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.
Curd Jürgens
as Mark Bertram Conrad
Orson Welles
as Captain Hart
Sylvia Syms
as Liz Ferrers
Jeremy Spenser
as Miguel Henriques
Noel Purcell
as Joe Skinner
Margaret Withers
as Miss Carter
Roy Chiao
as Johnny Sing-Up
Milton Reid
as Yen
Shelley Shen
as Foo Soo
John Wallace
as Police Inspector
Ronald Decent
as Portuguese Major
Don Carlos
as Archdeacon
