The bigamist captain of a ferry boat between the restricted British colony in Gibraltar and Spanish Morocco has a woman of differing appeal and temperament in each port.
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| Alec Guinness | ... | Captain Henry St. James | |
| Yvonne De Carlo | ... | Nita St. James | |
| Celia Johnson | ... | Maud St. James | |
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Charles Goldner | ... | Chief Officer Ricco |
| Miles Malleson | ... | Lawrence St. James | |
| Walter Crisham | ... | Bob | |
| Nicholas Phipps | ... | The Major | |
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Bill Fraser | ... | Absalom (taxi driver) |
| Ferdy Mayne | ... | The Sheikh | |
| Sebastian Cabot | ... | Ali (Vendor) | |
| Peter Bull | ... | Kalikan firing-squad officer | |
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Claudia Grey | ... | Susan Dailey |
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Ann Heffernan | ... | Daphne Bligh (as Ann Hefferman) |
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Arthur Gomez | ... | Chief steward |
| George Benson | ... | Mr. Salmon | |
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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. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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28 September 1953 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Capt. Henry St. James: There, Professor, I must raise a small cry of protest.
Prof. Killick: I ignore it. Mankind has consistently misused science, ever since Prometheus brought down fire from Heaven.
Capt. Henry St. James: In my opinion... I was just going to say, that the only hope for civilization...
Prof. Killick: [Interrupting] There isn't any!
Capt. Henry St. James: ...is that every device of science - radio, television, all of them - shall be ...
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Professional dancer Yvonne De Carlo persuaded director Anthony Kimmins to talk Alec Guinness into doing the mambo with her in a night club sequence. Guinness, not usually thought of as a physical actor, consented to a week's worth of dance lessons from De Carlo and the sequence is one of the film's highlights. See more »Goofs
The shots of the ship at night are obviously of a model, as can be seen by the movement of the sea at the bow. See more »Quotes
Prof. Killick: [With Capt. St. James and others at table in the ship's dining room] Captain, the trouble with the human race is, that it's entirely sub-human.Capt. Henry St. James: There, Professor, I must raise a small cry of protest.
Prof. Killick: I ignore it. Mankind has consistently misused science, ever since Prometheus brought down fire from Heaven.
Capt. Henry St. James: In my opinion... I was just going to say, that the only hope for civilization...
Prof. Killick: [Interrupting] There isn't any!
Capt. Henry St. James: ...is that every device of science - radio, television, all of them - shall be ...
[...]
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The Captains Paradise is a charming delightful comedy.
Alec Guiness is wonderful as always, this time as a ferry-boat Captain, ferrying between Gibralter & Morrocco,(Kalik in film). he happens to have a wife in Gibralter (Celia Johnson) & a lover in Morrocco (Yvonne deCarlo). Censors at the time did not allow him to have 2 wives at same time. It would be a spoiler to tell you more. This was filmed on location (filming on actual sites was still somewhat of a rarity in 1953. Gibralter & Tangier were very picturesque & it did add to the enjoyment.
The running time is only 86 minutes which is perfect timing for this type comedy. If this was made today, they would drag it out to near the 2 hour mark.
Rating *** (out of 4) points 88 (out of 100) IMDb 8 (out of 10)