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The Middle Watch (1930 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Middle Watch' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Norman Walker and starring Owen Nares, Jacqueline Logan, Jack Raine and Dodo Watts.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114061152/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42537 BFI.org] It was based on a play of the same title by Ian Hay. The film's sets were designed by John Mead.
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 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.
References
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