong

Lim Kay Tong

Mei Gan

Victor Wong

Victor Wong

Ho Chong

Professor Toru Tanaka

Professor Toru Tanaka

Yamagani San

Michael Aldridge

Michael Aldridge

Mr. Burns

Sarah Lam

Sarah Lam

China Doll's Maid

George Harrison

George Harrison

Nightclub Singer

Sonserai Lee

China Doll

George She

Wu Ch'En She

Won Gam Bor

Rickshaw King

To Chee Kan

China Doll's Boatman

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