Passport to China

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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Production Details

Columbia Pictures Corporation presents A Hammer Film Production
Pathe Distributors Ltd (UK) and Columbia Pictures (USA)
Print by Technicolor
MPAA Approved Certificate

RCA Sound Recording
Technicolor 75 mins

Filming dates: 9th June 1960
UK Release: 26th December 1960

Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire

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Cast & Crew

Cast – Verified complete

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Art Director	Thomas Goswell	Yes	69	28 Mar 1891	1982	90	1	6	7
Assistant Director	Arthur Mann	Yes					1		1
Associate Producer	Anthony Nelson-Keys	Yes	49	13 Nov 1911	19 Mar 1985	73	43		43
Camera Operator	Eric Besche	Yes	46	20 May 1914	17 Apr 1983	68	2		2
Continuity	Tilly Day	Yes	57	1903	1994	91	14	1	15
Director	Michael Carreras	Yes	33	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	98	11	109
Director of Photography		Yes	45	1915	1972	57	34		34
Editor	Alfred Cox	Yes	35	1925	2005	80	21	5	26
Hair Stylist	Frieda Steiger	Yes	56	29 Dec 1903	19 Aug 1992	88	28		28
Make-up Artist	Roy Ashton	Yes	51	16 Apr 1909	10 Jan 1995	85	36	4	40
Music	Edwin Astley	Yes	38	12 Apr 1922	19 May 1998	76	4		4
Producer	Michael Carreras	Yes	33	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	98	11	109
Production Designer	Bernard Robinson	Yes	48	28 Jul 1912	2 Mar 1970	57	46	4	50
Production Manager	Clifford Parkes	Yes	32	10 Jul 1928	20 Nov 2014	87	12		12
Screenplay	Gordon Wellesley	Yes	54	8 Dec 1906	Oct 1980	73	1		1
Sound Recordist	Jock May	Yes	55	1905	8 Jan 1991	86	31	1	32
Supervising Editor	James Needs	Yes	41	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	113	1	114
Wardrobe Mistress	Molly Arbuthnot	Yes	52	19 Dec 1908	31 Oct 2001	92	48	5	53
CAST
Bodyguard	Milton Reid	No	43	29 Apr 1917	1987	69	1	3	4
Chinese Officer	Robert Lee	No	47	1913	1 Dec 1986	73	1	2	3
Don Benton	Richard Basehart	Yes	46	31 Aug 1914	17 Sep 1984	70	1		1
Girl Croupier	Paula Li Shiu	No	31	26 Jan 1929		96		1	1
Han Po	Marne Maitland	Yes	46	18 Dec 1914	Mar 1992	77	9		9
Hostess	Sorata Ra Fat	No						1	1
Inspector Taylor	Hedger Wallace	Yes	33	14 Oct 1927	30 Jan 2000	72	1	1	2
Ivano Kang	Eric Pohlmann	Yes	47	18 Jul 1913	25 Jul 1979	66	7		7
Jimmy	Burt Kwouk	Yes	30	18 Jul 1930	24 May 2016	85	4		4
Liong Ti	Yvonne Shima	No	25	1935	1 Sep 2023	88		1	1
Lola Sanchez	Lisa Gastoni	Yes	25	28 Jul 1935		89	1		1
Mao Tai Tai	Athene Seyler	Yes	71	31 May 1889	12 Sep 1990	101	1		1
Orme	Alan Gifford	Yes	49	11 Mar 1911	20 Mar 1989	78	2		2
Pereira	Bernard Cribbins	Yes	31	29 Dec 1928	27 Jul 2022	93	2		2
Room Boy	Jerry Lee Yen	No						1	1
Sam Johnson	Kevin Scott	Yes	32	10 Dec 1928		96	1		1
Sentry	Ronald Ing	No						2	2
Swee Kim	Zoreen Ismail	No						1	1

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Footnotes

Bert Kwouk is known for his role as Cato in the “Pink Panther” films. He made appearances in many television programmes, including a portrayal of Imperial Japanese Army Major Yamauchi in the BBC TV series Tenko and as Entwistle in BBC TV’s Last of the Summer Wine.

1960 BBFC Cert. “U”

Production Details

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Cast & Crew

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