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 Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Assistant Director	Arthur Mann					1		1
Associate Producer	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	13	1	14
Director	Michael Carreras	33	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Director of Photography	Arthur Grant BSc	45	1915	1972	56	30		30
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	Roy Ashton	51	16 Apr 1909	10 Jan 1995	85	36	4	40
Producer	Michael Carreras	33	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Production Designer	Bernard Robinson	48	28 Jul 1912	2 Mar 1970	57	46	3	49
Production Manager	Clifford Parkes	33	1927	2014	87	12		12
Screenplay	Gordon Wellesley	54	8 Dec 1906	Oct 1980	73	1		1
Sound Recordist	Jock May	55	1 Jan 1905	8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Supervising Editor	James Needs	41	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Wardrobe Mistress	Molly Arbuthnot	52	19 Dec 1908	31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Don Benton	Richard Basehart	46	31 Aug 1914		17 Sep 1984	70	1		1
Han Po	Marne Maitland	46	18 Dec 1914		Mar 1992	77	8		8
Ivano Kang	Eric Pohlmann	47	18 Jul 1913		25 Jul 1979	66	7		7
Jimmy	Burt Kwouk	30	18 Jul 1930		24 May 2016	85	3		3
Lola Sanchez	Lisa Gastoni	25	28 Jul 1935	28.07.1935		87	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
Uncredited
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
Girl Croupier	Paula Li Shiu	31	26 Jan 1929	26.01.1929		94		1	1
Hostess	Sorata Ra Fat							1	1
Liong Ti	Yvonne Shima	25	1935	01.01.1935		88		1	1
Room Boy	Jerry Lee Yen							1	1
Sentry	Ronald Ing							2	2
Swee Kim	Zoreen Ismail							1	1

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