The Captain's Paradise

The Captain's Paradise

94 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Sept. 28, 1953

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.

The Captain's Paradise

94 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Sept. 28, 1953

The Captain's Paradise
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers British Lion Films, London Film Productions
Original title The Captain's Paradise
Directors Anthony Kimmins, Jack Causey
Writers Nicholas Phipps, Alec Coppel

Cast

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

Nicholas Phipps

as The Major

Bill Fraser

as Absalom (taxi driver)

Ferdy Mayne

as The Sheikh

Sebastian Cabot

as Ali (vendor)

Peter Bull

as Kalikan firing-squad officer

Roger Delgado

as Kalikan Policeman

Ambrosine Phillpotts

as Marjorie

Henry B. Longhurst

as Professor Killick

Bernard Rebel

as Mr. Wheeler