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    Shanghai Surprise

    PG-131986 · Crime drama · 1h 37m

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  1. Shanghai Surprise is a 1986 adventure comedy film directed by Jim Goddard and starring then-newlyweds Sean Penn and Madonna. The screenplay was adapted by John Kohn and Robert Bentley from Tony Kenrick's 1978 novel Faraday's Flowers. Produced by George Harrison 's HandMade Films and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Harrison himself appears ...

  2. Aug 29, 1986 · Shanghai Surprise: Directed by Jim Goddard. With Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths. Shanghai, 1938: A missionary woman hires a fortune hunter to help her find 1100 lbs. opium lost, as wounded need the morphine.

    • (5.8K)
    • Adventure, Comedy, Crime
    • Jim Goddard
    • 1986-08-29
  3. Shanghai Surprise. PG-13 1986 1h 37m Crime Drama. List. 20% Tomatometer 10 Reviews. 15% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. Glendon Wasey (Sean Penn) is a sleazy, down-on-his-luck con man struggling to ...

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    • Jim Goddard
    • PG-13
    • Sean Penn
  4. In their only appearance together in a feature film, then-newlyweds Sean Penn and Madonna team up for Jim Goddard’s bold adaptation of Tony Kenrick’s 1978 no...

    • 1 min
    • 72.6K
    • Handmade Films
  5. Brief Synopsis. Read More. It is 1937 and Shanghai is under Japanese occupation. Walter Faraday, known as the Opium King and a supplier named Mei Gan battle over a valuable supply of the drug and Faraday is killed. A year later, missionary Gloria Tatlock comes in search of Faraday's legendary opium to relieve the pain of injured soldiers.

    • Jim Goddard
    • Madonna Louise Ciccone (Madonna)
  6. Shanghai Surprise is a 1986 adventure comedy film directed by Jim Goddard and starring then-newlyweds Sean Penn and Madonna. The screenplay was adapted by John Kohn and Robert Bentley from Tony Kenrick's 1978 novel Faraday's Flowers. Produced by George Harrison's HandMade Films and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Harrison himself appears in the film as a night club singer, and he wrote and ...

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  8. Shanghai, 1938: A missionary woman hires a fortune hunter to help her find 1100 lbs. opium lost, as wounded need the morphine. Adventure and romance follows. 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.

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