1986 · 97 min · Romance, Adventure, Crime, Comedy
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.
Directed by Jim Goddard. Starring Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths and Clyde Kusatsu.
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