gives Maud a vacuum cleaner. Both are delighted. On board his ship, he disdains all female company, choosing intellectual discussions with male passengers at the Captain's table. He has found a perfect existencehis paradise. Growing perhaps complacent, St. James makes a careless mistake. This leads to Ricco, up until then believing Nita to be the captain's wife, discovering that the true Mrs St James is living in Gibraltar. Ricco is glad to assist St. James in maintaining the deception and is soon called into action when Maud flies to Kalique and by chance meets Nita. St. James arranges to have Maud arrested before she and Nita realise that they are married to the same man. He convinces Maud that Morocco is a dangerous place and that she should never return there. The years pass by. Maud has twins. She is thrilled with her two boys, but when they are sent to school in England, Maud is no longer enamoured with her existence. She wants to dance and drink gin. On the other hand, Nita wants to stay home and cook for her man. Henry is dismayed and makes every effort to keep everything just the way it was. His attempts to maintain the status quo result in both women taking lovers. When St James discovers Nita's infidelity, he leaves the flat as she continues the argument with her lover, Absalom. Nita shoots and kills her lover. In order to protect Nita, Captain St. James claims that he was the killer. The execution is then shown, but the firing squad swing their rifles to the left and shoot their commanding officer. St. James hands them money and walks away. Cast Alec Guinness – Captain Henry St. James Charles Goldner – Chief Officer Carlos Ricco Miles Malleson – Lawrence St. James Yvonne De Carlo – Nita Celia Johnson – Maud Bill Fraser – Absalom Peter Bull – Firing-squad commander Nicholas Phipps – The Major Ambrosine Phillpotts – Marjorie Ferdy Mayne – The Sheikh Sebastian Cabot – Ali (vendor) Arthur Gomez – Chief steward George Benson – Mr. Salmon Bernard Rebel – Mr Wheeler Joyce Barbour – Mrs Reid, the housekeeper Claudia Grey – Susan Dailey Ann Hefferman – Daphne Bligh Walter Crisham – Bob Roger Delgado – Kalikan policeman Production The film was based on an original story by Alec Coppel. Nicholas Phipps wrote the script. The original title was Paradise. In