Passage Home

Passage Home
Diane Cilento with Peter Finch during the making of the film
Directed by	Roy Ward Baker
Produced by	Julian Wintle
Written by	William Fairchild
Starring	Anthony Steel Peter Finch Diane Cilento
Music by	Clifton Parker
Cinematography	Geoffrey Unsworth
Edited by	Sidney Hayers
Distributed by	General Film Distributors (UK)
Release date	April 1955 (UK)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Passage Home is a 1955 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker.

Captain Lucky Ryland (Peter Finch) is about to retire. There is a flashback of several years to a voyage on a ship he was captaining from South America. He is forced to give a lift to a British governess, Ruth Elton (Diane Cilento), who is returning home. Both Ryland and his first mate, Vosper (Anthony Steel), fall for Ruth. Ryland proposes to Ruth but when she turns down his offer he tries to rape her and she is rescued by Vosper.

There is a subplot about the dissatisfaction of the ship's crew with the supply of potatoes. The potatoes are dumped overboard and Ryland is determined to find out who is responsible. It turns out this was done by Ike the bosun (Geoffrey Keen), who later dies at sea.

The film was shot at Pinewood Studios.