Michael Balcon Movies

Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

William Thorne, vicar of a small village, leads a modest life as a clergyman. Supporting his wife Vera and musically talented daughter Susan with his...

George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and...

A young couple live under a café in Paris that, unknown to them, is owned by a brutal blackmailer. When he is murdered, they fall under...

A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from...

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

Tommy Trinder chooses which of the chorus line to take out. The lucky lady is the one who knows all about war savings.

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...

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...

While filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to...

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...

A criminal organizes train crashes to discredit the railway in favor of a rival bus company. The stunts in this film were groundbreaking for 1920s...

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...

British war documentary

Game warden Bob Payton tracks an ivory smuggling ring through some of the most treacherous passages of the African veldt.

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

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...

A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.

A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.

From a series of films made to raise awareness of the risks of idle gossip providing vital information to enemy spies and collaborators. This Ealing...