Promotional postcard for The Middle Watch by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall. First produced at the King?s Theatre, Southsea, 5th August and Shaftesbury Theatre, 12th August 1929. ?The middle watch? on board ship is between midnight and 4 a.m. This comedy film features battleship Captain Maitland celebrating a bon voyage party. He later discovers two stowaways, attractive young women, but much too late to turn back. Despite the captain's efforts to hide them, they are soon discovered, with predictable consequences.