Michael Balcon Movies

  • 1950
    The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp

    6.6111950HD

    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
  • 1953
    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    6.9521953HD

    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
  • 1947
    Hue and Cry

    Hue and Cry

    Hue and Cry

    6.31947HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1948
    Scott of the Antarctic

    Scott of the Antarctic

    Scott of the Antarctic

    7.11948HD

    The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only...

    Scott of the Antarctic
  • 1954
    The 'Maggie'

    The 'Maggie'

    The 'Maggie'

    6.1711954HD

    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'
  • 1959
    The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat

    6.8241959HD

    An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.

    The Scapegoat
  • 1951
    Pool of London

    Pool of London

    Pool of London

    6.4381951HD

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

    Pool of London
  • 1955
    The Night My Number Came Up

    The Night My Number Came Up

    The Night My Number Came Up

    6.8331955HD

    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
  • 1944
    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    6.4461944HD

    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
  • 1952
    Mandy

    Mandy

    Mandy

    6.8971952HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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

    7.081961HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1946
    The Captive Heart

    The Captive Heart

    The Captive Heart

    6.31946HD

    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
  • 1957
    Barnacle Bill

    Barnacle Bill

    Barnacle Bill

    6.41957HD

    A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea'

    Barnacle Bill
  • 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 Magnet

    The Magnet

    The Magnet

    6.2861950HD

    A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

    The Magnet
  • 1932
    Rome Express

    Rome Express

    Rome Express

    6.21932HD

    The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.

    Rome Express
  • 1948
    Against the Wind

    Against the Wind

    Against the Wind

    5.81948HD

    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