As a lifetime devotee of Orson Welles I am prepared to watch him in anything even when common sense warns that a given title is total rubbish. Accordingly I watched this many moons ago and found it dire. I've just watched it again on television and found it way, way BEYOND dire. Apparently Welles and Jurgens fell out during shooting; Jurgens thought they were making a serious drama (no one said actors need to be intelligent) and after reading the script Welles realised the only chance they had - and that was remote - was to play it as farce. In a desperate effort to salvage SOMETHING they even ripped off The Captain's Paradise by having Noel Purcell (it is to laugh) attempt to eclipse Alec Guiness by having a wife in both Hong Kong and Macau. Strictly banjo-pics.
Review of Ferry to Hong Kong
