Passport to China (1961)
"Visa to Canton" (original title)

A pilot slips his plane into Red China to rescue an American girl trapped there, but when he lands he discovers that the girl has a surprise for him--she wants him to fill his plane with ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Carreras

Writer:

Gordon Wellesley

Stars:

Richard Basehart, Lisa Gastoni, Athene Seyler

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Richard Basehart	...	Don Benton
Lisa Gastoni	...	Lola Sanchez
Athene Seyler	...	Mao Tai Tai
Eric Pohlmann	...	Ivono Kong
Alan Gifford	...	Charles Orme
Bernard Cribbins	...	Pereira
Burt Kwouk	...	Jimmy
Hedgar Wallace	...	Inspector Taylor
Marne Maitland	...	Han Po
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sorata Ra Fat	...	Hostess
Ronald Ing	...	Sentry
Zoreen Ismail	...	Swee Kim
Robert Lee	...	Chinese Officer
Paula Li Shiu	...	Girl Croupier
Milton Reid	...	Bodyguard

Storyline

A pilot slips his plane into Red China to rescue an American girl trapped there, but when he lands he discovers that the girl has a surprise for him--she wants him to fill his plane with Chinese refugees and fly them out of the country, too.

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Plot Keywords:

china | pilot

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 March 1962 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Passport to China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hammer Film Productions, Swallow Productions Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in color, but shown in the US in black-and-white.

User Reviews

Not the best Hammer film I have ever seen

What a deceit. I expected much more. I know that Hammer film was not specialized in war and adventure movies, but they gave us little gems such as Camp on Blood Island, Terror of the Tongs, Yesterday's Enemy, and so on...And Michael Carreras is a good director - and producer - too. I don't understand why he has done such a flat, uninspired, talkative, dull routine drama about help to the refugee from Red China.

I almost got asleep. Nevertheless, the photography is pretty effective and the 2.35 format restores some brightness to this tepid story. A tale that we have seen a hundred times before. And often far better than this.

Richard Basehart is not enough to save the movie. Sorry...

But you can try it. Who knows...