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  1. 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.

  2. In their only appearance together in a feature film, then-newlyweds Sean Penn and Madonna team up for Jim Goddard’s bold adaptation of Tony Kenrick’s 1978 novel, Faraday’s Flowers. ...more

    • 1 min
    • 73.7K
    • Handmade Films
  3. Aug 29, 1986 · Shanghai Surprise: Directed by Jim Goddard. With Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths. Shanghai, 1938: A missionary woman hires a fortune hunter to help her find 1100 lbs. opium lost, as wounded need the morphine. Adventure and romance follows.

    • (5.8K)
    • Adventure, Comedy, Crime
    • Jim Goddard
    • 1986-08-29
  4. 20% Tomatometer 10 Reviews. 15% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. Glendon Wasey (Sean Penn) is a sleazy, down-on-his-luck con man struggling to sell glow-in-the-dark neckties in Shanghai.

    • (10)
    • Jim Goddard
    • PG-13
    • Sean Penn
  5. It is 1937 and Shanghai is under Japanese occupation. Walter Faraday, known as the Opium King and a supplier named Mei Gan battle over a valuable supply of the drug and Faraday is killed. A year later, missionary Gloria Tatlock comes in search of Faraday's legendary opium to relieve the pain of...

    • Jim Goddard
    • Madonna Louise Ciccone (Madonna)
  6. Oct 27, 2008 · Directed by Jim Goddard Produced by John Kohn Written by Tony Kenrick (novel Faraday's Flowers)John Kohn &Robert Bentley (screenplay) Starring Sean PennMadon...

    • 2 min
    • 76.5K
    • TaloMix71
  7. 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.