The Captain's Paradise(1953)
He makes two-timing an art...and gets away with it
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.
Movie: The Captain's Paradise
Top 10 Billed Cast
Captain Henry St. James
Nita St. James
Maud St. James
Chief Officer Ricco
Lawrence St. James
Bob
The Major
Absalom (taxi driver)
The Sheikh
Ali (vendor)
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