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
  • 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
  • 1937
    Sabotage

    Sabotage

    Sabotage

    6.6811937HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1931
    The Calendar

    The Calendar

    The Calendar

    01931HD

    Racehorse owner Anson is swindled by a woman named Wenda and goes up in front of the Jockey Club where he is disqualified on race fixing allegations....

    The Calendar
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1938
    A Yank at Oxford

    A Yank at Oxford

    A Yank at Oxford

    6.71938HD

    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
  • 1924
    The White Shadow

    The White Shadow

    The White Shadow

    7.21924HD

    The White Shadow is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts based on the novel "Children of Chance" by Michael Morton. Alfred Hitchcock worked...

    The White Shadow
  • 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
  • 1931
    My Old China

    My Old China

    My Old China

    01931HD

    'Newsreel cameramen wrest secret papers from Chinese bandit.' (British Film Catalogue)

    My Old China
  • 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
  • 1946
    The Overlanders

    The Overlanders

    The Overlanders

    5.71946HD

    It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth"...

    The Overlanders
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1932
    White Face

    White Face

    White Face

    01932HD

    A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.

    White Face
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1938
    The Ware Case

    The Ware Case

    The Ware Case

    6.31938HD

    An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house

    The Ware Case