Richard Basehart

Athene Seyler

Lisa Gastoni

Eric Pohlmann

Marne Maitland

Bernard Cribbins

Alan Gifford

Kevin Scott

Burt Kwouk

Hedger Wallace

Sorata Ra Fat

Ronald Ing

Zoreen Ismail

Robert Lee

Paula Li Shiu

Milton Reid

Yvonne Shima

Jerry Lee Yen

Michael Carreras

Gordon Wellesley

Arthur Grant

James Needs

Anthony Nelson Keys

Edwin Astley

Alfred Cox

Thomas Goswell

Bernard Robinson

Roy Ashton

Frieda Steiger

Clifford Parkes

Arthur Mann

Jock May

Eric Besche

Molly Arbuthnot

Tilly Day

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Visa to Canton

Hammer Film Productions

Swallow Productions Ltd.

United Kingdom

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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 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.

English

Visa to Canton (1960) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]