The Captain's Paradise (1953)
Release Date: Sep 28, 1953 Wide
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Movie Info
In this bright British comedy, we meet Capt. Henry St. James (Alec Guinness) as he stands before a firing squad and then learn of the curious chain of events that brought him to his fate. Henry is a ship's captain ferrying a steamer between Gibraltar and North Africa on a regular basis, and he's taken the notion of "a girl in every port" to a whole new level; he has a wife on each side of the water. In Gibraltar, there's Maude (Celia Johnson), an even-tempered housewife who keeps the house tidy
Sep 28, 1953 Wide
Aug 5, 2003
Cast
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Alec Guinness
Capt. Henry St. James -
Yvonne De Carlo
Nita St. James -
Celia Johnson
Maud St. James -
Charles Goldner
Chief Officer Ricco -
Miles Malleson
Lawrence St. James -
Peter Bull
Kalikan Officer -
Tutte Lemkow
Principal Dancer -
Ann Heffernan
Daphne Bligh -
Walter Crisham
Bob -
Robert A'Dair
3rd Customs Official -
Joss Ambler
Prof. Ebbart -
Michael Balfour
2nd Customs Official -
Joyce Barbour
Mrs. Reid -
George Benson
Salmon -
Sebastian Cabot
Ali -
Roger Delgado
Kalikan Policeman -
Bill Fraser
Absalom -
Claudia Gray
Susan Dailey -
Andrea Malandrinos
Maitre d'Hotel -
Ferdinand "Ferdy" Mayne
Sheikh -
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Marjorie -
Nicholas Phipps
Major -
Victor Fairley
Customs Official -
Catherina Ferraz
Shopowner -
Arthur Gomez
Chief Steward -
Henry Longhurst
Prof. Killick -
Bernard Rebel
Mr. Wheeler -
Armando Guinle
Chief Engineer -
Roy Purcell
Officer of the Watch -
Alejandro Martínez
Guitarist
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All Critics (8) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (1) | DVD (5)
Starring Alec Guinness, this mildly entertaining British comedy was nominated for the Motion Picture Story Oscar.
Disappointing lighthearted one-note sexual farce about a bigamist
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
Audience Reviews for The Captain's Paradise
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Even though it is more windup than payoff, "The Captain's Paradise" is still a witty and breezy farce that is ahead of its time in exploring gender relations. Here, the joke is on Henry as he underestimates not one but two women which while certainly no record is still very impressive.(Relax, I don't think I'm giving anything away by saying that since we do know he will end up in front of a firing squad but how he gets there might surprise you.) Henry might think of his life as perfect, containing the best of all worlds, including male camaraderie, and, admittedly, it is a rather clever idea. But if he were as smart as he thought he was, then he would have found a cure for cancer.
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Foreign Titles
- The Captain's Paradise (1953) (DE)
- The Captain's Paradise (1953) (CA)
