Michael Balcon Movies

Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

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

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new...

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 true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to...

A spoof of the Topical Budget newsreels with items on "Daylight Saving", "Economy in the Household", "The Art of Self Protection", and "Paris...

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

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

Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of...

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...

According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian...

An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.

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

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...

Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their...

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

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...

An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town...

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

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