The Captain's Paradise Page #3

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.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Anthony Kimmins
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Year:
1953
94 min
150 Views


OTHERWISE,

I'M NO USE ON THE BRIDGE.

[ Chuckles ]

COME ON, DARLING.

GOOD NIGHT, MARJORIE.

GOOD NIGHT.

[ Both ]

GOOD NIGHT.

???? [ Classical ]

HAPPIEST COUPLE ON THE ROCK.

EVERYONE SAYS SO.

OH, SECOND HAPPIEST,

OF COURSE, I MEAN, DARLING.

[ Chuckles ]

JIMMY, YOU SLOW !

COME ON, CATCH ME !

[ Henry, Faint ]

[ Laughing ]

JIMMY.

NO ! NO ! STOP !

STOP !

[ Screams ]

GO ON, GET WET !

OHH ! JIMMY, NO !

[ Speaking Spanish ]

[ Speaking Spanish ]

JIMMY, NO !

WE GO AND EAT NOW,

JIMMY.

[ Jimmy ]

COME ON, ABSALOM,

WAKE UP.

YOU'RE GOING TO STARVE US.

FULL SPEED. WE'RE HUNGRY.

NO.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

YOU, BOIL AN EGG ?

[ Laughing ]

[ Speaking Spanish ]

ANYTHING YOU LIKE.

TO MUSTAPHA'S.

[ Spanish ]

[ Ricco ]

AND SO YOU SEE,

HE WAS A GENIUS.

A GENIUS.

YES ?

[ Knock On Door ]

- WHAT ?

- THE PASSENGER LIST,CAPITAN.

I SAY I'M NOT TO BE DISTURBED.

TAKE IT AWAY.

THROW IT OVERBOARD.

THROW YOURSELF OVERBOARD.

THROW THE PASSENGERS OVERBOARD.

PASSENGERS. MM.

AT A TIME LIKE THIS.

THE CAPTAIN'S BODY

IS LYING IN THE DUST.

YES, BUT WHAT I'M

TRYING TO GET AT IS WHY

HIS BODY IS LYING IN THE DUST.

NOW, WHAT HAPPENED ?

OH, REALLY.

NOTHING.

NO, NO. EVERYTHING

ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.

SOMETIMES THE CAPTAIN

MAKES ONE OR TWO MISTAKES,

BUT HE'S ALWAYS

PUTS THEM RIGHT AGAIN.

WHAT KIND OF MISTAKES ?

YOU WANT ME:

TO TELL YOU THE STORY ?

PLEASE.

NOW, PLEASE,

DO NOT INTERRUPT.

FOR YEARS NOW, THE CAPTAIN

LIVED IN HIS PARADISE.

AND THEN,

EVERYTHING PERFECT,

EVERYONE HAPPY,

HE GETS--

HOW YOU SAY--

A LITTLE CARELESS.

GOOD-BYE.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

[ Speaking Spanish ]

OH.

[ Whistles ]

[ Woman ]

JIMMY !

WELCOME HOME, JIMMY.

AMOR MIO.

OH, WHAT IT IS ?

VERY CHIC, VERY SAUCY.

OH.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

OH, JIMMY,

IS WONDERFUL, THIS.

I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT.

HOW YOU DID KNOW ?

OH, INSTINCT.

[ Laughing ]

THAT FOOL, ALI.

I DIDN'T SAY APRON.

WHY YOU LAUGH ?

I SAID BIKINI.

YOU LAUGH AT ME.

NO, NO, DARLING.

I LOOK FUNNY,SI,

BUT I FEEL GOOD.

GOOD ?

AT LAST MY JIMMY UNDERSTAND.

UNDERSTAND ?

YOU GIVE ME THIS

SO I COOK FOR YOU,SI ?

COOK ?

I SHOW YOU.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

DARLING,

THERE'S BEEN A MISTAKE.

MISTAKE ?

YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.

SI.

YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL ARMS,

BEAUTIFUL HAIR,

BEAUTIFUL HANDS,

BEAUTIFUL FEET,

BEAUTIFUL FIGURE,

BEAUTIFUL FACE.

THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU TOO, JIMMY.

NOW I COOK.

BUT, DARLING, IF YOU COOK,

ALL THAT BEAUTY WILL VANISH.

VANISH ?

YOUR BEAUTIFUL FINGERS

WILL BECOME OLD AND WRINKLED.

WRINKLED ?

[ Speaking Spanish ]

[ Spanish Continues ]

WHAT'S KALIKAN FOR

"BALD AS A COOT" ?

MY HAIR DROP OUT ?

SI.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

WASHING AND DRYING...

[ Speaking Spanish ]

OH, NO, JIMMY.

HAPPENS TO ALL WOMEN.

AND NOT ONLY BEHIND.

BASTA, BASTA !

THAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME ?

OH.

WELL, NEVER MIND.

LET'S HAVE SOME CHAMPAGNE.

SI.

YOU MEAN I GROW OLD AND UGLY.

ONLY IF YOU COOK.

[ Chattering

In Native Language ]

ALI.

OH,CAPITAN,

I SO SORRY I MAKE MISTAKE.

YOU DID, INDEED.

PUT ME IN A TRICKY POSITION.

AN APRON.

IT WAS PRESEN FOR MY OLD MOTHER.

TOMORROW IS HER BIRTHDAY.

VERY IMPORTANT.

HERE. THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE.

YOU SURE IT IS ?

OH, YES, LOOK.

OH, YES, VERY NICE.

OKAY, ALI, I'LL GIVE I TO MADAME NEXT TIME.

YOU GIVE ME:

BACK THE APRON,CAPITAN.

NO, I'LL HOLD ONTO THAT.

UH, YOU KEEP THAT ?

YES. A PRESEN FOR SOMEONE IN GIBRALTAR.

OKAY,CAPITAN.

I GIVE MY OLD MOTHER CIGARS.

GOOD MORNING,CAPITAN.

GOOD MORNING, PEDRO.

MORNING, RICCO.

MORNING, CAPTAIN.

OH, YOU BRING PRESENT ?

UH, YES.

FOR SOMEBODY IN GIBRALTAR ?

MM. UH...

A PRESENT FOR MY OLD MOTHER.

IT'S HER BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

I MUST TELL THE CAPTAIN.

OTHERWISE, WE CANNOT LEAVE.

THE TELEPHONE IS OUT OF ORDER.

[ Ricco ] THE SHIP

WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SAIL--

WHAT'S ALL THE TROUBLE ?

GOOD EVENING, MAJOR.

HE WANTS TO GET IN TOUCH

WITH THECAPITAN,SIR.

AN ENGINE IS BROKE.

THE CAPTAIN ORDERS SPARE PARTS

OR WE CANNOT LEAVE TOMORROW.

I SHALL BE PASSING HIS WAY.

I'LL LET HIM KNOW.

THANK YOU.

WILL YOU TELL THE CAPTAIN

WE WANT TWO NEW PISTON RINGS

FOR CIRCULATING PUMP ?

TWO NEW PISTON RINGS

FOR THE CIRCULATING PUMP.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

THREE-SIXTEENTHS

BY-BY-BY ONE-FIVE-EIGHTHS

SPLIT MANGANESE BRONZE.

THREE-SIXTEENTHS BY--

BY ONE-FIVE-EIGHTHS.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

[ Speaking Spanish ]

OH, WHOA, WHOA.

YOU BETTER COME:

AND TELL HIM YOURSELF.

BUT HAS NOT A PASS, SIR.

OH, IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'LL LOOK AFTER HIM.

THANK YOU, MAJOR.

UH, THE CAPTAIN LEF A PARCEL BEHIND.

[ Horn Honks ]

NOT MUCH NIGHTLIFE

HERE, I'M AFRAID.

OH, IN KALIK,

EVERYBODY UP ALL NIGHT.

DANCING, DRINKING.

I'D LIKE TO GO OVER,

BUT MY WIFE ISN'T MUCH

OF A NIGHT BIRD.

NOT LIKE:

MADAME ST. JAMES, HUH ?

HUH ? OH, I DON' KNOW ABOUT THAT.

OH, HERE WE ARE.

I'LL JUST INSPECT THE PICKE AT EUROPA POINT...

AND THEN I'LL COME BACK

AND COLLECT YOU.

THANK YOU, MAJOR.

[ Doorbell Rings ]

EXCUSE ME, I--

I WISH TO SPEAK:

TO CAPTAIN ST. JAMES.

I'M AFRAID HE'S ASLEEP.

BUT-BUT I MUST SPEAK TO HIM.

IS IT URGENT ?

HE DOESN'T LIKE BEING

DISTURBED, YOU KNOW ?

OH, VERY, VERY URGENT.

UNLESS CAPTAIN FIXES,

GOLDEN FLEECE:

CANNOT LEAVE TOMORROW.

OH.

OH, WELL, IN THAT CASE,

WON'T YOU COME IN ?

THANK YOU.

I WON'T KEEP YOU A SECOND.

THIS WILL GET SPOILED

IF I'M NOT CAREFUL.

WHAT IS IT ?

PORRIDGE. CAPTAIN LOVES

IT FOR BREAKFAST.

YOU NEVER TRIED IT ?

NO. HOW COULD I ?

IN KALIK, WE ONLY HAVE

COFFEE FOR BREAKFAST...

AND IN GIBRALTAR,

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED ASHORE.

OH, NO, OF COURSE NOT.

I'LL TELL HIM.

YOU WORK LATE HERE, NO ?

SOMETIMES.

WHEN DOES THE CAPTAIN

GIVE YOU HOLIDAY, HUH ?

HOLIDAY ?

YES. YOU COME OVER TO KALIK,

THEN COOK PORRIDGE FOR ME.

[ Nervous Giggle ]

GOOD IDEA.

UH, WHO SHALL I SAY ?

RICCO.

OH, YES.

I'VE HEARD OF YOU.

UH, PSST.

CARLOS TO YOU.

HMM.

HENRY, THERE'S

A MAN TO SEE YOU.

IT'S ABOU THEGOLDEN FLEECE.

HE SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT.

IT'S RICCO.

RICCO ?

WHERE ?

DOWNSTAIRS.

YOU STAY HERE.

NO, I CAN'T, DARLING.

YOUR PORRIDGE WILL BE BURNED.

HE'S JUST COMING.

OH, THAT'S GOOD.

WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS ?

YOU'VE NO PASSPORT--

THE MAJOR SAY IT OKAY.

HE GAVE ME A LIFT.

MAJOR ? WHY ?

CIRCULATING PUMP

BROKEN DOWN, CAPTAIN.

UNLESS YOU CAN CALL

THE BRITISH DOCKYARDS FOR,

UH, NEW PISTON RINGS,

LUBRICATING WICKS AND--

UH, VERY NICE COOK

YOU GOT HERE.

OH, YES. YES.

I BETTER GET AHOLD OF

THE CAPTAIN OF THE DOCKYARDS.

YOU GET BACK TO THE SHIP

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I MUST NO GO ALONE, MAJOR SAID.

HE'S COMING BACK HIMSELF.

FINE.

THEN HE CAN TAKE YOU DOWN TOO.

YOU GO GET DRESSED, HENRY,

AND I'LL GIVE RICCO

A GLASS OF BEER.

OH, NO. RICCO

BETTER COME WITH ME.

IF HE'S NOT ALLOWED

TO BE LEFT ALONE

AND THE MAJOR FOUND OUT--

I'LL LOOK AFTER HIM.

GO ON, HENRY.

YES, PLEASE.

BESIDES, I WANT TO HEAR

ALL ABOUT KALIK.

NOT NOW. COME ON, RICCO.

OH, REALLY, HENRY.

YOU'RE WORSE THAN USUAL.

IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME.

WHENEVER MY HUSBAND WAKES UP

OUT OF A DEEP SLEEP,

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Alec Coppel

Alec Coppel (17 September 1907 – 22 January 1972) was an Australian-born screenwriter, novelist and playwright. He spent the majority of his career in London and Hollywood, specialising in light thrillers, mysteries and sex comedies. He is best known for the films Vertigo (1958), The Captain's Paradise (1953), Mr Denning Drives North (1951) and Obsession (1949), and the plays I Killed the Count and The Gazebo. more…

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