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The Captain's Paradise

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The Captain's Paradise
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1hr 29min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1953
Director:
Anthony Kimmins
Distributor:
Anchor Bay
Starring:
Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson  ...more
Synopsis: 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 and ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
The Captain's Paradise is not one of the legendary Ealing Studios films which Alec Guinness made in the 1950's, but it's from the same era and has much the same feeling. It also is somewhat more forced and direct than the Ealing offerings, which tended to glide about a bit before landing on their comic targets. This is a forgivable shortcoming in what is otherwise a bright and engaging comedy. While ... Full Review
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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
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