Film

Shanghai Surprise

1986 · 1h 37m · Romance · Adventure · Crime

A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart.

IMDb

3.3

Rotten Tomatoes

20%

Metacritic

16

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.

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

Michael Aldridge

Mr. Burns

Sarah Lam

China Doll's Maid

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

• Jim GoddardDirector
• John KohnWriter · Producer
• Robert BentleyWriter
• Tony KenrickNovel
• George HarrisonOriginal Music Composer · Executive Producer
• Denis O'BrienExecutive Producer
• Ernest VinczeDirector of Photography
• Michael KamenOriginal Music Composer
• Ralph SheldonEditor
• Judy DennisCasting

Shanghai Surprise (1986) - Original Trailer

Release date

August 29, 1986

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$17,000,000

Revenue

$2,315,683

Genres

Romance, Adventure, Crime, Comedy

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