Shanghai Surprise

Shanghai Surprise is a 1986 British adventure comedy film starring thennewlyweds Sean Penn and Madonna, produced by George Harrisons HandMade Films and distributed by MetroGoldwynMayer. Harrison himself appeared as a night club singer, and also recorded several songs for the films soundtrack, including the song Breath Away from Heaven, which was rerecorded and released on his album Cloud Nine along with the song Someplace Else, also used in the film.

Glendon Wasey Sean Penn is a sleazy, downonhisluck con man struggling to sell glowinthedark neckties in Shanghai. When he encounters the lovely Gloria Tatlock Madonna, a missionary nurse who wants to obtain a supply of opium to ease the suffering of her patients, he decides to help her get hold of a stolen supply of the valuable drug. The only problem is that a lot of other people want to secure the stolen opium as wellgangsters, smugglers, thugs and a host of dangerous lowlifes.The Atlanta JournalConstitution reported in October, 1986, The movie opened so poorly in its first wave of playdates late August in the Northeast and Midwest that MGM has made severe cuts in its marketing budget. One MGM exec was quoted in the trades as saying this was necessary because the interest in the film has been nonexistent. ........

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