Visa to Canton
Go-For-Broke Yank Blasts Bamboo Curtain!
1960 | 75m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Michael Carreras |
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| Writer: | Gordon Wellesley |
| Staring: |
| A former World War II pilot, now the owner of a travel agency in Hong Kong, gets involved in espionage trying to help a Chinese woman locate her son. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 26, 1960 |
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| Director: | Michael Carreras |
| Writer: | Gordon Wellesley |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Thriller |
| Keywords | spy, china, espionage, hong kong, communism |
| Production Companies | Hammer Film Productions, Swallow Productions Ltd. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Basehart | Don Benton |
| Athene Seyler | Mao Tai Tai |
| Lisa Gastoni | Lola Sanchez |
| Eric Pohlmann | Ivono Kong |
| Marne Maitland | Han Po |
| Bernard Cribbins | Pereira |
| Alan Gifford | Charles Orme |
| Kevin Scott | Sam Johnson |
| Burt Kwouk | Jimmy |
| Hedger Wallace | Inspector Taylor |
| Sorata Ra Fat | Hostess (uncredited) |
| Ronald Ing | Sentry (uncredited) |
| Zoreen Ismail | Swee Kim (uncredited) |
| Robert Lee | Chinese Officer (uncredited) |
| Paula Li Shiu | Girl Croupier (uncredited) |
| Milton Reid | Bodyguard (uncredited) |
| Yvonne Shima | Liong Ti (uncredited) |
| Jerry Lee Yen | Room Boy (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Carreras | Director |
| Edwin Astley | Music Director, Original Music Composer |
| Alfred Cox | Editor |
| Thomas Goswell | Art Direction |
| Bernard Robinson | Art Direction |
| Roy Ashton | Makeup Artist |
| Frieda Steiger | Hairstylist |
| Clifford Parkes | Production Manager |
| Arthur Mann | Assistant Director |
| Eric Besche | Camera Operator |
| Molly Arbuthnot | Wardrobe Designer |
| Tilly Day | Continuity |
| Arthur Grant | Director of Photography |
| Gordon Wellesley | Screenplay |
| James Needs | Editor |
| Jock May | Sound |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Carreras | Producer |
| Anthony Nelson Keys | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
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This whole thing just looks like a series of out-takes from a "Fu Manchu" movie - and not a very good one at that! Richard Basehart is the wily travel agent "Benton" who makes a decent living in Hong Kong after the war. When his local brother "Jimmy" (Burt Kwouk) disappears flying his commercial air ... craft, he must head up-river to (rather easily) rescue him and is soon embroiled in an intrigue involving the Red Chinese. His protagonist is the unlikely "Ivono Kong" (Eric Pohlmann - who reminded me of "Con-Fu-Shon" from the 1958 version of "Tomb Thumb"). Deciding the answer lies in neighbouring Canton, he avails himself of an offer of a visa from "Kong" and makes the journey where he encounters the brightly made-up "Lola" (Lisa Gastoni) who is scheming to rescue some refugees from the communists. Can they escape? This is standard Hammer fodder that plays to stereotype from start to finish. The dialogue is banal, as is the acting and the scenario and indeed, even by daytime feature standards, this looks like the budget went on the star and positively nowhere else.