The Middle Watch (1940 film)
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Directed by | Thomas Bentley |
Written by | Ian Hay (play) Stephen King-Hall (play) Clifford Grey J. Lee Thompson |
Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
Starring | Jack Buchanan Greta Gynt Fred Emney Kay Walsh |
Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
Edited by | Monica Kimick |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Pathé Pictures International |
Release date | 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 Hewett
- Ronald Shiner - the ship's engineer
- Reginald Purdell - Corporal Duckett
References
Bibliography
- Mackenzie, S. P. British War Films, 1939-1945. Continuum, 2003.
External links
Categories:
- 1940 films
- 1940s comedy films
- British black-and-white films
- British films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Thomas Bentley
- British films based on plays
- Films based on works by Ian Hay
- British comedy films
- Films shot at Welwyn Studios
- Films set in England
- World War II films made in wartime
- Seafaring films
- 1940s British comedy film stubs
- War film stubs