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63% Critic Match
Manuela
“One Lone Girl in a Sea-World of Violent Men”
6.3 / 10• 1957• 1h 33m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and he’s sick to death of carting goods back and forth across the world. Then he meets Manuela, a beautiful native girl smuggled on board by one of his crew, and comes to realise that she, too, is a lost soul. Gradually a love affair develops between them, and Prothero becomes dangerously blind to the responsibilities of his position.
Cast & Crew
Trevor Howard
James Prothero
Lead
Elsa Martinelli
Manuela Hunt
Pedro Armendáriz
Mario Constanza
Donald Pleasence
Evans
Jack MacGowran
Tommy
LW
Leslie Weston
Bleloch
Warren Mitchell
Moss
Christopher Lee
Voice (voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Guy Hamilton's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Manuela is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
