Manuela (1957)

6.3/10 • 93 min • Drama

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.

Cast

Trevor Howard

Elsa Martinelli

Pedro Armendáriz

Mario Constanza

Donald Pleasence

Jack MacGowran

Warren Mitchell

Christopher Lee

Roger Delgado

Stranger

Harold Kasket

Andy Ho

Peter Illing

Michael Peake

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