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	'''''The Middle Watch''''' is a 1930 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Norman Walker (director)\|Norman Walker]] and starring [[Owen Nares]], [[Jacqueline Logan]], [[Jack Raine]] and [[Dodo Watts]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114061152/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42537 BFI.org]</ref> It was based on a play of the same title by [[Ian Hay]]. (The play is mentioned by David Niven in his memoir , along withe Ann Todd who had a minor role in it )The film's sets were designed by [[John Mead (art director)\|John Mead]].		'''''The Middle Watch''''' is a 1930 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Norman Walker (director)\|Norman Walker]] and starring [[Owen Nares]], [[Jacqueline Logan]], [[Jack Raine]] and [[Dodo Watts]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114061152/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42537 BFI.org]</ref> It was based on a play of the same title by [[Ian Hay]]. (The play is mentioned by David Niven in his memoir , along withe Ann Todd who had a minor role in it). The film's sets were designed by [[John Mead (art director)\|John Mead]].

	The film was made by [[British International Pictures]] at its [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)\|Elstree Studios]]. It was later [[The Middle Watch (1940 film)\|remade in 1940]] by the same company.		The film was made by [[British International Pictures]] at its [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)\|Elstree Studios]]. It was later [[The Middle Watch (1940 film)\|remade in 1940]] by the same company.

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	~~{{Launder and Gilliat}}~~
	~~{{Norman Walker}}~~

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{{short description|1930 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Middle Watch
| image =File:The Middle Watch (1930 film).jpg
| caption = Owen Nares, Jacqueline Logan and Jack Raine in a scene from the film.
| director = [[Norman Walker (director)|Norman Walker]]
| producer = John Maxwell
| writer = [[Ian Hay]] (play) [[Stephen King-Hall]] (play) [[Frank Launder]] [[Norman Walker (director)|Norman Walker]]
| starring = [[Owen Nares]] [[Jacqueline Logan]] [[Jack Raine]] [[Dodo Watts]]
| music =
| cinematography = [[Jack E. Cox]] [[Claude Friese-Greene]]
| editing = [[Emile de Ruelle]] [[Sam Simmonds (film editor)|Sam Simmonds]]
| studio = [[British International Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Wardour Films]]
| released = 24 October 1930
| runtime = 72 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''The Middle Watch''''' is a 1930 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Norman Walker (director)|Norman Walker]] and starring [[Owen Nares]], [[Jacqueline Logan]], [[Jack Raine]] and [[Dodo Watts]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114061152/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42537 BFI.org]</ref> It was based on a play of the same title by [[Ian Hay]]. (The play is mentioned by David Niven in his memoir , along withe Ann Todd who had a minor role in it )The film's sets were designed by [[John Mead (art director)|John Mead]].

The film was made by [[British International Pictures]] at its [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]]. It was later [[The Middle Watch (1940 film)|remade in 1940]] by the same company.

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

==Reception==
The film was voted the best British movie of 1931.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83406463 |title="SUNSHINE SUSIE". |newspaper=[[Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)|The Daily News]] |location=Perth |date=19 August 1933 |accessdate=4 March 2013 |page=19|edition=HOME |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0021143|The Middle Watch}}
{{Launder and Gilliat}}
{{Norman Walker}}

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[[Category:1930 films]]
[[Category:1930 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot at British International Pictures Studios]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
[[Category:British films based on plays]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Ian Hay]]
[[Category:Films directed by Norman Walker]]
[[Category:Seafaring films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1930s British films]]

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