Michael Balcon Movies

  • 1936
    First Offence

    First Offence

    First Offence

    01936HD

    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...

    First Offence
  • 1940
    Saloon Bar

    Saloon Bar

    Saloon Bar

    6.51940HD

    A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.

    Saloon Bar
  • 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
  • 1925
    The Pleasure Garden

    The Pleasure Garden

    The Pleasure Garden

    5.31925HD

    Patsy Brand is a chorus girl at the Pleasure Garden music hall. She meets Jill Cheyne who is down on her luck and gets her a job as a dancer. Jill...

    The Pleasure Garden
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 1941
    Ships with Wings

    Ships with Wings

    Ships with Wings

    41941HD

    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...

    Ships with Wings
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1940
    Spare a Copper

    Spare a Copper

    Spare a Copper

    6.81940HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1934
    It's a Boy

    It's a Boy

    It's a Boy

    01934HD

    "It's a Boy" stars Horton as Dudley Leake, who is betrothed to Mary Bogle (the very pretty Wendy Barrie). Shortly before the wedding, Dudley blurts a...

    It's a Boy
  • 1947
    The Loves of Joanna Godden

    The Loves of Joanna Godden

    The Loves of Joanna Godden

    71947HD

    Joanna Godden falls heir to a farm when her father dies.

    The Loves of Joanna Godden
  • 1939
    The Four Just Men

    The Four Just Men

    The Four Just Men

    6.21939HD

    The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or...

    The Four Just Men
  • 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