Visa to Canton

3/22/19611h 15m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Go-For-Broke Yank Blasts Bamboo Curtain! ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Michael Carreras

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

china
espionage
spy
hong kong
communism

Cast

Richard Basehart

~ as ~

Don Benton

Athene Seyler

~ as ~

Mao Tai Tai

Lisa Gastoni

~ as ~

Lola Sanchez

Eric Pohlmann

~ as ~

Ivono Kong

Marne Maitland

~ as ~

Han Po

Bernard Cribbins

~ as ~

Pereira

Alan Gifford

~ as ~

Charles Orme

Kevin Scott

~ as ~

Sam Johnson

Burt Kwouk

~ as ~

Jimmy

Hedger Wallace

~ as ~

Inspector Taylor

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
5
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 aircraft, 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.