
Passport to China
Passport to China (a.k.a. Visa to Canton) is a 1961 British spy film released by Columbia Pictures; directed by Michael Carreras and starring Richard Basehart, Lisa Gastoni, Eric Pohlmann and Bernard Cribbins. The screenplay, which concerns a pilot who tries to rescue a girl from Communist-controlled China, was based on a story by Gordon Wellesley and made by Hammer Films and Swallow Productions.
Plot
Don Benton (Richard Basehart), a former World War II combat pilot, now running a travel agency in Hong Kong, refuses to take political sides and flatly rejects an offer to do espionage work for the United States.
Cast
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author | Gordon Wellesley |
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contentLocation | Hong Kong |
director | Michael Carreras |
editor | James Needs |
genre | adventure |
keywords | adopt athene seyler chinese woman dangerous mission eric pohlmann lisa gastoni their way united states world war ii wound young man |
musicBy | Edwin Astley |
producer | Michael Carreras |
productionCompany | Hammer Film Productions |
publisher | Columbia Pictures |
theme | spy war |