Michael Balcon Movies

  • 1953
    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    7.0091953HD

    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
  • 1949
    Whisky Galore!

    Whisky Galore!

    Whisky Galore!

    6.8431949HD

    Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier,...

    Whisky Galore!
  • 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
  • 1948
    Against the Wind

    Against the Wind

    Against the Wind

    6.11948HD

    A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to...

    Against the Wind
  • 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?
  • 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
  • 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'
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1950
    Bitter Springs

    Bitter Springs

    Bitter Springs

    6.41950HD

    A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australians. The two groups clash.

    Bitter Springs
  • 1949
    A Run for Your Money

    A Run for Your Money

    A Run for Your Money

    6.0291949HD

    Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their...

    A Run for Your Money
  • 1925
    The Pleasure Garden

    The Pleasure Garden

    The Pleasure Garden

    5.31925HD

    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
  • 1935
    The Passing of the Third Floor Back

    The Passing of the Third Floor Back

    The Passing of the Third Floor Back

    7.61935HD

    The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.

    The Passing of the Third Floor Back
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1957
    The Man in the Sky

    The Man in the Sky

    The Man in the Sky

    7.11957HD

    The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself....

    The Man in the Sky
  • 1933
    The Ghoul

    The Ghoul

    The Ghoul

    5.5251933HD

    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