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
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It's kind of a clunker, actually, one that not even the usually dependable Orson Welles can salvage.
...it's not all bad, just distressingly hammy.
This movie has some of the greatest actresses (to whom I am not related) ever and was a great success. A family movie that will be enjoyed by all things great and small.
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