Michael Balcon Movies

A documentary on the life of the people of the Aran Islands, who were believed to contain the essence of the ancient Irish life, represented by a...

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.

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...

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

The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old...

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...

The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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,...

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

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.

An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.

The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

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