Manuela

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.

Directed by Guy Hamilton

Top cast

Trevor Howard

James Prothero

Elsa Martinelli

Manuela Hunt

Pedro Armendáriz

Mario Constanza

Donald Pleasence

Evans

Jack MacGowran

Tommy

L

Leslie Weston

Bleloch

Warren Mitchell

Moss

Christopher Lee

Voice (voice)

Roger Delgado

Stranger

H

Harcourt Curaçao

Wellington Jones

B

Barry Lowe

Murphy

J

Juan Carolilla

Official

J

John Rae

Ferguson

Harold Kasket

Pereira

M

Max Butterfield

Bliss

Andy Ho

Cook

Peter Illing

Agent

A

Armand Guinle

Patron

Michael Peake

Coca-Cola Man

Details