In 1937 wordt een gedeelte van China bezet door de Japanners. Een drugdealer wil het land ontvluchten met een grote lading opium. Hij wordt echter gepakt en vermoord. Een jaar later huurt een vrouwelijke missionaris een ongure Amerikaan in om de opium te vinden. Dit zal de pijn van de gewonde soldaten verminderen volgens haar. De Amerikaan stemt toe, maar er zijn meer mensen die achter de drugs aan zitten.
Nee, helaas is Shanghai Surprise nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Art | Maurice Binder | Main Title Designer |
| Writing | John Kohn | Writer |
| Directing | Jim Goddard | Director |
| Art | Bill Hargreaves | Props |
| Art | Peter Mullins | Production Design |
| Production | Bobby Blues | Production Accountant |
| Camera | Robert Huke | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Neil Binney | Camera Operator |
| Production | Peter Kohn | Production Manager |
| Directing | Gino Marotta | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | George Cole | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Beveridge | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sound | John Poyner | Sound Editor |
| Sound | David Pearson | Boom Operator |
| Directing | Gerry Toomey | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Simon Thompson | Hair Supervisor |
| Directing | Angela Wharton | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sue Wain | Wardrobe Master |
| Crew | Ann Tasker | Unit Publicist |
| Art | David Minty | Art Direction |
| Production | Ann Fielden | Casting |
| Production | Judy Dennis | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Keith Morton | Wardrobe Master |
| Art | Dave Jordan | Property Master |
| Art | John Siddall | Art Direction |
| Art | Jack Stephens | Set Dresser |
| Camera | Clive Coote | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Andrew Boulton | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | George Harrison | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Michael Kamen | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Brian Smith | Electrician |
| Visual Effects | David H. Watkins | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Writing | Robert Bentley | Writer |
| Production | John Kohn | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judy Moorcroft | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Vicki Brown | Theme Song Performance |
| Editing | Ralph Sheldon | Editor |
| Sound | George Harrison | Songs |
| Sound | George Harrison | Theme Song Performance |
| Production | Robin Douet | Co-Producer |
| Production | George Harrison | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sara Romilly | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Ernest Vincze | Director of Photography |
| Production | Denis O'Brien | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Tony Kenrick | Novel |
