The Passage
The Passage – 1979 | 91 mins | War, Action | Colour
Plot Synopsis
Lamentably simplistic and unpleasant World War II adventure story adapted by Bruce Nicolaysen from his own novel The Perilous Passage. Anthony Quinn trots out his usual Zorbaact, whilst Malcolm McDowell camps it up with a comically histrionic performance as an SS sadist.
A Basque shepherd (Anthony Quinn) is offered a large sum of money by the French resistance to ferry an escaping scientist (James Mason) and his family from Occupied France across the Pyrenees into Spain. All the time, the scientist is pursued by a tenacious SS officer Von Berkow (Malcolm McDowell).
Production Team
J. Lee Thompson: Director
Jean Forestier: Art Direction
Michael Reed: Cinematography
Alan Strachan: Film Editing
Inge Wolf: Makeup Department
Neville Smallwood: Makeup Department
Derrick Bosch: Makeup Department
Michael J Lewis: Original Music
John Quested: Producer
Lester Goldsmith: Producer
Maurice Binder: Producer
Bruce Nicolaysen: Script
Ken Barker: Sound Department
Norman Bolland: Sound Department
Allan Sones: Sound Department
John Hayward: Sound Department
Cast
Anthony Quinn: The Basque
James Mason: Professor Bergson
Malcolm McDowell: Capt Von Berkow
Patricia Neal: Mrs Bergson
Kay Lenz: Leah Bergson
Paul Clemens: Paul Bergson
Christopher Lee: Gypsy
