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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| image = The Captain's Table.jpg | | image = The Captain's Table.jpg | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| director = [[ | | director = [[Jack Lee (film director)|Jack Lee]] | ||
| producer = [[ | | producer = [[Joseph Janni|Joseph Janni]] | ||
| based_on = {{based on|''[[ | | based_on = {{based on|''[[The Captain's Table (novel)|The Captain's Table]]'' |[[Richard Gordon (English author)|Richard Gordon]]}} | ||
| writer = [[Bryan Forbes]]<br>[[ | | writer = [[Bryan Forbes]]<br>[[Jack Whiting|Jack Whiting]]<br>[[Nicholas Phipps|Nicholas Phipps]] | ||
| narrator = | | narrator = | ||
| starring = [[John Gregson]]<br>[[Donald Sinden]]<br>[[Peggy Cummins]]<br>[[Nadia Gray]]<br>[[Maurice Denham]] | | starring = [[John Gregson]]<br>[[Donald Sinden]]<br>[[Peggy Cummins]]<br>[[Nadia Gray]]<br>[[Maurice Denham]] | ||
| music = [[ | | music = [[Frank Cordell|Frank Cordell]] | ||
| cinematography = [[ | | cinematography = [[Christopher Challis|Christopher Challis]] | ||
| editing = [[ | | editing = [[Frederick Wilson (film editor)|Frederick Wilson]] | ||
| studio = [[ | | studio = [[Rank Organisation|Rank Organisation]] | ||
| distributor = Rank Film Distributors | | distributor = Rank Film Distributors | ||
| released = 6 January 1959 | | released = 6 January 1959 | ||
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'''''The Captain's Table''''' is a 1959 [[ | '''''The Captain's Table''''' is a 1959 [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[Jack Lee (film director)|Jack Lee]] based upon a novel by [[Richard Gordon (English author)|Richard Gordon]]. It stars [[John Gregson]], [[Donald Sinden]], [[Peggy Cummins]] and [[Nadia Gray]], and featured [[Maurice Denham]], [[Joan Sims]], [[John Le Mesurier]], [[Richard Wattis]] and [[Reginald Beckwith]] in leading supporting roles. | ||
The film is based on the 1954 [[ | The film is based on the 1954 [[The Captain's Table (novel)|novel of the same title]] by [[Richard Gordon (English author)|Richard Gordon]]. This was later adapted into the 1971 German film ''[[The Captain (1971 film)|The Captain]]'' starring [[Heinz Rühmann|Heinz Rühmann]]. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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To add to his woes, most of the officers and crew, led by the chief purser, are [[fraud|on the fiddle]]. The captain doesn't fully realise this until the last night of the cruise, when [[champagne (wine)|champagne]] being served is revealed to be [[cider]], with the crew pocketing the considerable profits. | To add to his woes, most of the officers and crew, led by the chief purser, are [[fraud|on the fiddle]]. The captain doesn't fully realise this until the last night of the cruise, when [[champagne (wine)|champagne]] being served is revealed to be [[cider]], with the crew pocketing the considerable profits. | ||
All comes out well - just. The captain finds himself engaged to be married to an attractive widow, the chief officer is also engaged to a young heiress, and the larcenous officers are arrested by Sydney police. | All comes out well - just. The captain finds himself engaged to be married to an attractive widow, the chief officer is also engaged to a young heiress, and the larcenous officers are arrested by Sydney police. | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
Latest revision as of 22:01, 15 February 2023
| The Captain's Table | |
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| Directed by | Jack Lee |
| Written by | Bryan Forbes Jack Whiting Nicholas Phipps |
| Based on | The Captain's Table by Richard Gordon |
| Produced by | Joseph Janni |
| Starring | John Gregson Donald Sinden Peggy Cummins Nadia Gray Maurice Denham |
| Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
| Edited by | Frederick Wilson |
| Music by | Frank Cordell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors |
Release date | 6 January 1959 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Captain's Table is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Jack Lee based upon a novel by Richard Gordon. It stars John Gregson, Donald Sinden, Peggy Cummins and Nadia Gray, and featured Maurice Denham, Joan Sims, John Le Mesurier, Richard Wattis and Reginald Beckwith in leading supporting roles.
The film is based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Richard Gordon. This was later adapted into the 1971 German film The Captain starring Heinz Rühmann.
Plot
After serving all his working life with the South Star line, exclusively in cargo ships, Captain Albert Ebbs meets his employer (John le Mesurier) and is finally given command (albeit temporarily) of the SS Queen Adelaide, a cruise liner sailing from London to Sydney. An excellent seaman, he finds that he now has many social obligations that he does not have the skills to fulfil. He must preside at the captain's table, host cocktail parties, judge beauty contests and dance with the lady passengers. He must also cope with amorous widows, young couples who want him to marry them and a blustering ex-army major who claims to have the ear of the chairman of the shipping line.
To add to his woes, most of the officers and crew, led by the chief purser, are on the fiddle. The captain doesn't fully realise this until the last night of the cruise, when champagne being served is revealed to be cider, with the crew pocketing the considerable profits.
All comes out well - just. The captain finds himself engaged to be married to an attractive widow, the chief officer is also engaged to a young heiress, and the larcenous officers are arrested by Sydney police.
Cast
- John Gregson as Captain Ebbs
- Peggy Cummins as Mrs Judd
- Donald Sinden as Chief Officer Shawe-Wilson
- Nadia Gray as Mrs Porteous
- Maurice Denham as Major Broster
- Richard Wattis as Chief Purser Prittlewell
- Reginald Beckwith as Captain's Steward Burtweed
- Lionel Murton as Bernie Floate
- Bill Kerr as Bill Coke
- Nicholas Phipps as Reddish
- Joan Sims as Maude Pritchett
- Miles Malleson as Canon Swingler
- John Le Mesurier as Sir Angus
- James Hayter as Chief Engineer Earnshaw
- June Jago as Gwenny Coke
- Oliver Reed as Minor role
- Arthur Lowe as Minor role
References
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- 1959 films
- 1959 comedy films
- British comedy films
- Films directed by Jack Lee
- Films shot at Pinewood Studios
- Films set in England
- Seafaring films
- Films based on British novels
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s British films
- British maritime comedy films
