Manuela

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Guy Hamilton

Writers

William Woods, Ivan Foxwell, Guy Hamilton

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Release date

18 July 1957

Ensemble

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

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