Hammer Volume Five: Death & Deceit (Blu-ray)
4-BD Box Set
  1. Visa to Canton (1960)
    a.k.a. Passport to China
  2. The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
  3. The Scarlet Blade (1963)
    a.k.a. The Crimson Blade
  4. The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)

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Film Info

CastVTC: Richard Basehart, Athene Seyler, Lisa Gastoni, Eric Pohlmann, Marne Maitland, Bernard Cribbins, Alan Gifford, Kevin Scott, Burt Kwouk, Hedger Wallace
PBR: Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee, Peter Arne, Marla Landi, Oliver Reed, Andrew Keir, Michael Ripper, David Lodge, Dennis Waterman, Jack Stewart, Lorraine Clewes, Jerold Wells
TSB: Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed, Jack Hedley, June Thorburn, Michael Ripper, Harold Goldblatt, Duncan Lamont, Clifford Elkin, Suzan Farmer, John Harvey, Charles Houston
BOK: Ronald Lewis, Oliver Reed, Duncan Lamont, Yvonne Romain, Katherine Woodville, Glyn Houston, Sean Lynch, Walter Brown, Inigo Jackson, Jeremy Burnham, Joe Powell, Henry Davies, John Southworth, Caron Gardner
DirectorMichael Carreras, John Gilling
MusicEdwin Astley, Gary Hughes, Don Banks
Year1960-1965
Running Time74, 86, 82 & 81 min

BD Info

VideoWidescreen 1.85/2.35:1, 1080p 24fps
AudioEnglish PCM 1.0
SubtitlesEnglish
ExtrasVisa to Canton:
The Film: Original UK & US versions
Audio Commentary with Kevin Lyons, editor of The Encyclopaedia of Fantastic Films and Television
Featurette: Hammer's Women - Virginie Sélavy on Lisa Gastoni
Featurette: Ticket to Ride - Vic Pratt on Ethnocentrism, Pulp Fiction and Visa to Canton
Featurette: Bond Before Bond - David Huckvale on Edwin Astley and Visa to Canton
UK Theatrical Trailer
Visa to Canton Image Gallery: Original Promotional Material

Plus:
36-page Booklet with a new essay by Josephine Botting, an account of the RB-47 affair which mirrored events in Visa to Canton’s storyline, selected excerpts from the original Hammer publicity manual, and film credits

The Pirates of Blood River:
Audio Commentary with writer Jimmy Sangster, art director Don Mingaye and moderator and Hammer Films historian Marcus Hearn
Featurette: Hammer's Women - Kat Ellinger on Marla Landi
Featurette: Stephen Laws Introduces The Pirates of Blood River
Interview: Andrew Kier at the 4th Festival of Fantastic Films
Interview: Did I write That? - Jimmy Sangster at Hammer, with Jonathan Rigby on Jimmy Sangster
Featurette: Motifs of the Cheerful Heart - David Huckvale on Gary Hughes and The Pirates of Blood River
Featurette: Yes, We Have No Piranhas - on the different versions of The Pirates of Blood River
Theatrical Trailer
Trailer from Hell with Brian Trenchard Smith on The Pirates of Blood River
The Pirates of Blood River Image Gallery: Original Promotional Material

Plus:
36-page Booklet with a new essay by Lindsay Hallam, Jimmy Sangster on The Pirates of Blood River, a selection of promotional materials, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits

The Scarlet Blade:
The Film: Original UK & US versions
Audio Commentary with Kevin Lyons, editor of The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Films and Television
Featurette: Hammer's Women - Jo Botting on June Thorburn
Featurette: Stephen Laws Introduces The Scarlet Blade
Featurette: Doing Battle - Hugh Harlow and Pauline Wise on The Scarlet Blade
Featurette: Almost an Auteur - Kim Newman on the Hammer Films of John Gilling
Featurette: Appropriately Military - David Huckvale on Gary Hughes and The Scarlet Blade
US Theatrical Trailer
The Scarlet Blade Image Gallery: Original Promotional Material

Plus:
36-page Vooklet with a new essay by Neil Sinyard, Jeff Billington on the 1960s film career of Oliver Reed, a selection of extracts from the Hammer publicity manual, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits

The Brigand of Kandahar:
Audio Commentary with film historian Vic Pratt
Featurette: Hammer's Women - Melanie Williams on Yvonne Romain
Featurette: Stephen Laws Introduces The Brigand of Kandahar
Featurette: Adventures in Film - Neil Sinyard Examines the Career and Reputation of John Gilling
Featurette: Afghan Ostinati - David Huckvale on Don Banks and The Brigand of Kandahar
Theatrical Trailer
The Brigand of Kandahar Image Gallery: Original Promotional Material

Plus:
36-page Booklet with a new essay by Naman Ramachandran, an extensive selection of items from the original Hammer publicity manual and pressbooks, and film credits
DistributorPowerhouse Films