Shanghai Surprise

A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart.
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
Timing: 1:37 (97 min)
Shanghai Surprise - TMDB rating
4.35/10
80
Shanghai Surprise - Kinopoisk rating
5.742/10
1266
Shanghai Surprise - IMDB rating
3.3/10
6100
Movie poster "Shanghai Surprise"
Release date
Country
Genre
Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Budget
$17 000 000
Revenue
$2 315 683
Website
Director
Scenario
John Kohn, Robert Bentley
Producer
John Kohn, Denis O'Brien, George Harrison
Operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Ann Fielden, Judy Dennis
Editing
Ralph Sheldon
All team (40)
Short description
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.

What's left behind the scenes

  • The Peignot™ typeface used in the opening credits was created in 1937. This is the same year in which the film is set.
  • One of the film's producers, John Cohn, initially envisioned Tom Hanks in the lead male role.
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