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Shanghai Surprise Details

1986

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It's 1937 and China is under Japanese occupation. Drug runner Walter Faraday (Paul Freeman) is trying to leave the country with a large stash of opium but he is chased by armed guards and killed. A year passes and missionary Gloria Tatlock (Madonna) hires sleazy American con man Glendon Wasey (Sean Penn) to help her find the .. Read more

Starring	Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman
Director	Jim Goddard, Jim Goddard
Genres	Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Shanghai Surprise

Starring	Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman
Director	Jim Goddard, Jim Goddard
Studio	ELEVATION
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 33 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy, Drama, Romance
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1986 To Rent: DVD: 10 Apr 2006

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- Astonishingly abysmal adventure romance set rather uncertainly in the 1937 Orient. Nothing matches the so-called talents involved.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:46
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  As bad as everyone says....
  
  Only a complete Madonna freak would have something good to say about this film. The story is terribly poor, the acting terribly wooden and the whole thing is ... read more »
  
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  - 04 Dec 2006 at 15:54
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  Shanghai Surprise
  
  Pure crass and highly enjoyable.
  
  Rent it this Autumn when the TV schedules are filled with telephone vote no-talent shows; it will entertain you ... read more »
  
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  Absolute and utter rubbish. Was not worth the money. Madonna cannot act and the whole thing was very poor
  
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  - Louth
  - 29 Oct 2008 at 16:08
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  As bad as everyone says....
  
  Only a complete Madonna freak would have something good to say about this film. The story is terribly poor, the acting terribly wooden and the whole thing is ... read more »
  
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  It's 1937 and China is under Japanese occupation. Drug runner Walter Faraday (Paul Freeman) is trying to leave the country with a large stash of opium but he is chased by armed guards and killed. A year passes and missionary Gloria Tatlock (Madonna) hires sleazy American con man Glendon Wasey (Sean ...