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The captain's paradise [Motion picture] / Canal+Image uk ltd. directed and produced by Anthony Kimmins ; screenplay by Alec Coppel and Nicholas Phipps ; original story by Alec Coppe l.

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Material type: Film

FilmSeries: The Alec Gunness CollectionPublication details: USA : Distributed Anchoer Bay Entertanment , 1953Description: 1 DVD (88 min.) : b&w ; 4 3/4 plgSubject(s):

DDC classification:

DVD 791.43 KIM

LOC classification:

FCB 5088-5089 (viewing print)
FGA 1781-1789 (viewing print)

Production credits:

Director:Anthony Kimmins ; Director of photography, Ted Scaife ; film editor, G. Turney-Smith ; music composed by Malcolm Arnold.

Cast: Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson, Charles Goldner, Miles Malleson, Bill Fraser, Walter Crisham, Ferdy Mayne, Nicholas Phipps, Sebastian Cabot.Summary: Henry St. James, philosophic captain of a steamer plying between Gibraltar and Kalik in North Africa, has discovered the perfect way of life; placid, domestic Maud supplies him with slippers and rissoles in Gibraltar, whilst in Kalik, exciting Nita is on hand with love, champagne, and feet forever itching to rumba. His idyll crumbles, however, before the ladies' rebellion against their too-rigidly appointed roles, and unable to incorporate into his perfectionist's scheme either the anxious offer of rissoles by Nita, or the cravings of Maud for the dance floor, he is finally deserted by both.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Multimedia	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	DVD 791.43 KIM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		033584

Director:Anthony Kimmins ; Director of photography, Ted Scaife ; film editor, G. Turney-Smith ; music composed by Malcolm Arnold.

Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson, Charles Goldner, Miles Malleson, Bill Fraser, Walter Crisham, Ferdy Mayne, Nicholas Phipps, Sebastian Cabot.

Henry St. James, philosophic captain of a steamer plying between Gibraltar and Kalik in North Africa, has discovered the perfect way of life; placid, domestic Maud supplies him with slippers and rissoles in Gibraltar, whilst in Kalik, exciting Nita is on hand with love, champagne, and feet forever itching to rumba. His idyll crumbles, however, before the ladies' rebellion against their too-rigidly appointed roles, and unable to incorporate into his perfectionist's scheme either the anxious offer of rissoles by Nita, or the cravings of Maud for the dance floor, he is finally deserted by both.

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