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.
Cast
Curd Jürgens
Mark Bertram Conrad
Orson Welles
Captain Hart
Sylvia Syms
Liz Ferrers
Jeremy Spenser
Miguel Henriques
Noel Purcell
Joe Skinner
Margaret Withers
Miss Carter
Roy Chiao
Johnny Sing-Up
Milton Reid
Yen
Shelley Shen
Foo Soo
John Wallace
Police Inspector
Ronald Decent
Portuguese Major
Don Carlos
Archdeacon
Nick Kendall
2nd Police Inspector
Lam Kwan-San
1st Guardian (as Kwan Shan Lam)
Lucille Soong
The Bride (uncredited)
Crew
Lewis Gilbert
Director, Screenplay
Vernon Harris
Screenplay
Max Catto
Novel
Peter R. Hunt
Editor
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Bert Batt
Assistant Director
Earl St. John
Executive Producer
George Maynard
Producer
John Stoll
Production Design
Harold Haysom
Camera Operator
Bob Lawrance
Makeup Artist
Archie Ludski
Sound Editor
Arthur Ridout
Sound Editor
Bill Daniels
Sound Recordist
C.C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
Sydney Pearson
Special Effects
Kenneth V. Jones
Original Music Composer
John Mortimer
Dialogue
Harry Gillard
Still Photographer
Gladys Goldsmith
Continuity
John Dark
Production Manager
Muir Mathieson
Conductor
