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Ferry to Hong Kong

Ferry to Hong Kong
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This film was made at least partly in Hong Kong with Lewis Gilbert as the Director. He also made the Battle Of Britain film and a couple of James Bond epics. A website review of the film claims that there are very good aerial shots of Hong Kong as in the war Gilbert had been an RAF aerial camerman. This Rank Organisation film does not appear to be availble on Video or DVD and appears not to have been shown on TV on any regular basis. It would be interesting to see late 1950s Hong Kong in Cinemascope.

 

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Thursday, January 1, 1959

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It is available on video, I have a copy.

Just checked again on Amazon and there are now a few DVDs available from Germany which are stated to have a dual language option. The price is higher than normal but I'll give it a go. 

I remember meeting Orson Wells and his wife Sylivia Syms  in the Repulse Bay Hotel restaurant. Their daughter of about 4 years old was kicking up a fuss, and our newborn was sleeping quietly in her basket by our table; Orson Wells admonished his girl by saying "look at how good this little girl is!". Happy days.

Bob