Shanghai Surprise (1986)

08/29/1986 (GB) • Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance • 1h 37m

A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart.

Overview

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.

Shanghai Surprise (1986)

08/29/1986 (GB) • 1h 37m

Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance

A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Sean Penn

Glendon Wasey

Madonna

Gloria Tatlock

Paul Freeman

Walter Faraday

Richard Griffiths

Willie Tuttle

Clyde Kusatsu

Joe Go

Philip Sayer

Justin Kronk

Lim Kay Tong

Mei Gan

Victor Wong

Ho Chong

Professor Toru Tanaka

Yamagani San

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$17,000,000.00

Revenue

$2,315,683.00

Keywords

china

shanghai, china

american abroad

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