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.
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
Produced at Bray Studios, England
Technicolor 75 mins
Filming Began: 2nd June 1960
UK Release: 26th December 1960
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Art Director | Thomas Goswell | 69 | 28 Mar 1891 | 1982 | 90 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
Assistant Director | Arthur Mann | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Associate Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-nelson-keys/# | 49 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 41 | 41 | ||
Camera Operator | Eric Besche | 46 | 20 May 1914 | 17 Apr 1983 | 68 | 2 | 2 | ||
Continuity | Tilly Day | 57 | 1903 | 1994 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 15 | |
Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/# | 33 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 84 | 8 | 92 | |
Director of Photography | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/arthur-grant/# | 45 | 1915 | 1972 | 57 | 33 | 33 | ||
Editor | Alfred Cox | 35 | 1925 | 2005 | 80 | 21 | 4 | 25 | |
Hair Stylist | Frieda Steiger | 56 | 29 Dec 1903 | 19 Aug 1993 | 89 | 28 | 28 | ||
Make-up Artist | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-ashton/# | 51 | 16 Apr 1909 | 10 Jan 1995 | 85 | 36 | 4 | 40 | |
Music | Edwin Astley | 38 | 12 Apr 1922 | 19 May 1998 | 76 | 4 | 4 | ||
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/# | 33 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 84 | 8 | 92 | |
Production Designer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/bernard-robinson/# | 48 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 45 | 4 | 49 | |
Production Manager | Clifford Parkes | 32 | 10 Jul 1928 | 20 Nov 2014 | 87 | 12 | 12 | ||
Screenplay | Gordon Wellesley | 54 | 8 Dec 1906 | Oct 1980 | 73 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sound Recordist | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jock-may/# | 55 | 1905 | 8 Jan 1991 | 86 | 30 | 1 | 31 | |
Supervising Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 41 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 | |
Wardrobe Mistress | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/# | 52 | 19 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 2001 | 92 | 48 | 5 | 53 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Bodyguard | Milton Reid | 43 | 29 Apr 1917 | 1987 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Chinese Officer | Robert Lee | 47 | 1913 | 1 Dec 1986 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Don Benton | Richard Basehart | 46 | 31 Aug 1914 | 17 Sep 1984 | 70 | 1 | 1 | ||
Girl Croupier | Paula Li Shiu | 31 | 26 Jan 1929 | 26.01.1929 | 95 | 1 | 1 | ||
Han Po | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/marne-maitland/# | 46 | 18 Dec 1914 | Mar 1992 | 77 | 9 | 9 | ||
Hostess | Sorata Ra Fat | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Inspector Taylor | Hedger Wallace | 33 | 14 Oct 1927 | 30 Jan 2000 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Ivano Kang | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/eric-pohlmann/# | 47 | 18 Jul 1913 | 25 Jul 1979 | 66 | 7 | 7 | ||
Jimmy | Burt Kwouk | 30 | 18 Jul 1930 | 24 May 2016 | 85 | 4 | 4 | ||
Liong Ti | Yvonne Shima | 25 | 1935 | 1 Sep 2023 | 88 | 1 | 1 | ||
Lola Sanchez | Lisa Gastoni | 25 | 28 Jul 1935 | 28.07.1935 | 89 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mao Tai Tai | Athene Seyler | 71 | 31 May 1889 | 12 Sep 1990 | 101 | 1 | 1 | ||
Orme | Alan Gifford | 49 | 11 Mar 1911 | 20 Mar 1989 | 78 | 2 | 2 | ||
Pereira | Bernard Cribbins | 31 | 29 Dec 1928 | 27 Jul 2022 | 93 | 2 | 2 | ||
Room Boy | Jerry Lee Yen | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sam Johnson | Kevin Scott | 32 | 10 Dec 1928 | 10.12.1928 | 95 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sentry | Ronald Ing | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Swee Kim | Zoreen Ismail | 1 | 1 |
Original Poster
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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.