Michael Balcon Movies

  • 1944
    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    6.51944HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1946
    The Overlanders

    The Overlanders

    The Overlanders

    5.71946HD

    It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth"...

    The Overlanders
  • 1954
    The 'Maggie'

    The 'Maggie'

    The 'Maggie'

    6.11954HD

    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'
  • 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?
  • 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
  • 1943
    Undercover

    Undercover

    Undercover

    5.91943HD

    Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope...

    Undercover
  • 1959
    The Siege of Pinchgut

    The Siege of Pinchgut

    The Siege of Pinchgut

    61959HD

    An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.

    The Siege of Pinchgut
  • 1926
    The Mountain Eagle

    The Mountain Eagle

    The Mountain Eagle

    2.81926HD

    In the Kentucky hills a store keeper tries to win the love of an innocent schoolteacher. She runs away and seeks refuge with a hermit.

    The Mountain Eagle
  • 1957
    The Man in the Sky

    The Man in the Sky

    The Man in the Sky

    7.21957HD

    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
  • 1943
    San Demetrio London

    San Demetrio London

    San Demetrio London

    6.71943HD

    British drama documentary from 1943, based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had...

    San Demetrio London
  • 1944
    Champagne Charlie

    Champagne Charlie

    Champagne Charlie

    51944HD

    A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the...

    Champagne Charlie
  • 1936
    Where There's a Will

    Where There's a Will

    Where There's a Will

    6.61936HD

    Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with...

    Where There's a Will
  • 1931
    The Calendar

    The Calendar

    The Calendar

    01931HD

    Racehorse owner Anson is swindled by a woman named Wenda and goes up in front of the Jockey Club where he is disqualified on race fixing allegations....

    The Calendar
  • 1947
    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    6.41947HD

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

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
  • 1944
    They Came to a City

    They Came to a City

    They Came to a City

    61944HD

    People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city

    They Came to a City
  • 1958
    Davy

    Davy

    Davy

    51958HD

    The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family...

    Davy
  • 1949
    Train of Events

    Train of Events

    Train of Events

    6.21949HD

    A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

    Train of Events
  • 1956
    The Long Arm

    The Long Arm

    The Long Arm

    71956HD

    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
  • 1943
    The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

    6.81943HD

    Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London...

    The Bells Go Down