Ferry to Hong Kong

Ferry to Hong Kong (DVD) (*)

$24.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1959 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Lewis Gilbert

Written By:
Lewis Gilbert
Vernon Harris

Actors:
Curd Jürgens ..... Mark Bertram Conrad
Orson Welles ..... Captain Hart
Sylvia Syms ..... Liz Ferrers
Jeremy Spenser ..... Miguel Henriques, 1st Officer
Noel Purcell ..... Joe Skinner, Chief Engineer
Margaret Withers ..... Miss Carter
John Wallace ..... Police Inspector (Hong Kong)
Roy Chiao ..... Johnny Sing-Up
Shelley Shen ..... Foo Soo
Louis Seto ..... Tommy Cheng
Milton Reid ..... Yen, Sing-Up's Partner
Ronald Decent ..... Portuguese Major (Macao)
Don Carlos ..... Archdeacon
Nick Kendall ..... 2nd Police Inspector (Hong Kong)
Kwan Shan Lam ..... 1st Guardian

Synopsis:

This curious African Queen derivation stars Curt Jurgens as Mark Conrad, an Austrian exile and Orson Welles as blustery ferry-boat captain Cecil Hart. Banned from both Hong Kong and Macao, Conrad is forced to spend his life on Hart's ferry, shuttling endlessly between the two countries and irritating everyone with whom he comes in contact. Conrad redeems himself when he rescues Hart and the passengers during a raging storm. Poor Welles is reduced to Gale Gordon-like bombast throughout the proceedings, while leading lady Sylvia Sims has practically no purpose in the film whatsoever. Ferry to Hong Kong was released in America through 20th Century-Fox along with several other like-vintage Rank Organisation films.

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.

Mark Conrad (Curt jurgens), is an unwanted nomad - doomed to sail the Hong Kong ferry, unable to disembark at either port of call. The ferry captain(Orson Welles), treats his unwanted passenger with disdain and contempt. Sylvia Syms plays an enchanting schoolmistress who falls in love with Conrad, despite his constant rebuffs. Join this mismatched triangle as they battle with pirates and a raging typhoon on the Ferry to Hong Kong.

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