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(aka "Visa to Canton" or "Passport to China")
Directed by Michael Carreras
UK 1960
Don Benton (Richard Basehart), a former World War II combat pilot, now running a
travel agency in Hong Kong, refuses to take political sides and flatly rejects
an offer to do espionage work for the United States. Excerpt from Wikipedia located HERE 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. Excerpt from IMDb located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: December 26th, 1960
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Review: Indicator - Region 'B' - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Indicator - Region 'B' - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 1:14:57.951 | |
Video |
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 29,884,999,252 bytesFeature: 21,410,841,984 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.89 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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Audio |
DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1092 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1092 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 1.0 /
48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Subtitles | English (SDH), None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Indicator
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 29,884,999,252 bytesFeature: 21,410,841,984 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.89 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
• New audio commentary with Kevin Lyons, editor of The Encyclopedia of
Fantastic Films and Television
Custom Blu-ray package (see below) Chapters 10 |
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
On their
Blu-ray,
Indicator use a DTS-HD Master 1.0 channel mono track (24-bit) in the
original English language. Visa to Canton doesn't have an
abundance of audio effects, but there are some that come across
authentically flat plus there is an, occasionally energetic score by
Edwin Astley (Contraband
Spain,
The
Giant Behemoth
1962's
The Phantom of the Opera,
The Naked Prey) sounding
adventurous with traditional Chinese overtones. Indicator offer optional English
(SDH) subtitles on
their Region 'B'
Blu-ray.
The Indicator
Blu-ray
Visa to Canton
(aka "Passport to China") is not premium Hammer with some
negligible Asian representations. It's only partially saved by stalwart
Basehart and sexy Lisa Gastoni. However, the Indicator Blu-ray |
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