The Captain's Paradise (1953)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.1/10   

Director:

Anthony Kimmins

Escritores:

Alec Coppel (story)
Alec Coppel (writer) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

28 septiembre 1953 (USA)

Género:

Comedia

Frase comercial:

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

Plot:

The bigamist captain of a ferry boat between the restricted British colony in Gibralter and Spanish Morocco has a woman of differing appeal and temperament in each port.

Plot Keywords:

Morocco | Ferry Boat | Tangiers | Bigamist | Gibraltar

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A true comic delight....

Reparto

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
Walter Crisham	...	Bob
Nicholas Phipps	...	The Major
Bill Fraser	...	Absalom (taxi driver)
Ferdy Mayne	...	The Sheikh
Sebastian Cabot	...	Ali (vendor)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Robert Adair	...	Customs official #3
Joss Ambler	...	Prof. Ebbart
Paul Armstrong	...	Deck officer
Michael Balfour	...	Customs official #2
Joyce Barbour	...	Mrs. Reid (housekeeper)
George Benson	...	Mr. Salmon
Peter Bull	...	Kalikan firing-squad officer
Roger Delgado	...	Kalikan policeman
Jacinta Dicks	...	Flower seller
Victor Fairley	...	Customs official #1
Catherina Ferraz	...	Shopkeeper
Arthur Gomez	...	Chief steward
Claudia Grey	...	Susan Dailey
Armand Guinle	...	Chief engineer
Ann Hefferman	...	Daphne Bligh
Raymond Hoole	...	Storekeeper
Tutte Lemkow	...	Principal dancer
Henry B. Longhurst	...	Prof. Killick
Andreas Malandrinos	...	Maitre d'Hotel (as Andre Malandrinos)
Alejandro Martínez	...	Guitarist
Ambrosine Phillpotts	...	Majorie (with the major)
Bernard Rebel	...	Mr. Wheeler

También conocida como:

Paradise
The Captain's Progress
El paraíso del capitán (Spain) [es]

Duración:

94 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:Btl | UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (video rating) (1990)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Gibraltar

Compañía:

London Film Productions

Trivialidades:

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.

Citas:

Chief Officer Ricco: Mrs. 'Gibraltar' St. James: she's in there.
Capt. Henry St. James: I know.
Chief Officer Ricco: Madame 'Kalik' St. James: she's also in there.
Capt. Henry St. James: I'm quite aware of the fact.
Chief Officer Ricco: Then what do we do?
Capt. Henry St. James: In the words of a famous English statesman, "We cultivate the faculty of patient expectancy." We wait and see.

Conexiones de Película:

Remade as Coffee, Tea or Me? (1973) (TV)

A true comic delight....

It is difficult to choose among the many comic films put out by the Ealing Studios in the 50's & 60's, but The Captain's Paradise ranks right up there. Alec Guinness is at the top of his comic form as the smug Captain Saint James, whose deviously constructed 'paradise' comes crashing down around him. The story, like all the best comedies, is really a morality tale, with the captain getting his comeuppance, but, in the end, still foxily escaping final judgement. A sparklingly witty script and fine ensemble acting make this one a must-see for devotees of British comedy. I never tire of watching this one.