The Captain's Paradise Page #2

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
Actors: Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson, Charles Goldner
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
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Year:
1953
94 min
149 Views

AH,SENOR CAPITAN.

[ Speaking Native Language ]

[ Speaking Spanish ]

CAPTAIN.

CAPTAIN, CAN YOU HELP ME ?

ONE OF MY CASES IS MISSING.

THEY SAY THEY'VE

LOOKED EVERYWHERE.

HAVE YOU PAID THE TAX ?

WHAT TAX ?

THE "LOST LUGGAGE" TAX.

FIFTY ?

FIFTY PESETAS.

FIFTY ?

CINCUENTA.

[ Man ]

CINCUENTA PESETAS, SENOR.

AH, GRACIAS. GRACIAS.

MUCHAS GRACIAS.

AH.

[ Spanish ]

IT'S AN OLD KALIK

CUSTOMS' CUSTOM.

AH, CAPITAN.

I HAVE HERE SOMETHING

VERY SPECIAL FOR YOU.

QUANTO ?

[ Speaking Spanish ]

THIS DOES THE JOB.

OH, CAPTAIN, PLEASE.

I'LL WRAP IT UP, YEAH.

OH, WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND

A WORD HE'S SAYING.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

UH, HE'S SUGGESTING

YOU FINISH THE EXAMINATION

OVER A DRINK IN THE OFFICE.

I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN.

WELL. HE'S A COOL CUSTOMER.

IT'S A WARM COUNTRY.

OH, CAPTAIN, WOULDN'T YOU

LIKE TO COME ALONG TOO ?

UNFORTUNATELY,

I HAVE NOTHING TO DECLARE.

AH,CAPITAN,HERE IT IS.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

[ Speaking Arabic ]

[ Arabic ]

AH,CAPITAN.

GOOD NIGHT.

NO, ABSALOM,

GOOD EVENING.

HOW'S SMUGGLING--

UH, BUSINESS ?

IT IS FINE, CAPTAIN. JUST FINE.

LOTS OF PEOPLE,

LOTS OF TAXI DRIVE,

LITTLE MONEY SAVED.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO SAVE

MONEY FOR ? SPEND IT.

BUT I HAVE PLANNINGS, CAPTAIN.

I NOT ALWAYS BE TAXI DRIVE.

YOU WAIT. YOU SEE.

ONE DAY, IT BE TAXI--

[ Speaking Native Language ]

TAXI, GOOD-BYE, ABSALOM.

AH, TAXI... GOOD-BYE.

[ Laughing ]

THROUGH THE SOCO CHICO ?

YES, PLEASE, ABSALOM.

STOP AT THE FLOWER STORE.

[ Horn Honking ]

[ Honking Continues ]

OKAY, I'LL HOP OUT HERE.

[ Spanish ]

AH,CAPITAN.

[ Spanish ]

[ Spanish ]

AH,CAPITAN. BUENAS DIAS.

BUENAS DIAS.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

MUCHAS GRACIAS.

GRACIAS, CAPITAN.

GRACIAS. HASTA LA VISTA.

VAMOS ! VAMOS !

THANKS, ABSALOM.

THE USUAL TIME TOMORROW.

THE USUAL,CAPITAN.

[ Spanish ]

[ Spanish ]

[ Whistles ]

[ Woman ]

JIMMY !

JIMMY !

DARLING ! MMM !

JIMMY, DARLING !

[ Spanks ]

OOH ! STOP, JIMMY ! STOP !

[ Speaking Spanish ]

AH, JIMMY, THEY BEAUTIFUL.

EXOTICAS, COMO TU.

OH, GRACIAS. GRACIAS.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

OF COURSE I'VE MISSED YOU.

AND I MISS YOU.

IHAVEMISSED.

I HAVE MISSED.

BIEN.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

[ Speaking Spanish ]

[ Speaking Spanish ]

AH.

OH.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

BECAUSE I LIKE:

GIVING YOU THINGS.

NO PRESENT FOR ME ?

COMO ?

[ Speaking Spanish ]

YO.

AND A VERY NICE PRESENT TOO.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

NO.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

NO.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

[ Both Speaking Spanish ]

???? [ Flamenco ]

[ Man ]

OLE ! OLE !

???? [ Man Vocalizing ]

I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS.

[ Man ]

OLE ! OLE !

???? [ Stops ]

[ Cheering ]

[ Coughs ]

AND NOW, MY FAVORITE.

THESPECIALITE DE LA MAISON.

ARREZ A LA:

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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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