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Shanghai Surprise

Shanghai Surprise

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 29, 1986

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance

User Score

43%

Original Title

Shanghai Surprise

Production Companies

Handmade Films, The Vista Organization

Director

Jim Goddard

Budget

$17,000,000

Revenue

$2,315,683

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.