Ferry to Hong Kong

Synopsis

Mark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He's sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan, a ferry owned by Captain Hart. Conrad's papers are out of order and Macao refuses him entry. Unable to go ashore, Conrad is a permanent passenger on the ferry with Hart, who detests him. It's all one long, lazy voyage for Conrad until one fateful trip when an encounter with a typhoon and pirates forces Conrad to choose between an aimless drifter's life and becoming a man again.

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Key crew

• Lewis GilbertDirector
• Lewis GilbertScreenplay
• Vernon HarrisScreenplay
• Kenneth V. JonesOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Curd JürgensMark Bertram Conrad
• Orson WellesCaptain Hart
• Sylvia SymsLiz Ferrers
• Jeremy SpenserMiguel Henriques
• Noel PurcellJoe Skinner
• Margaret WithersMiss Carter
• Roy ChiaoJohnny Sing-Up
• Milton ReidYen
• Shelley ShenFoo Soo
• John WallacePolice Inspector
• Ronald DecentPortuguese Major
• Don CarlosArchdeacon

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