Shanghai Surprise
1986, Film, 97 min, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, English, United States, MoviePedia score 50
A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart.
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.
Directed by Jim Goddard
Cast
- Sean Penn as Glendon Wasey
- Madonna as Gloria Tatlock
- Paul Freeman as Walter Faraday
- Richard Griffiths as Willie Tuttle
- Philip Sayer as Justin Kronk
- Clyde Kusatsu as Joe Go
- Kay Tong Lim as Mei Gan
- Sonserai Lee as China Doll
- Victor Wong as Ho Chong
- Professor Toru Tanaka as Yamagani San
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