Shanghai Surprise
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Shanghai Surprise

Year:
Duration:
97 min
Genres:
Adventure | Crime | Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
2.9
Director:
Jim Goddard
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1986-08-29
Filming Locations: Hong Kong, China
Earnings
Budget: $17,000,000
Opening Weekend: $719,885 (USA) (1 September 1986)
Gross: $2,209,013 (USA) (26 October 1986)
Cast
Actor
Character
Sean Penn
Glendon Wasey
Madonna
Gloria Tatlock
Paul Freeman
Walter Faraday
Richard Griffiths
Willie Tuttle
Philip Sayer
Justin Kronk
Clyde Kusatsu
Joe Go
Kay Tong Lim
Mei Gan
Sonserai Lee
China Doll
Victor Wong
Ho Chong
Professor Toru Tanaka
Yamagani San
Michael Aldridge
Mr. Burns
Sarah Lam
China Doll's Maid
George She
Wu Ch'En She
Won Gam Bor
Rickshaw King
To Chee Kan
China Doll's Boatman
David Li
Doorman at Zig-Zag Club
Keith Bonnard
Maitre'D at Zig-Zag Club
Claire Lutter
Prostitute
Pamela Yang
Prostitute
Michael Chow
Street Barker
Samuel Tsao
Street Barker
Philip Tan
Ship's Officer
George Harrison
Night Club Singer
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Trivia
The film's opening title card read: "Shanghai 1937 - The Year of the Japanese Occupation".
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The movie's source 1978 Tony Kenrick novel "Faraday's Flowers" was re-published under the film's "Shanghai Surprise" title as a promotional tie-in when the movie was released.
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According to Allmovie, "one [film] critic termed [the movie] 'Flop Suey'."
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Goofs
When Wasey and Miss Tatlock catch up with Faraday in the ship's cabin, the amount of shaving-foam on Faraday's face varies between shots.
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During the bathhouse scene Justin tells Glendon that the Chinese use tomato juice to remove the stench of skunks. Of course there are no skunks in China. Skunks live only in North America.
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