Michael Balcon Movies

  • 1955
    The Night My Number Came Up

    The Night My Number Came Up

    The Night My Number Came Up

    6.81955HD

    British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small...

    The Night My Number Came Up
  • 1952
    Mandy

    Mandy

    Mandy

    6.91952HD

    London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up....

    Mandy
  • 1956
    Who Done It?

    Who Done It?

    Who Done It?

    5.21956HD

    This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private...

    Who Done It?
  • 1948
    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    6.3441948HD

    Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of...

    Saraband for Dead Lovers
  • 1925
    The Pleasure Garden

    The Pleasure Garden

    The Pleasure Garden

    5.2711925HD

    Patsy Brand is a chorus girl at the Pleasure Garden music hall. She meets Jill Cheyne who is down on her luck and gets her a job as a dancer. Jill...

    The Pleasure Garden
  • 1953
    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    71953HD

    When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves,...

    The Titfield Thunderbolt
  • 1956
    The Long Arm

    The Long Arm

    The Long Arm

    6.9741956HD

    Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The...

    The Long Arm
  • 1947
    Hue and Cry

    Hue and Cry

    Hue and Cry

    6.41947HD

    A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer...

    Hue and Cry
  • 1951
    Pool of London

    Pool of London

    Pool of London

    6.51951HD

    Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

    Pool of London
  • 1947
    Frieda

    Frieda

    Frieda

    5.31947HD

    An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who...

    Frieda
  • 1947
    It Always Rains on Sunday

    It Always Rains on Sunday

    It Always Rains on Sunday

    6.61947HD

    During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.

    It Always Rains on Sunday
  • 1961
    The Long and the Short and the Tall

    The Long and the Short and the Tall

    The Long and the Short and the Tall

    6.8461961HD

    Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the...

    The Long and the Short and the Tall
  • 1936
    The Man Who Changed His Mind

    The Man Who Changed His Mind

    The Man Who Changed His Mind

    61936HD

    Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him, and he risks...

    The Man Who Changed His Mind
  • 1938
    A Yank at Oxford

    A Yank at Oxford

    A Yank at Oxford

    6.71938HD

    A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

    A Yank at Oxford
  • 1940
    Convoy

    Convoy

    Convoy

    5.41940HD

    A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.

    Convoy
  • 1939
    Cheer Boys Cheer

    Cheer Boys Cheer

    Cheer Boys Cheer

    5.81939HD

    Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

    Cheer Boys Cheer
  • 1954
    The 'Maggie'

    The 'Maggie'

    The 'Maggie'

    6.21954HD

    The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old...

    The 'Maggie'
  • 1933
    The Ghoul

    The Ghoul

    The Ghoul

    5.51933HD

    British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death,...

    The Ghoul
  • 1944
    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    6.41944HD

    A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness...

    The Halfway House
  • 1946
    The Captive Heart

    The Captive Heart

    The Captive Heart

    6.41946HD

    A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier...

    The Captive Heart