The Stowaway (1958 film)

For the French-Spanish 1995 adaptation of the novel, see El pasajero clandestino.

The Stowaway
Directed byAustralian credits:
Lee Robinson
French credits:
Ralph Habib
Written byAustralian credits:
Lee Robinson
Joy Cavill
French credits:
Maurice Aberge
Paul Andreota
Ralph Habib
Based onLe Passager Clandestin ("The Stowaway")
1947 novel
by Georges Simenon
Produced byAustralian credits:
Lee Robinson
associate
Joy Cavill
French credits:
Paul-Edmond Decharme
StarringMartine Carol
Roger Livesey
Arletty
CinematographyDesmond Dickinson
Edited byAustralian credits:
Stanley Moore
French credits:
Monique Kirsanoff
Music byMichel Emer
Production
companies
Southern International Productions(Australia)
Discifilm/Silverfilm (France)
Release dates
  • 22 March 1958 (1958-03-22) (France)
  • 1958 (1958) (Australia)
Running time
145 mins (original release)[1]
93 minutes
CountriesFrance
Australia
LanguagesEnglish
French
Budget£250,000[2]
Box office1,776,374 admissions (France)[3]

The Stowaway is a 1958 French-Australian film directed by Australian director Lee Robinson and French Lebanese director Ralph Habib. It was shot on location in Tahiti and is one of the few Australian financed movies of the 1950s, although the storyline has nothing to do with Australia.[4][5]

There are French and English versions of the film. These versions have different credits, mostly in terms of behind the scenes personnel.[6][7] The French version is known as Le Passager clandestin.

It was the second of three collaborations between Lee Robinson and French producers, the others being Walk into Paradise and the Restless and the Damned.

  1. ^ "Foreign Review Capsules - Le Passager Clandestin". Variety. 3 September 1958. p. 6.
  2. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 225
  3. ^ French films at the 1958 box office at Box Office Story
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference gs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ ""Last Battle" For Australian Film". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 July 1958. p. 1. Retrieved 3 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Martine Carol". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 25, no. 20. Australia, Australia. 23 October 1957. p. 57. Retrieved 3 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Retreat for Raffertys". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 25, no. 50. Australia, Australia. 21 May 1958. p. 28. Retrieved 3 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.