The Middle Watch (1940 film)

The Middle Watch is a 1940 British, black-and-white, comedy film, directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Ronald Shiner as the Ship's Mechanic or Engineer, Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt, Fred Emney and Kay Walsh.[1] It was produced by Associated British Picture Corporation. It was based on a play by Ian Hay and Clifford Grey which had been adapted in 1930.

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Synopsis

This comedy film features battleship Captain Maitland (Jack Buchanan) celebrating a bon voyage party. He later discovers 2 stowaway, 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.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42538?view=cast
  2. ^ http://www.allmovie.com/work/the-middle-watch-102245

External links

The films of Thomas Bentley
1910s
  • David Copperfield (1913)
  • Oliver Twist (1913)
  • The Old Curiosity Shop (1914)
  • The Chimes (1914)
  • Hard Times (1915)
  • Barnaby Rudge (1915)
  • Milestones (1916)
  • Beau Brocade (1916)
  • The Labour Leader (1917)
  • Daddy (1917)
  • Les cloches de Corneville (1917)
  • The Divine Gift (1918)
  • Once Upon a Time (1918)
  • The Lackey and the Lady (1919)
1920s
1930s
1940s