The Captain's Paradise
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1953-06-09
Runtime: 94 mins
Director: Anthony Kimmins
Spoken language: English
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original title: The Captain's Paradise
Production Companies: London Films Productions, British Lion Films
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Cast
Alec Guinness
Yvonne De Carlo
Celia Johnson
Charles Goldner
Miles Malleson
Walter Crisham
Nicholas Phipps
Bill Fraser
Ferdy Mayne
Sebastian Cabot
Peter Bull
Roger Delgado
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Henry B. Longhurst
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