Michael Balcon Movies

  • 1940
    Spare a Copper

    Spare a Copper

    Spare a Copper

    71940HD

    George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned...

    Spare a Copper
  • 1942
    The Goose Steps Out

    The Goose Steps Out

    The Goose Steps Out

    6.41942HD

    Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new...

    The Goose Steps Out
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1950
    Bitter Springs

    Bitter Springs

    Bitter Springs

    6.41950HD

    A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australians. The two groups clash.

    Bitter Springs
  • 1948
    Against the Wind

    Against the Wind

    Against the Wind

    5.81948HD

    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
  • 1931
    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    6.51931HD

    On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a...

    The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1935
    Brown on Resolution

    Brown on Resolution

    Brown on Resolution

    5.81935HD

    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
  • 1935
    Foreign Affaires

    Foreign Affaires

    Foreign Affaires

    01935HD

    An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!

    Foreign Affaires
  • 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?
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1954
    Lease of Life

    Lease of Life

    Lease of Life

    7.41954HD

    The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.

    Lease of Life
  • 1933
    The Constant Nymph

    The Constant Nymph

    The Constant Nymph

    01933HD

    Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy’s novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with...

    The Constant Nymph
  • 1945
    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    61945HD

    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
  • 1930
    The Crooked Billet

    The Crooked Billet

    The Crooked Billet

    01930HD

    'International spy seeks documents hidden in old inn.' (British Film Catalogue)

    The Crooked Billet
  • 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