Passport to Treason
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Screenplay by | |
Based on | novel by Paddy Manning O'Brine |
Produced by | Robert S. Baker |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Monty Berman |
Edited by | Henry Richardson |
Music by | Stanley Black |
Production company | Mid-Century Film Productions |
Distributed by | Eros Films (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Passport to Treason is a 1956 British second feature[1] mystery thriller directed by Robert S. Baker and starring Rod Cameron, Lois Maxwell, and Clifford Evans.[2] It was written by Kenneth R. Hayles and Norman Hudis, based on the Manning O'Brine novel of the same name.[3][4]
Plot
After the death of a friend, private investigator Mike O'Kelly investigates an organisation that claims to be working for world peace, but turns out to be a front for a crime syndicate.
Cast
- Rod Cameron as Mike O'Kelly
- Lois Maxwell as Diane Boyd
- Clifford Evans as Orlando Syms
- Peter Illing as Giorgio Sacchi
- Marianne Stone as Miss 'Jonesy' Jones
- Douglas Wilmer as Dr. Randolph
- John Colicos as Pietro
- Ballard Berkeley as Inspector Thredgold
- Andrew Faulds as Barrett
- Barbara Burke as Katrina
- Derek Sydney as Amedeo Sacchi
- Trevor Reid as McCombe
- Neil Wilson as Sergeant Benson
- Peter Swanwick as cafe proprietor
- Hal Osmond as club barman
- Salvin Stewart as travel agency manager
- Anthony Baird as nursing home orderly
- Tom Bowan as bargee
Critical reception
Leslie Halliwell said: "Stock melodramatic situations straighforwardly presented make this a watchable support."[6]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Resolute thriller reminiscent of the late 1930s."[7]
The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 1/5 stars, writing: "Western star Rod Cameron should never have packed his passport to play the private eye in this dire British B-feature with its sub-Hitchcockian plot about neo-fascists in London concealing their activities within an organisation for world peace. A better actor than granite-jawed Cameron might have breathed some life into the line-up of hackneyed situations."[8]
References
- ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "Hi Gang!". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Passport to Treason (1955) - Robert S. Baker | Cast and Crew | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
- ISBN 9783110951943– via Google Books.
- Monthly Film Bulletin. 23 (264): 118. 1956 – via ProQuest.
- ISBN 0586088946.
- ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
- ISBN 9780992936440.
External links
- Passport to Treason at IMDb
- Passport to Treason at ReelStreets