The Captain’s Paradise.

In early 1950s North Africa, a man (Alec Guinness) is escorted through an angry, clamouring crowd by a platoon of soldiers. They enter a fort and it is clear that he is to be executed. The scene changes to a ferry ship, the "Golden Fleece" in the docks as the passengers embark for the two days' journey to Gibraltar. Amongst the crew, there is much dismay, and the chief officer takes to his cabin with the clear intention of getting drunk. He is interrupted by an elderly gentleman, Lawrence St. James, who had come to speak his nephew, Captain Henry St