Shanghai Surprise
A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart.
Directed by Jim Goddard
Produced by Handmade Films, The Vista Organization
A lighthearted romantic adventure romp through 1980s Shanghai, where a fortune hunter and a missionary nurse clash and bond while pursuing stolen opium amid criminal chaos.
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.
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