Shanghai Surprise

1986 | 97 minutes | 4.3 ★ (82)

Shanghai Surprise
  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    29 August 1986

  • DirectingJim Goddard
  • Budget

    $17,000,000.00

  • Revenue

    $2,315,683.00

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