Michael Balcon Movies

  • 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
  • 1936
    Sabotage

    Sabotage

    Sabotage

    6.71936HD

    Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her...

    Sabotage
  • 1948
    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    6.61948HD

    Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of...

    Saraband for Dead Lovers
  • 1936
    Secret Agent

    Secret Agent

    Secret Agent

    6.11936HD

    During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a...

    Secret Agent
  • 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
  • 1935
    Brown on Resolution

    Brown on Resolution

    Brown on Resolution

    6.21935HD

    Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the...

    Brown on Resolution
  • 1939
    Cheer Boys Cheer

    Cheer Boys Cheer

    Cheer Boys Cheer

    6.31939HD

    Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

    Cheer Boys Cheer
  • 1948
    Scott of the Antarctic

    Scott of the Antarctic

    Scott of the Antarctic

    7.21948HD

    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
  • 1950
    The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp

    6.61950HD

    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
  • 1949
    Whisky Galore!

    Whisky Galore!

    Whisky Galore!

    6.81949HD

    Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.

    Whisky Galore!
  • 1952
    Mandy

    Mandy

    Mandy

    7.11952HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1953
    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    71953HD

    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
  • 1942
    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    7.11942HD

    The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in...

    Went the Day Well?
  • 1934
    My Song for You

    My Song for You

    My Song for You

    4.81934HD

    In this opera-oriented musical, Riccardo Gatti, an Italian young tenor in Venice, meets a young woman who sneaks into the opera house to try and get...

    My Song for You
  • 1935
    Oh, Daddy!

    Oh, Daddy!

    Oh, Daddy!

    61935HD

    Member of a village Purity League branch find things much livelier on a trip to London.

    Oh, Daddy!
  • 1938
    A Yank at Oxford

    A Yank at Oxford

    A Yank at Oxford

    6.81938HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1927
    Downhill

    Downhill

    Downhill

    5.6971927HD

    When school captain Roddy Berwick takes the blame for his friend’s scandal, he is expelled and disowned by his family. Cast out of his...

    Downhill