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{{short description|1958 film by Gilbert Gunn}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Girls at Sea
| image = "Girls_at_Sea"_(1958_film).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = British [[film poster]]
| director = [[Gilbert Gunn]]
| producer = Vaughan N. Dean Gilbert Gunn
| writer = T.J. Morrison
| based_on = the play ''The Middle Watch'' by [[Stephen King-Hall]] & [[John Hay Beith|Ian Hay]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Guy Rolfe]] [[Alan White (actor)|Alan White]] [[Anne Kimbell]] [[Michael Hordern]] [[Ronald Shiner]]
| music = [[Laurie Johnson]]
| cinematography = [[Erwin Hillier]]
| editing = [[Edward B. Jarvis]]
| studio = [[Associated British Picture Corporation]]
| distributor = [[Associated British-Pathé]] (UK)
| released = October 1958 (UK)
| runtime = 80 mins.
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}
'''''Girls At Sea''''' is a 1958 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Gilbert Gunn]] and starring [[Ronald Shiner]] as Marine Ogg and [[Warren Mitchell]] as Arthur.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ab29b8b|title=Girls at Sea (1958)|publisher=}}</ref> It was based on a play by [[Ian Hay]] and [[Stephen King-Hall]], previously filmed as ''[[The Middle Watch (1930 film)|The Middle Watch]]'' in 1930 and [[The Middle Watch (1940 film)|under the same title]] in 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=76415&category=Notes|title=Girls at Sea (1962) - Overview - TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>

==Plot==
Officers throw an extravagant party on board the battleship HMS Scotia when it visits the French Riviera. At the end of the night, the final shore-boat is judged unseaworthy, and three attractive female guests, Mary (Ann Kimball), Jill (Mary Steele) and Antoinette (Nadine Tallier), must spend the night on board ship. But before they can be escorted ashore the next day, the battleship is called out on manoeuvres off the coast of Italy. Having no choice but to take the women along, Captain Maitland (Guy Rolfe) must hide the girls presence from the admiral (Michael Hordern).

==Cast==
* [[Guy Rolfe]] as Captain Alwin Maitland
* [[Ronald Shiner]] as Marine Ogg
* [[Alan White (actor)|Alan White]] as Commander
* [[Michael Hordern]] as Admiral Reginald Victor Hewitt
* [[Anne Kimbell]] as Mary Carlton
* [[Nadine Tallier]] as Antoinette
* [[Fabia Drake]] as Lady Kitty Hewitt
* Mary Steele as Jill Eaton
* [[Richard Coleman]] as Captain Robert 'Bobby' Randall
* [[Lionel Jeffries]] as Harry, the Tourist
* [[Teddy Johnson]] as Singer
* [[Daniel Massey (actor)|Daniel Massey]] as Flag Lieutenant Courtney
* [[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] as Corporal Duckett
* [[Warren Mitchell]] as Arthur
* [[Michael Ripper]] as Jumper, Marine
* Mercy Haystead as Claudine
* [[Brian Wilde]] as Bill
* [[Harold Goodwin (English actor)|Harold Goodwin]] as Wal
* David Aylmer as Navigating Officer
* [[Richard Briers]] as 'Popeye' Lewis

==Critical reception==
The ''[[Radio Times]]'' wrote, "The 1940s film version of the stage farce The Middle Watch, which starred [[Jack Buchanan]], was pretty bad, but beside this tepid remake it looks like a comedy classic. The cast does its level best to pep up the tired material...Ronald Shiner is cheeky and Michael Hordern is absent-mindedly authoritarian, but Guy Rolfe is as wooden as a figurehead, while all the girls get to do is rush around in a state of undress. Try another form of naval gazing instead"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/cntyd/girls-at-sea|title=Girls at Sea – review - cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online|website=Radio Times}}</ref> whereas ''[[TV Guide]]'' called it "An amusing comedy";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/girls-at-sea/review/124568/|title=Girls At Sea|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> and ''[[Allmovie]]'' noted, "Michael Hordern has some dryly amusing moments as the hapless Admiral."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/girls-at-sea-v93221|title=Girls at Sea (1958) - Gilbert Gunn - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0051662}}
{{Gilbert Gunn}}

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[[Category:1958 comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot at Associated British Studios]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Military humor in film]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Ian Hay]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laurie Johnson]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Gilbert Gunn]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]

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