Michael Balcon Movies

Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.

The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself....

A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.

British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death,...

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...

Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the...

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

Road House is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Violet Loraine, Gordon Harker and Aileen Marson.

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...

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...

An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.

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.

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

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

Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him, and he risks...

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.

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...

During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating...

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...