Michael Balcon Movies

  • 1945
    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    7.21945HD

    Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare....

    Dead of Night
  • 1942
    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    7.21942HD

    The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in...

    Went the Day Well?
  • 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
  • 1947
    Hue and Cry

    Hue and Cry

    Hue and Cry

    6.3441947HD

    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
  • 1940
    The Proud Valley

    The Proud Valley

    The Proud Valley

    6.21940HD

    In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

    The Proud Valley
  • 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

    7.11961HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1951
    Pool of London

    Pool of London

    Pool of London

    6.4851951HD

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

    Pool of London
  • 1948
    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    6.11948HD

    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
  • 1947
    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    6.51947HD

    A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
  • 1950
    The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp

    6.6181950HD

    P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the...

    The Blue Lamp
  • 1958
    Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

    6.781958HD

    A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain...

    Dunkirk
  • 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
  • 1949
    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    7.71949HD

    When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be...

    Kind Hearts and Coronets
  • 1958
    Nowhere to Go

    Nowhere to Go

    Nowhere to Go

    6.71958HD

    A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.

    Nowhere to Go
  • 1934
    Man of Aran

    Man of Aran

    Man of Aran

    7.31934HD

    A documentary on the life of the people of the Aran Islands, who were believed to contain the essence of the ancient Irish life, represented by a...

    Man of Aran
  • 1957
    The Shiralee

    The Shiralee

    The Shiralee

    5.11957HD

    An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town...

    The Shiralee
  • 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
  • 1950
    Cage of Gold

    Cage of Gold

    Cage of Gold

    6.61950HD

    The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.

    Cage of Gold