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Shanghai Surprise(1986)
Status: Released
Date: 1986-08-29
42%
89 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Budget: $17,000,000.00
Revenue: $2,315,683.00
ProductionCompanies: 
The Vista Organization
Movie: Shanghai Surprise
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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