The Captain's Paradise

The Captain's Paradise

He makes two-timing an art...and gets away with it

1953 · 94 min · ★ 5.7 · Romance, Comedy, Drama

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.

Directed by Anthony Kimmins · Written by Alec Coppel

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