James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and he’s sick to death of carting goods back and forth across the world. Then he meets Manuela, a beautiful native girl smuggled on board by one of his crew, and comes to realise that she, too, is a lost soul. Gradually a love affair develops between them, and Prothero becomes dangerously blind to the responsibilities of his position.
Cast
Trevor Howard
James Prothero
Elsa Martinelli
Manuela Hunt
Pedro Armendáriz
Mario Constanza
Donald Pleasence
Evans
Jack MacGowran
Tommy
Leslie Weston
Bleloch
Warren Mitchell
Moss
Christopher Lee
Voice (voice)
Roger Delgado
Stranger
Harcourt Curaçao
Wellington Jones
Barry Lowe
Murphy
Juan Carolilla
Official
John Rae
Ferguson
Harold Kasket
Pereira
Max Butterfield
Bliss
Andy Ho
Cook
Peter Illing
Agent
Armand Guinle
Patron
Michael Peake
Coca-Cola Man
Crew
Guy Hamilton
Director, Writer
Ivan Foxwell
Writer, Producer
William Woods
Screenplay, Novel
Alan Osbiston
Editor
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Jack Causey
Assistant Director
George Mills
Production Supervisor
Harold Haysom
Camera Operator
Beatrice Dawson
Costume Designer
Bobbie Smith
Hairdresser
Joan White
Hairdresser
John O'Gorman
Makeup Artist
John Victor-Smith
Sound Editor
Bert Ross
Sound Recordist
William Alwyn
Original Music Composer
Yvonne Axeworthy
Continuity
Robert Lynn
Unit Manager
Muir Mathieson
Conductor
John Howell
Art Direction
