Michael Balcon Movies

A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.

Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade...

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...

A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy which...

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...

A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a...

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...

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

A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

After his father sells his car, an immature playboy steals it back, and gets involved with a gang of professional car thieves. British remake of...

Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant...

Elaine Bradford is a young singer and dancer, looking for her big break. Peter Carlton is a gossip columnist facing a deadline and a blank page. So,...

Take your seat for an Armistice concert by military bands playing a medley of songs commonly sung during WWI.

A young woman goes to stay at the house of Lord Lebanon, but two murders in quick succession lead to the arrival of detectives and cause the woman to...

A day following workers at an airport

A young composer goes blind, and shortly afterward enters his most recent work in a competition. He believes he's won, but doesn't know that his wife...

'Scots star sings songs in music hall setting.' (British Film Catalogue)

'Shipwrecked valet saves affianced master from native girl.' (British Film Catalogue)

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

The Wrecker is a British film that tells the story of a crook who organises train crashes to discredit the railway, in favour of a rival bus company....