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Shanghai Surprise(1986)

PG-13August 29, 19861h 37m

Romance Adventure Crime Comedy

42%User score 42 percent

User Score

104 votes

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.

Director: Jim Goddard
Writers: John Kohn, Robert Bentley

Top Billed Cast

Sean Penn
Glendon Wasey
Madonna
Gloria Tatlock
Paul Freeman
Walter Faraday
Richard Griffiths
Willie Tuttle

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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: Shanghai Surprise
Original language: English
Budget: $17,000,000
Revenue: $2,315,683
Production: Handmade Films, The Vista Organization

Keywords

china
shanghai, china
american abroad

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