Main Cast: Curd Jürgens, Orson Welles, Sylvia Syms, Noel Purcell
Release Year: 1959
Country: UK
Run Time: 103 minutes
Plot
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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Margaret Withers - Miss Carter; John Wallace - Inspector; Roy Chiao - Johnny Sing-Up; Shelley Shen - Foo Soo; Milton Reid - Yen; Don Carlos - Archdeacon; Nick Kendall - 2nd Police Inspector; Jeremy Spenser - Miguel Henriques
Credit
Lewis Gilbert - Director, Peter Hunt - Editor, Kenneth V. Jones - Composer (Music Score), John Stoll - Production Designer, Otto Heller - Cinematographer, George Maynard - Producer, Lewis Gilbert - Screenwriter, Vernon Gilbert Harris - Screenwriter, S. Kent - Book Author
