---
title: 'Shanghai Surprise (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jim Goddard'
released: '1986-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shanghai-surprise-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091934/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shanghai Surprise (1986)

1986 · PG-13 · 96 min · Adventure, Romance · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

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. Produced by George Harrison's HandMade Films and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Harrison himself appears in the film as a night club singer, and he wrote and recorded five original songs for the soundtrack. The film was a critical and commercial failure, and an official soundtrack album was never released.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [George Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-harrison)
- **Director:** [Jim Goddard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-goddard)
- **Screenplay:** [John Kohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-kohn), [Robert Bentley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bentley)
- **Producer:** [John Kohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-kohn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernie Vincze](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernie-vincze)

## Cast

- [Richard Griffiths](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-griffiths)
- [Charles Kalani](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-kalani)
- [Madonna](https://cinepixo.com/people/madonna)
- [George Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-harrison)
- [Clyde Kusatsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/clyde-kusatsu)
- [Paul Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-freeman)
- [Victor Wong](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-wong)
- [Sean Penn](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-penn)

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Official site: http://www.mgm.com/#/our-titles/1797/Shanghai-Surprise
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/shanghai-surprise-1986
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