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B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 55.2 / 100
1959·Action / Adventure / Drama·1h 52m

FERRY TO HONG KONG

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.

Above the Line
Lewis Gilbert·DirectorVernon Harris·ScreenplayLewis Gilbert·ScreenplayOtto Heller·Director of PhotographyKenneth V. Jones·Original Music ComposerPeter R. Hunt·Editor
Cast
Curd Jürgens·Mark Bertram ConradOrson Welles·Captain HartSylvia Syms·Liz FerrersJeremy Spenser·Miguel HenriquesNoel Purcell·Joe SkinnerMargaret Withers·Miss CarterRoy Chiao·Johnny Sing-UpMilton Reid·YenShelley Shen·Foo SooJohn Wallace·Police Inspector
Full Crew
(23 credits)
Directing· 3
Lewis Gilbert·DirectorBert Batt·Assistant DirectorGladys Goldsmith·Continuity
Writing· 4
Vernon Harris·ScreenplayLewis Gilbert·ScreenplayJohn Mortimer·DialogueMax Catto·Novel
Camera· 3
Otto Heller·Director of PhotographyHarold Haysom·Camera OperatorHarry Gillard·Still Photographer
Editing· 1
Peter R. Hunt·Editor
Sound & Music· 6
Kenneth V. Jones·Original Music ComposerBill Daniels·Sound RecordistArchie Ludski·Sound EditorArthur Ridout·Sound EditorC.C. Stevens·Sound RecordistMuir Mathieson·Conductor
Art & Design· 2
John Stoll·Production DesignBob Lawrance·Makeup Artist
Production· 3
George Maynard·ProducerEarl St. John·Executive ProducerJohn Dark·Production Manager
Other Departments· 1
Sydney Pearson·Special Effects
By the Numbers
55.2
OF 100
Master Score
5.5
OF 10
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