captain, table, novel, captain, table, 1954, comedy, novel, british, writer, richard, gordon, captain, rundown, cargo, ship, transferred, company, command, luxury, liner, captain, tablefirst, editionauthorrichard, gordoncountryunited, kingdomlanguageenglishgen. The Captain s Table is a 1954 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon The captain of a rundown cargo ship is transferred by the company to command a luxury liner The Captain s TableFirst editionAuthorRichard GordonCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishGenreComedyPublisherMichael JosephPublication date1954Media typePrintAdaptations editIn 1959 it was made into a British film of the same title directed by Jack Lee and starring John Gregson and Donald Sinden 1 A West German adaptation The Captain was produced in 1971 starring Heinz Ruhmann and Johanna Matz References edit Goble p 187Bibliography editGoble Alan The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film Walter de Gruyter 1999 nbsp This article about a comedy novel of the 1950s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Captain 27s Table novel amp oldid 1110692831, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,