Shanghai Surprise (1986)

Name: Shanghai Surprise
Director: Jim Goddard
Released: 1986-08-29
Duration: 97 min

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Title: Shanghai Surprise

Genre: Romance, Adventure, Crime, Comedy

Cast: Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths, Clyde Kusatsu, Philip Sayer, Lim Kay Tong, Victor Wong Chi-Keung, Professor Toru Tanaka, Michael Aldridge, Sarah Lam, George Harrison, Sonserai Lee, George She, Won Gam Bor, To Chee Kan, Philip Tan, To Wai-Wo

Release: 1986-08-29

Runtime: 97

Plot: 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.

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