Passport to China – 1960

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

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.

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Credits
Assistant Director	Arthur Mann					1
Associate Producer	Anthony Nelson-Keys	48	13 Nov 1911	19 Mar 1985	73	41
Camera Operator	Eric Besche	45	20 May 1914	17 Apr 1983	68	2
Continuity	Tilly Day	57	1 Jan 1903	1 Jan 1994	91	12
Director	Michael Carreras	32	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	82
Director of Photography	Arthur Grant, BSC	45	1915	1972	57	30
Editor	Alfred Cox		1925	2005	80	21
Hair Stylist	Frieda Steiger					28
Make-up Artist	Roy Ashton	50	16 Apr 1909	10 Jan 1995	85	36
Producer	Michael Carreras	32	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	82
Production Designer	Bernard Robinson	47	28 Jul 1912	2 Mar 1970	57	46
Production Manager	Clifford Parkes					12
Screenplay by	Gordon Wellesley	53	8 Dec 1906	1 Oct 1980	73	1
Sound Recordist	Jock May	55	1905	8 Jan 1991	86	30
Supervising Editor	James Needs	40	17 Oct 1919	2003	83	110
Wardrobe Mistress	Molly Arbuthnot	51	19 Dec 1908	31 Oct 2001	92	48

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
Don Benton	Richard Basehart	45	31 Aug 1914		17 Sep 1984	70	1
Han Po	Marne Maitland	45	18 Dec 1914		March 1992	77	8
Ivano Kang	Eric Pohlmann	46	18 Jul 1913		25 Jul 1979	66	7
Jimmy	Burt Kwouk	29	18 Jul 1930		24 May 2016	85	3
Lola Sanchez	Lisa Gastoni	24	28 Jul 1935	28.07.1935		86	1
Mao Tai Tai	Athene Seyler	70	31 May 1889		12 Sep 1990	101	1
Orme	Alan Gifford	48	11 Mar 1911		20 Mar 1989	78	1
Pereira	Bernard Cribbins	31	29 Dec 1928	29.12.1928		93	2

Production


FILMING BEGAN	9 June 1960
UK RELEASE	26 December 1960
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

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”.

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection