Film · Drama

Manuela (1957)

One Lone Girl in a Sea-World of Violent Men

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

Ivan Foxwell, Guy Hamilton, William Woods

Country

United States

Language

English

Release date

July 18, 1957