Passage Home (Original title)
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 16 May 1955 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Roy Baker
Synopsis: Story of autocratic captain of cargo boat who dreams of marriage with passenger, takes to drink when she refuses him but brings his ship safely to port through the storm.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Freight ships, Great Britain
Releases
Date: 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Length: 9200 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Today's Cinema - v84 n7244 13 Apr 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v22 n257 June 1955 Page: 84
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v22 n257 June 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2495 21 Apr 1955 Page: 25
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2495 21 Apr 1955: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-724893
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9070 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-124209
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-724893
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9070 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-124209
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-761125
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-767225
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 16 May 1955 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Roy Baker
Synopsis: Story of autocratic captain of cargo boat who dreams of marriage with passenger, takes to drink when she refuses him but brings his ship safely to port through the storm.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Freight ships, Great Britain
Releases
Date: 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Length: 9200 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(28)
©/Production Company: Group Film Productions, Presents: The J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Distributed by: General Film Distributors, closing logo: British and Dominions Film Corporation, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, Produced by: Julian Wintle, Production Manager: Roy Goddard, Production Controller: Arthur Alcott, Assistant Director: Peter Manley, Continuity: Joan Davis, [Casting]: Weston Drury Jr, Screenplay by: William Fairchild, Based on the novel by: Richard Armstrong, Director of Photography: Geoffrey Unsworth, Camera Operator: David Harcourt, Film Editor: Sidney Hayers, Art Director: Alex Vetchinsky, Costume Designer: Phyllis Dalton, Make-up: Geoffrey Rodway, Music Composed by: Clifton Parker, [Music] Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Sound Recordist: C.C. Stevens, Gordon K. McCallum, Sound System: Western Electric, Sound Editor: Harry Miller, Technical Adviser: Capt. F. Murison Harvey, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
(26)
Anthony Steel (Vosper), Peter Finch (Captain `Lucky' Ryland), Diane Cilento (Ruth Elton), Cyril Cusack (Bohannan, the steward), Geoffrey Keen (Ike, the bosun), Hugh Griffith (Pettigrew), Duncan Lamont (Llewellyn, first mate), Gordon Jackson (Ted Burns), Bryan Forbes (Shorty), Michael Craig (Burton), Robert Brown (Shane), Sam Kydd (Sheltia), Michael Bryant (Stebbings), Glyn Houston (Charley Boy), Patrick McGoohan (McIsaacs), Scott Harrold (Olbey), George Woodbridge (Yorkie), Patrick Westwood (Oglethorpe), John Warren (cook), Martin Benson (Gutierres), Ian Whittaker ([galley boy]), Leonard White ([second engineer]), Gerald Andersen ([chairman]), Philip Ray ([river pilot]), Arthur Lovegrove ([first stoker]), Peter Ventham ([third mate (modern liner)])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(3)
In: Today's Cinema v84 n7244 13 Apr 1955 Page: 12Title: [Today's Cinema - v84 n7244 13 Apr 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v22 n257 June 1955 Page: 84
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v22 n257 June 1955: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2495 21 Apr 1955 Page: 25
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2495 21 Apr 1955: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-724893
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9070 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-124209
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-724893
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9070 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-124209
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-761125
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-767225
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film