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The Captain's Paradise

Play trailer Poster for The Captain's Paradise 1953,  1h 20m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Captain Henry St. James heads a ferryboat that regularly moves between Gibraltar and North Africa, and he has a different life in each location. In Gibraltar, he is married to Maud, a subdued and dedicated housewife. In Morocco, he has another wife, the tempestuous Nita, who enjoys the fast-paced nightlife. Henry enjoys this arrangement, with neither woman knowing of the other, until both women become dissatisfied with their one-sided lives.

Critics Reviews

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Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Oct 16, 2019
Alec Guinness scores again, this time as a subtle sea dog who believes that civilized bigamy is man's key to happiness. The basic joke seldom runs thin in this roguish British comedy. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 22, 2012
B-
Starring Alec Guinness, this mildly entertaining British comedy was nominated for the Motion Picture Story Oscar. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews May 5, 2009
C+
Disappointing lighthearted one-note sexual farce about a bigamist Go to Full Review
Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS) Feb 18, 2007
4/5
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Aug 14, 2003
3.5/5
Lacks something of the charm of the Ealing films -- though it's hard to pinpoint why -- it's an all-too-often-overlooked Guinness film that deserves rediscovery Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Anthony Kimmins

Director

Alec Guinness

Captain Henry St. James

Yvonne De Carlo

Nita St. James

Celia Johnson

Maud St. James

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Movie Info

Synopsis Captain Henry St. James heads a ferryboat that regularly moves between Gibraltar and North Africa, and he has a different life in each location. In Gibraltar, he is married to Maud, a subdued and dedicated housewife. In Morocco, he has another wife, the tempestuous Nita, who enjoys the fast-paced nightlife. Henry enjoys this arrangement, with neither woman knowing of the other, until both women become dissatisfied with their one-sided lives.
Director
Anthony Kimmins
Distributor
Lopert Pictures Corp., British Lion Films Ltd.
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 28, 1953, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 19, 2002
Runtime
1h 20m
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