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.
Costume
Madonna's missionary-chic wardrobe defies all logic and geography.
Production
Sets that scream 'we filmed this in England and hoped you wouldn't notice.'
Director
Jim Goddard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Penn and Madonna were married during filming; he allegedly punched a photographer and she fired her agent for booking it. The Razzies came calling.
Produced by George Harrison's HandMade Films, this nearly bankrupted the company and remains their most notorious misstep.
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