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The Middle Watch (1940)

The Middle Watch poster
Directed by
Thomas Bentley
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of navy officers and their guests get into comedic mix-ups aboard a ship. The story follows their romantic and social entanglements during a shore leave.

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What happens

The Middle Watch is a 1940 British comedy film, directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt, Fred Emney and Kay Walsh. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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