Adventure ·Drama ·Action · United Kingdom · 1959 · 1h 52m

Ferry to Hong Kong

Director

Cast

Curd Jürgens as Mark Bertram Conrad Orson Welles as Captain Hart Sylvia Syms as Liz Ferrers Jeremy Spenser as Miguel Henriques Noel Purcell as Joe Skinner Margaret Withers as Miss Carter

Crew

Otto Heller — Director of Photography Peter R. Hunt — Editor Kenneth V. Jones — Original Music Composer Lewis Gilbert — Screenplay Vernon Harris — Screenplay Max Catto — Novel

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.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Lewis Gilbert Director Otto Heller Director of Photography Peter R. Hunt Editor Kenneth V. Jones Original Music Composer Lewis Gilbert Screenplay Vernon Harris Screenplay Max Catto Novel George Maynard Producer John Stoll Production Design

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