The Middle Watch (1930 film)

The Middle Watch
Directed by	Norman Walker
Produced by	John Maxwell
Written by	Ian Hay (play) Stephen King-Hall (play) Frank Launder Norman Walker
Starring	Owen Nares Jacqueline Logan Jack Raine Dodo Watts
Cinematography	Jack E. Cox Claude Friese-Greene
Edited by	Emile de Ruelle Sam Simmonds
Production company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release dates	24 October 1930
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Middle Watch is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Norman Walker and starring Owen Nares, Jacqueline Logan, Jack Raine and Dodo Watts.^[1] It was based on a play of the same title by Ian Hay.

The film was made by British International Pictures at its Elstree Studios. It was later remade in 1940 by the same company.

Cast

Owen Nares - Captain Maitland
Jacqueline Logan - Mary Carlton
Jack Raine - Commander Baddeley
Dodo Watts - Fay Eaton
Frederick Volpe - Admiral Sir Herbert Hewitt
Henry Wenman - Marine Ogg
Reginald Purdell - Corporal Duckett
Margaret Halstan - Lady Agatha Hewitt
Phyllis Loring - Nancy Hewitt
Hamilton Keene - Captain Randall
Muriel Aked - Charlotte Hopkinson
George Carr - Ah Fong
Syd Crossley - Sentry

Reception

The film was voted the best British movie of 1931.^[2]

References

↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42537
↑ ""SUNSHINE SUSIE".". The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 19 August 1933. p. 19 Edition: HOME EDITION. Retrieved 4 March 2013.

External links

The Middle Watch at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Norman Walker

Tommy Atkins (1928)
Widecombe Fair (1928)
A Romance of Seville (1929)
The Hate Ship (1929)
Loose Ends (1930)
The Middle Watch (1930)
Uneasy Virtue (1931)
The Shadow Between (1931)
Mr. Bill the Conqueror (1932)
Fires of Fate (1932)
The Fortunate Fool (1933)
Forging Ahead (1933)
The Flaw (1933)
The House of Trent (1933)
The Way of Youth (1934)
Lilies of the Field (1934)
Dangerous Ground (1934)
Turn of the Tide (1935)
Key to Harmony (1935)
Debt of Honour (1936)
Our Fighting Navy (1937)
Sunset in Vienna (1940)
The Man at the Gate (1941)
Hard Steel (1942)
The Great Mr. Handel (1942)
They Knew Mr. Knight (1946)
The Promise (1952)
John Wesley (1954)
The Shield of Faith (1956)
The Supreme Secret (1958)

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