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Shanghai Surprise poster

Shanghai Surprise

A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart.

4.3(103)19861h 37mReleased

Directed by Jim Goddard

Romance Adventure Crime Comedy

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.

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Release: August 29, 1986
Runtime: 1h 37m
Revenue: $2,315,683
Popularity: 1.2

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