Movielogr
Manuela (1957)
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Overview
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.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Trevor Howard | Elsa Martinelli | Pedro Armendáriz | Donald Pleasence | Jack MacGowran | Leslie Weston | Warren Mitchell | Christopher Lee | Roger Delgado | Harcourt Curacao | Barry Lowe | Juan Carolilla | John Rae | Harold Kasket | Max Butterfield | Andy Ho | Peter Illing | Armand Guinle | Michael Peake