Shanghai Surprise (1986)

Directed by

Jim Goddard

Genre

adventure film, romantic comedy

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 104 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 1930s treasure hunt sends a British businessman and a missionary into the Chinese countryside. They look for a stash of stolen opium while dealing with local gangsters.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfuldatedfununstoppablequirkyuneven

What happens

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 recorded five original songs for the soundtrack. The film was a critical and commercial failure, and an official soundtrack album was never released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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