Shanghai Surprise

Name: Shanghai Surprise
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Released: 1986-08-29
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 3.7
Cast: Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths, Clyde Kusatsu

A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart.

Shanghai Surprise (1986)

Timing: 1:37 (97 min)

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Video for the film Shanghai Surprise — Shanghai Surprise (1986) - Original Trailer

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Release date

1986-08-29

Country

United Kingdom

Production

HandMade Films, The Vista Organization

Genre

Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance

Budget

$17 000 000

Box office

$2 315 683

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Director

Jim Goddard

Actors

Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths, Clyde Kusatsu, Philip Sayer, Kay Tong Lim, Victor Wong, Professor Toru Tanaka, Michael Aldridge
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Scenario

John Kohn, Robert Bentley

Producer

John Kohn, Denis O'Brien, George Harrison

Camera operator

Ernest Vincze

Composer

George Harrison

Artist

Peter Mullins, Desmond Crowe

Audition

Ann Fielden, Judy Dennis

Editing

Ralph Sheldon
Whole Team (51)

Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

The Peignot™ typeface used in the opening credits was created in 1937. This is the same year in which the film is set.
One of the film's producers, John Cohn, initially envisioned Tom Hanks in the lead male role.