title: The Captain's Table (novel)
text: # The Captain's Table (novel)
  
  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.
  
  ## Adaptations
  
  In 1959 it was made into a British film of the same title directed by Jack Lee and starring John Gregson and Donald Sinden. A West German adaptation The Captain was produced in 1971 starring Heinz Rühmann and Johanna Matz.
  
  