Michael Balcon Movies

  • 1946
    The Overlanders

    The Overlanders

    The Overlanders

    5.8951946HD

    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
  • 1942
    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    7.81942HD

    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
  • 1931
    Hindle Wakes

    Hindle Wakes

    Hindle Wakes

    01931HD

    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
  • 1934
    Road House

    Road House

    Road House

    5.51934HD

    Road House is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Violet Loraine, Gordon Harker and Aileen Marson.

    Road House
  • 1925
    The Blackguard

    The Blackguard

    The Blackguard

    61925HD

    A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..

    The Blackguard
  • 1929
    The City of Play

    The City of Play

    The City of Play

    01929HD

    A British drama film directed by Denison Clift

    The City of Play
  • 1941
    The Ghost of St. Michael's

    The Ghost of St. Michael's

    The Ghost of St. Michael's

    6.61941HD

    Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary...

    The Ghost of St. Michael's
  • 1933
    The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

    5.81933HD

    Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

    The Good Companions
  • 1940
    All Hands

    All Hands

    All Hands

    81940HD

    From a series of propaganda films made to raise awareness of the risks of idle gossip providing vital information to enemy spies and collaborators....

    All Hands
  • 1931
    Sunshine Susie

    Sunshine Susie

    Sunshine Susie

    6.31931HD

    Sunshine Susie was a remake of the German film Die Privatsekretärin, and retained many of the originals general characteristics. Renete Muller...

    Sunshine Susie
  • 1945
    Johnny Frenchman

    Johnny Frenchman

    Johnny Frenchman

    61945HD

    The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and...

    Johnny Frenchman
  • 1940
    Dangerous Comment

    Dangerous Comment

    Dangerous Comment

    01940HD

    A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend...

    Dangerous Comment
  • 1936
    Jack of All Trades

    Jack of All Trades

    Jack of All Trades

    5.51936HD

    In this he's on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way into society and a highly regarded position at a...

    Jack of All Trades
  • 1931
    The Stronger Sex

    The Stronger Sex

    The Stronger Sex

    01931HD

    A man rescues his wife's lover during a disaster at a coal mine

    The Stronger Sex
  • 1978
    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

    01978HD

    American documentary film-maker George C. Stoney visits the Aran Islands to try and unravel some of the myths surrounding a film that had engrossed...

    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
  • 1940
    Salvage with a Smile

    Salvage with a Smile

    Salvage with a Smile

    01940HD

    Wartime propaganda short in which a professor enlists the help of a dustman to explain the importance of saving paper, bones and metal to help the...

    Salvage with a Smile
  • 1936
    Rhythm in the Air

    Rhythm in the Air

    Rhythm in the Air

    01936HD

    A young riveter working high up on a steel girder watches a girl practising a tap-dance in a building opposite, and while applauding her, he loses...

    Rhythm in the Air
  • 1934
    The Iron Duke

    The Iron Duke

    The Iron Duke

    01934HD

    The life and times of the Duke of Wellington

    The Iron Duke
  • 1927
    One of the Best

    One of the Best

    One of the Best

    01927HD

    '1820. Officer frames colleague when gambler forces him to steal secrets.' (British Film Catalogue)

    One of the Best
  • 1931
    My Old China

    My Old China

    My Old China

    01931HD

    'Newsreel cameramen wrest secret papers from Chinese bandit.' (British Film Catalogue)

    My Old China