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The Captain's Paradise

RomanceComedyDrama

The Captain's Paradise

He makes two-timing an art...and gets away with it

5.7TMDB19531h 34m

TMDB5.7/10 · 25 votes

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TMDB5.7/10 · 25 votes

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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.

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Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Captain Henry St. James

Yvonne De Carlo

Yvonne De Carlo

Nita St. James

Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson

Maud St. James

Charles Goldner

Charles Goldner

Chief Officer Ricco

Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

Lawrence St. James

Walter Crisham

Walter Crisham

Bob

Nicholas Phipps

Nicholas Phipps

The Major

Bill Fraser

Bill Fraser

Absalom (taxi driver)

Ferdy Mayne

Ferdy Mayne

The Sheikh

Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot

Ali (vendor)

Peter Bull

Peter Bull

Kalikan firing-squad officer

Roger Delgado

Roger Delgado

Kalikan Policeman

Ambrosine Phillpotts

Ambrosine Phillpotts

Marjorie

Henry B. Longhurst

Henry B. Longhurst

Professor Killick

Bernard Rebel

Bernard Rebel

Mr. Wheeler

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Anthony Kimmins

Anthony Kimmins

Director

Nicholas Phipps

Nicholas Phipps

Screenplay

Alec Coppel

Alec Coppel

Screenplay, Story

Edward Scaife

Edward Scaife

Director of Photography

Malcolm Arnold

Malcolm Arnold

Original Music Composer

Gerald Turney-Smith

Gerald Turney-Smith

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Director: Anthony Kimmins
Released: 1953
Runtime: 1h 34m
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Scores: TMDB5.7/10 · 25 votes