Michael Balcon Movies

  • 1935
    Things Are Looking Up

    Things Are Looking Up

    Things Are Looking Up

    6.51935HD

    A scatterbrained circus lady must cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.

    Things Are Looking Up
  • 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
  • 1939
    The Four Just Men

    The Four Just Men

    The Four Just Men

    6.71939HD

    The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or...

    The Four Just Men
  • 1948
    Against the Wind

    Against the Wind

    Against the Wind

    6.31948HD

    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
  • 1940
    The Proud Valley

    The Proud Valley

    The Proud Valley

    6.31940HD

    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
  • 1942
    The Foreman Went to France

    The Foreman Went to France

    The Foreman Went to France

    6.61942HD

    Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

    The Foreman Went to France
  • 1933
    The Man from Toronto

    The Man from Toronto

    The Man from Toronto

    51933HD

    According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian...

    The Man from Toronto
  • 1943
    Undercover

    Undercover

    Undercover

    6.11943HD

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

    Undercover
  • 1936
    Tudor Rose

    Tudor Rose

    Tudor Rose

    8.11936HD

    The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.

    Tudor Rose
  • 1931
    Hindle Wakes

    Hindle Wakes

    Hindle Wakes

    101931HD

    A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.

    Hindle Wakes
  • 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

    6.71961HD

    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
  • 1955
    Out of the Clouds

    Out of the Clouds

    Out of the Clouds

    6.11955HD

    Multiple stories unfold over the course of twenty-four hours in and around a bustling central airport.

    Out of the Clouds
  • 1945
    Painted Boats

    Painted Boats

    Painted Boats

    71945HD

    In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.

    Painted Boats
  • 1929
    The City of Play

    The City of Play

    The City of Play

    81929HD

    A British drama film directed by Denison Clift

    The City of Play
  • 1925
    The Pleasure Garden

    The Pleasure Garden

    The Pleasure Garden

    5.31925HD

    Two chorus girls at the Pleasure Garden Theatre follow different paths in love and fortune.

    The Pleasure Garden
  • 1951
    Where No Vultures Fly

    Where No Vultures Fly

    Where No Vultures Fly

    6.31951HD

    A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to...

    Where No Vultures Fly
  • 1940
    Return to Yesterday

    Return to Yesterday

    Return to Yesterday

    6.71940HD

    Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.

    Return to Yesterday
  • 1933
    I Was a Spy

    I Was a Spy

    I Was a Spy

    6.41933HD

    During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating...

    I Was a Spy
  • 1942
    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    8.21942HD

    A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and...

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall
  • 1943
    The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

    7.21943HD

    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