The Captain's Paradise
He makes two-timing an art...and gets away with it
1953 · 1h 34m · N/A
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Anthony Kimmins
Overview
Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers. A perfect life. As long as neither woman decides to follow him to the other port.
Director and cast
- Anthony Kimmins Director
- Alec Guinness as Captain Henry St. James
- Yvonne De Carlo as Nita St. James
- Celia Johnson as Maud St. James
- Charles Goldner as Chief Officer Ricco
- Miles Malleson as Lawrence St. James
- Walter Crisham as Bob
- Nicholas Phipps as The Major
- Bill Fraser as Absalom (taxi driver)
- Ferdy Mayne as The Sheikh
- Sebastian Cabot as Ali (vendor)
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