Shanghai Surprise
1986 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Year 1937. Glendon Wasey is a sleazy, down-on-his-luck con man struggling to sell glow-in-the-dark neckties in Shanghai. When he encounters the lovely Gloria Tatlock, a missionary nurse who wants to obtain a supply of opium to ease the suffering of her patients, he decides to help her get hold of a stolen supply of the valuable drug. The only problem is that a lot of other people want to secure the stolen opium as well—gangsters, smugglers, thugs and a host of upstanding air force recruits.
Direction Jim Goddard
Cast Sean Penn · Madonna · Paul Freeman · Richard Griffiths · Philip Sayer · Clyde Kusatsu · Michael Aldridge · Lim Kay Tong · Victor Wong · Toru Tanaka · George Harrison · Pamela Yang · Michael Chow · Philip Tan · Sarah Lam
Soundtrack Michael Kamen · George Harrison
Screenplay John Kohn · Robert Bentley · Tony Kenrick
Cinematography Ernie Vincze
Original title Shanghai Surprise
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