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Visa to Canton

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

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.

Top Cast

  • Richard Basehart

    Richard Basehart

    Don Benton

  • Athene Seyler

    Athene Seyler

    Mao Tai Tai

  • Lisa Gastoni

    Lisa Gastoni

    Lola Sanchez

  • Eric Pohlmann

    Eric Pohlmann

    Ivono Kong

  • Marne Maitland

    Marne Maitland

    Han Po

  • Bernard Cribbins

    Bernard Cribbins

    Pereira

  • Alan Gifford

    Alan Gifford

    Charles Orme

  • Kevin Scott

    Kevin Scott

    Sam Johnson

  • Burt Kwouk

    Burt Kwouk

    Jimmy

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.

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5.0 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Nov 12, 2022

    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.

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