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The Captain's Paradise

He makes two-timing an art...and gets away with it

5.4

1953•1h 34m

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.

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Cast

Photo of Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Captain Henry St. James

Photo of Yvonne De Carlo

Yvonne De Carlo

Nita St. James

Photo of Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson

Maud St. James

Photo of Charles Goldner

Charles Goldner

Chief Officer Ricco

Photo of Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

Lawrence St. James

Photo of Walter Crisham

Walter Crisham

Bob

Photo of Nicholas Phipps

Nicholas Phipps

The Major

Photo of Bill Fraser

Bill Fraser

Absalom (taxi driver)

Photo of Ferdy Mayne

Ferdy Mayne

The Sheikh

Photo of Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot

Ali (vendor)

Photo of Peter Bull

Peter Bull

Kalikan firing-squad officer

Photo of Roger Delgado

Roger Delgado

Kalikan Policeman

Photo of Ambrosine Phillpotts

Ambrosine Phillpotts

Marjorie

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