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Written by James M. Tate / 11/07/2022 / No comments / adventure , comedy , curt jurgens , fifties , lewis gilbert , milton reid , orson welles , sylvia syms

ORSON WELLES IN 'FERRY TO HONG KONG' WITH SYLVIA SYMS

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWcVRKD2i1toiHdHbC0jf6y-6hqN41GYD9yxPip8UORrbM8vwc9RYmZHmBrSFO2AVQiBNyqvX7sSa-cTd0ASKGKMY8PM3SN_Gb12qGvwGS_-euiZJk-WwydWpsH-9i6wv-qu2e8VWTK4cw2Bk-3TPkNE7UMa7dqz590ANt1w3ZaooV93CfrwaUsFN8g/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-03-11+at+4.23.12+AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWcVRKD2i1toiHdHbC0jf6y-6hqN41GYD9yxPip8UORrbM8vwc9RYmZHmBrSFO2AVQiBNyqvX7sSa-cTd0ASKGKMY8PM3SN_Gb12qGvwGS_-euiZJk-WwydWpsH-9i6wv-qu2e8VWTK4cw2Bk-3TPkNE7UMa7dqz590ANt1w3ZaooV93CfrwaUsFN8g/s16000/Screen+Shot+2020-03-11+at+4.23.12+AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closeup of the dragon around the disc menu for FERRY TO HONG KONG Year: 1959</td></tr></tbody></table>British director Lewis Gilbert's FERRY TO HONG KONG could have made a great pilot for a TV series: The premise has 
maverick loafer Mark Conrad, played by  Curd Jürgens, winding up on a 
Ferry from Hong Kong to Macao. Officials at either port won’t let him on
 land so he has to remain a passenger on the Ferry... thus becoming a not-so-accidental, omnipresent tourist...Now for the antagonist: Orson Welles as Captain Hart, an uptight, 
prissy, anal retentive, control freak Captain who runs the boat with a 
iron fist despite his passive/aggressive composure...

adventure, comedy, curt jurgens, fifties, lewis gilbert, milton reid, orson welles, sylvia syms

ORSON WELLES IN 'FERRY TO HONG KONG' WITH SYLVIA SYMS

Closeup of the dragon around the disc menu for FERRY TO HONG KONG Year: 1959 British director Lewis Gilbert's FERRY TO HONG KONG could ...

JANINE GRAY AND GLYN HOUSTON IN 'PANIC' WITH DYSON LOVELL

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdH_B-RQyoc11Uz3hZihyphenhyphen1Twq_lkwzjbJHQ9ucO7WPZBR5s7Telv5pHTWPpkGVF7gv43KH4Bxc5fF9PBw0tA6kKM6mrq0BbmocoR-Gs811ezxGUcYGod58ZHqEIULi81XTbGJh0jC1RIAsTouipSBzZUK3ggni6MhYgj9oQUy9o9E4SQvml4fBRvSS1pFl/s1343/image_245ba5d2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdH_B-RQyoc11Uz3hZihyphenhyphen1Twq_lkwzjbJHQ9ucO7WPZBR5s7Telv5pHTWPpkGVF7gv43KH4Bxc5fF9PBw0tA6kKM6mrq0BbmocoR-Gs811ezxGUcYGod58ZHqEIULi81XTbGJh0jC1RIAsTouipSBzZUK3ggni6MhYgj9oQUy9o9E4SQvml4fBRvSS1pFl/s1600/image_245ba5d2.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: PANIC Year: 1963 Rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>By the end of John Billing's 1963 Neo Noir PANIC, a has-been boxer, who just got a pounding in the ring, is about to be killed by a punk crook in a back alley, and what climaxes into a sparse b-movie was quite complicated and surreal, beginning with what should have been an easy jewelry heist that morphs into the most hackneyed plot device ever... And bad old amnesia's thrust upon lead ingenue Janine Gray, the secretary where the diamond got swiped by a gang plotted by her boyfriend played by an edgy, James Cagney-looking, trumpet-playing loser Dyson Lovell as Johnny, sending two goons including JUNGLE GIRLS lowlife Brian Weske and a mug-faced Stanley Meadows...

boxing, brian weske, british neo noir, duncan lamont, dyson lovell, glyn houston, grazina frame, guido coen, janine gray, john billing, milton reid, paul carpenter, sixties, stanley meadows

JANINE GRAY AND GLYN HOUSTON IN 'PANIC' WITH DYSON LOVELL

Title: PANIC Year: 1963 Rating: **** By the end of John Billing's 1963 Neo Noir PANIC, a has-been boxer, who just got a pounding in the ...

CHRISTOPHER LEE IN HAMMER FILMS 'THE TERROR OF THE TONGS'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvM0Uk_kKQaB3WSKfvXP63jmYBG1QfHCeJkjRj5H0ZxTTMDQKqnVu1mQm22aaD7fZjLxc2g7qVHWe5Vwvz-m9SIEhfHbkeUnP9JcezoDR8XG-G6fT7U5_6X9EnIlhyphenhyphenWm2uObM6QpcRgYy/s1137/Screen+Shot+2021-03-07+at+9.42.24+PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvM0Uk_kKQaB3WSKfvXP63jmYBG1QfHCeJkjRj5H0ZxTTMDQKqnVu1mQm22aaD7fZjLxc2g7qVHWe5Vwvz-m9SIEhfHbkeUnP9JcezoDR8XG-G6fT7U5_6X9EnIlhyphenhyphenWm2uObM6QpcRgYy/s16000/Screen+Shot+2021-03-07+at+9.42.24+PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poster for Hammer's TERROR OF THE TONGS with Christopher Lee Year: 1961</td></tr></tbody></table>Geoffrey Toone, as the hero in Hammer's THE TERROR OF THE TONGS, is an extremely passive one, and displays extremely sparse emotion, even after his daughter's killed by the titular menace played by an "Asianized" Christopher Lee, who also does surprisingly little except for — like many mob chieftains — sitting in a large chair giving orders...It's Marne Maitland's undercover Beggar... providing Toone's British captain in Hong Kong expository information of what to do and when... working the hardest. That's if you don't count the also British-turned-Asian Yvonne Monlaur, who headlined Hammer's previous years' <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2021/03/richie-ramone-of-hammer-dracula.html">BRIDES OF DRACULA</a> and becomes Toone's faithful, lovely yet equally tough/resilient Geisha girl; and future NIGHT CREATURES bald giant Milton Reid as a precursor to the James Bond GOLDFINGER henchman Oddjob...   <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdLSvoz7mR6naSldNzHRbdeJqWX-sBKfScLdnRzf3Jy9CQ378qfIv8lY7hS_OhFsoSUr5Odu0mWIuuhAmqmdviK6bAyY93FUPnLs7oNHWbtKL1XUHp7dRy51k-ebejlCqANnSwipTQzXr/s909/158721804_1193817904380717_1715005062622510856_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="909" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdLSvoz7mR6naSldNzHRbdeJqWX-sBKfScLdnRzf3Jy9CQ378qfIv8lY7hS_OhFsoSUr5Odu0mWIuuhAmqmdviK6bAyY93FUPnLs7oNHWbtKL1XUHp7dRy51k-ebejlCqANnSwipTQzXr/s16000/158721804_1193817904380717_1715005062622510856_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Milton Reid as a Tong Henchman in TERROR OF THE TONGS Movie Rates: ***1/2 </td></tr></tbody></table>In fact, there's a Bond vibe a year before Bond movies existed, but with Toone's sophisticated aura it's more Moore than Connery and, despite the flaws, TERROR is a worthwhile action-packed experience, lacking the thriller-style of the non-horror Hammer entries, replacing suspense with a myriad of fist fights...With little downtime, our intrepid dandy wanders throughout Hong Kong, avoiding various murder attempts from Lee's Tong henchmen while showcasing the terrific looking sets that bring the Asian port-town to splendid reality, the same way Hammer made Victorian-era Europe it's own colorful, timeless playground.

action, christopher lee, espionage, geoffrey toone, hammer films, milton reid, sixties, yvonne monlaur

CHRISTOPHER LEE IN HAMMER FILMS 'THE TERROR OF THE TONGS'

Poster for Hammer's TERROR OF THE TONGS with Christopher Lee Year: 1961 Geoffrey Toone, as the hero in Hammer's THE TERROR OF THE TO...

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