Ferry to Hong Kong (1961)

Mark Conrad a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights Hes sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan a ferry owned by Captain Hart Conrads 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 Its 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 drifters life and becoming a man again