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The Captain's Paradise(1953)
Status: Released
Date: 1953-06-09
52%
21 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
He makes two-timing an art...and gets away with it
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
London Films Productions
British Lion Films
Movie: The Captain's Paradise
Top 10 Billed Cast
Alec Guinness
Captain Henry St. James
Yvonne De Carlo
Nita St. James
Celia Johnson
Maud St. James
Charles Goldner
Chief Officer Ricco
Miles Malleson
Lawrence St. James
Walter Crisham
Bob
Nicholas Phipps
The Major
Bill Fraser
Absalom (taxi driver)
Ferdy Mayne
The Sheikh
Sebastian Cabot
Ali (vendor)
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