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Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
26 audience votes
Key crew
- Alec CoppelScreenplay
- Nicholas PhippsScreenplay
- Anthony KimminsDirector
- Malcolm ArnoldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alec GuinnessCaptain Henry St. James
- Yvonne De CarloNita St. James
- Celia JohnsonMaud St. James
- Charles GoldnerChief Officer Ricco
- Miles MallesonLawrence St. James
- Walter CrishamBob
- Nicholas PhippsThe Major
- Bill FraserAbsalom (taxi driver)
- Ferdy MayneThe Sheikh
- Sebastian CabotAli (vendor)
- Peter BullKalikan firing-squad officer
- Roger DelgadoKalikan Policeman
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Themes
black and white