Michael Balcon Movies

  • 1950
    Cage of Gold

    Cage of Gold

    Cage of Gold

    6.61950HD

    The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.

    Cage of Gold
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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. A lost film.

    The Mountain Eagle
  • 1942
    The Big Blockade

    The Big Blockade

    The Big Blockade

    6.51942HD

    Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.

    The Big Blockade
  • 1943
    San Demetrio London

    San Demetrio London

    San Demetrio London

    6.71943HD

    Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the...

    San Demetrio London
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1942
    Go to Blazes

    Go to Blazes

    Go to Blazes

    101942HD

    Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.

    Go to Blazes
  • 1928
    The Vortex

    The Vortex

    The Vortex

    61928HD

    A young man is shocked to discover that his fiancé is the mistress of his mother's lover.

    The Vortex
  • 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
  • 1940
    Return to Yesterday

    Return to Yesterday

    Return to Yesterday

    6.21940HD

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

    Return to Yesterday
  • 1945
    Painted Boats

    Painted Boats

    Painted Boats

    6.91945HD

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

    Painted Boats
  • 1934
    Jew Süss

    Jew Süss

    Jew Süss

    51934HD

    A historical satire critical of the rising tide of Anti-Semitism in Germany. Based on the novel by Lionel Feuchtwanger, Jew Süss is the story of...

    Jew Süss
  • 1945
    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    6.31945HD

    Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her...

    Pink String and Sealing Wax
  • 1931
    The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

    01931HD

    The story, about the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight who are...

    The Ghost Train
  • 1938
    The Ware Case

    The Ware Case

    The Ware Case

    6.31938HD

    An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house

    The Ware Case
  • 1943
    My Learned Friend

    My Learned Friend

    My Learned Friend

    61943HD

    An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him...

    My Learned Friend
  • 1938
    A Yank at Oxford

    A Yank at Oxford

    A Yank at Oxford

    6.71938HD

    A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

    A Yank at Oxford
  • 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