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The Captain's Paradise 1953 3 stars

    N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anthony Kimmins
Cast: Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson, Charles Goldner, Peter Bull, Bill Fraser, Miles Malleson, Ferdy Mayne, Nicholas Phipps, Sebastian Cabot, Walter Crisham, Roger Delgado, Victor Fairley, Tutte Lemkow, Ambrosine Phillpotts

  This film is a comedy about Capt. Henry St. James (Alec Guinness) who is the captain of a steamer sailing regularly between Gibraltar and North Africa. He solves the problem of loneliness when away from home by having two wives. Maude (Celia Johnson) lives in Gibraltar, and Nita (Yvonne De Carlo) is in Tangiers. Problems rise to the fore when both women change their minds about the way they want to live, and Henry is left with no wives.

Cast
Alec Guinness	Capt. Henry St. James
Yvonne De Carlo	Nita St. James
Celia Johnson	Maud St. James
Charles Goldner	Chief Officer Ricco
Peter Bull	Kalikan-firing-squad officer
Bill Fraser	Absalom
Miles Malleson	Lawrence St. James
Ferdy Mayne	The Sheikh
Nicholas Phipps	The Major
Sebastian Cabot	Ali
Walter Crisham	Bob
Roger Delgado	Kalikan Policeman
Victor Fairley	Customs Official
Tutte Lemkow	Principal Dancer
Ambrosine Phillpotts	Majorie

Illegal 1932 1 and a half stars

    N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William C. McGann
Cast: Isobel Elsom, D.A. Clarke-Smith, Margot Grahame, Ivor Barnard, Moira Lynd, Edgar Norfolk, Wally Patch, Arthur Goullet, Margaret Damer, Victor Fairley

  Evelyn (Isobel Elsom) kicks her no-good husband, Albert (Ivor Barnard), out of the house and then opens up a night club offering illegal gambling and liquor. Her business works–until Albert returns, and complications ensue.

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1. The Captain's Paradise (1953)
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