The Middle Watch (1940 film)

{{short description|1940 film by Thomas Bentley}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Middle Watch

| image = "The_Middle_Watch"_(1940).jpg

| caption =

| director = Thomas Bentley

| producer = Walter C. Mycroft

| writer = Ian Hay (play)
Stephen King-Hall (play)
Clifford Grey
J. Lee Thompson

| starring = Jack Buchanan
Greta Gynt
Fred Emney
Kay Walsh

| music =

| cinematography = Claude Friese-Greene

| editing = Monica Kimick

| studio = ABPC

| distributor = Pathé Pictures International

| released = {{Film date|1940|05|11|df=yes}}

| runtime = 87 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Middle Watch is a 1940 British comedy film, directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt, Fred Emney and Kay Walsh.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090118124219/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42538?view=cast BFI.org] It was produced by Associated British Picture Corporation at their Welwyn Studios. It was based on a play of the same title by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall which had previously been adapted as a film in 1930, and which was adapted again in 1958.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b05ff97|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310012903/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b05ff97|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 March 2016|title=The Middle Watch (1931)}}{{Cite web |title=Girls at Sea (1962) - Notes |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76415/girls-at-sea#notes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031090023/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76415/Girls-at-Sea/notes.html |archive-date=31 October 2016 |access-date= |website=TCM |url-status=live |language=en}}