Manuela

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Trevor Howard James Prothero

Elsa Martinelli Manuela Hunt

Pedro Armendáriz Mario Constanza

Donald Pleasence Evans

Jack MacGowran Tommy