Ferry to Hong Kong

Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)

Genres - Action, Adventure  |   Sub-Genres - Adventure Drama, Sea Adventure  |   Release Date - Apr 26, 1961 (USA - Unknown)  |   Run Time - 113 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

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.

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personality, alcoholism, courage, drowning, exile, ferry, friendship, rescue, shipwreck