Shanghai Surprise

“A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart.”

4.2

1986

1h 37m

RomanceAdventureCrimeComedy

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.

Key Crew

Director

Jim Goddard

Producers

John Kohn

Writers

John Kohn

Robert Bentley

Cinematography

Ernest Vincze

Music

George Harrison

Cast (18)

Sean Penn

Glendon Wasey

Madonna

Gloria Tatlock

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