The Middle Watch (1940 film)

The Middle Watch
Directed by	Thomas Bentley
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Written by	Ian Hay (play) Stephen King-Hall (play) Clifford Grey J. Lee Thompson
Starring	Jack Buchanan Greta Gynt Fred Emney Kay Walsh
Cinematography	Claude Friese-Greene
Edited by	Monica Kimick
Production company	ABPC
Distributed by	Pathé Pictures International
Release dates	11 May 1940
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Middle Watch is a 1940 British comedy film, directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt, Fred Emney and Kay Walsh.^[1] It was produced by Associated British Picture Corporation at their Welwyn Studios. It was based on a play of the same title by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall which had previously been adapted as a film in 1930, and which was adapted again in 1958.^[2][3]

Synopsis

This comedy film features battleship Captain Maitland (Jack Buchanan) celebrating a bon voyage party. He later discovers two stowaways, attractive young women, but much too late to turn back. Despite the captain's efforts to hide them, they are soon discovered, with predictable consequences.^[4]

Cast

• Jack Buchanan - Captain Maitland
• Greta Gynt - Mary Carlton
• Fred Emney - Admiral Sir Reginald Hewett
• Kay Walsh - Fay Featon
• David Hutcheson - Commander Baddeley
• Leslie Fuller - Marine Ogg
• Bruce Seton - Captain Randall
• Martita Hunt - Lady Elizabeth Hewett
• Louise Hampton - Charlotte Hopkinson
• Romney Brent - Ah Fong
• Jean Gillie - Betty Hewettt
• Ronald Shiner - the ship's mechanic or engineer
• Reginald Purdell - Corporal Duckett

References

Bibliography

• Mackenzie, S. P. British War Films, 1939-1945. Continuum, 2003.

External links

• The Middle Watch at AllMovie
• The Middle Watch at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
• The Middle Watch at the Internet Movie Database