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Shanghai Surprise
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Overview

User Rating:
2.6/10   2,476 votes
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Director:
Jim Goddard
Writers:
John Kohn (screenplay) &
Robert Bentley (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
29 August 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Crime | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart.
Plot:
Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
Come Join the Party!
 (From FilmExperience. 17 August 2009, 5:47 AM, PDT)
Star Wars pair named worst screen couple in new poll
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User Reviews:
unbearably awful more (20 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sean Penn ... Glendon Wasey

Madonna ... Gloria Tatlock
Paul Freeman ... Walter Faraday
Richard Griffiths ... Willie Tuttle
Philip Sayer ... Justin Kronk

Clyde Kusatsu ... Joe Go
Kay Tong Lim ... Mei Gan
Sonserai Lee ... China Doll
Victor Wong ... Ho Chong
Professor Toru Tanaka ... Yamagani San
Michael Aldridge ... Mr. Burns
Sarah Lam ... China Doll's Maid
George She ... Wu Ch'En She
Won Gam Bor ... Rickshaw King
To Chee Kan ... China Doll's Boatman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shanghai Express (Australia)
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:M | UK:12 (DVD rating) | UK:15 (original rating) | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-16 | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, China more
Company:
HandMade Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Producer John Kohn originally wanted Tom Hanks for the lead role. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Wasey and Miss Tatlock catch up with Faraday in the ship's cabin, the amount of shaving-foam on Faraday's face varies between shots. more
Quotes:
[first title card]
Title Card: Shanghai 1937
Title Card: The Year of the Japanese Occupation
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Movie Connections:
Featured in I Love 'Shanghai Surprise'! (2007) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Breath away from heaven more

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11 out of 16 people found the following review useful.
unbearably awful, 3 June 2003
2/10
Author: westpac

Who thought this up? It must have looked brilliant when they got Sean and Madonna in the same movie. Unfortunately Sean goes through the whole movie looking like a kid pretending he's in a movie and Madonna as usual just plays herself, badly. Nothing to see here, move along folks...

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