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57% Critic Match
The Captain's Paradise
“He makes two-timing an art...and gets away with it”
5.7 / 10• 1953• 1h 34m•NR• English
RomanceComedyDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Alec Guinness
Captain Henry St. James
Lead
Yvonne De Carlo
Nita St. James
Celia Johnson
Maud St. James
CG
Charles Goldner
Chief Officer Ricco
Miles Malleson
Lawrence St. James
Walter Crisham
Bob
Nicholas Phipps
The Major
Bill Fraser
Absalom (taxi driver)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Anthony Kimmins's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Captain's Paradise is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
