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.
Key facts
Cast
Curd Jurgens, Sylvia Syms, Orson Welles
Original language
English
Production companies
The Rank Organisation
Setting
Macau
Filming locations
Pinewood Studios
Crew
Editing
Otto Heller, Peter Hunt
Stills
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Versions & editions
| Original version (English) |
Full credits
| Director | Lewis Gilbert |
| Cast | Curd Jurgens, Sylvia Syms, Orson Welles |
| Editing | Otto Heller, Peter Hunt |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
