The Captain's Paradise

The Captain's Paradise (1953)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (201 ratings)

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… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 29 min.
Directed By
Anthony Kimmins
Genres
Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Sep 28, 1953 Wide
On DVD
Aug 5, 2003

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Disappointing lighthearted one-note sexual farce about a bigamist

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Lacks something of the charm of the Ealing films -- though it's hard to pinpoint why -- it's an all-too-often-overlooked Guinness film that deserves rediscovery

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • jay n


    Cute comedy, Guinness is smooth as always, Yvonne DeCarlo besides being stunning proves herself adroit at comedy.

  • Walter M


    "The Captain's Paradise" starts with Henry St. James(Alec Guinness) calmly asking the firing squad to please hurry up as he has other places to be, while matter of factly refusing a blindfold. His uncle Lawrence(Miles Malleson), who just missed Henry, is told by… More

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