Movies: Michael Balcon Productions

  • 1953
    The Cruel Sea

    The Cruel Sea (1953)

    The Cruel Sea

    6.81953HD

    At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing surviv...

    The Cruel Sea
  • 1955
    The Ladykillers

    The Ladykillers (1955)

    The Ladykillers

    7.31955HD

    Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians....

    The Ladykillers
  • 1953
    Meet Mr. Lucifer

    Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)

    Meet Mr. Lucifer

    5.11953HD

    A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time....

    Meet Mr. Lucifer
  • 1955
    The Night My Number Came Up

    The Night My Number Came Up (1955)

    The Night My Number Came Up

    6.81955HD

    British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small Dakota propeller plane crashes on a Japanese beach. Hardie dismisses the dream as pure fantasy, but w...

    The Night My Number Came Up
  • 1953
    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    6.91953HD

    When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on t...

    The Titfield Thunderbolt
  • 1961
    The Long and the Short and the Tall

    The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)

    The Long and the Short and the Tall

    7.01961HD

    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 recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts. As they progr...

    The Long and the Short and the Tall
  • 1952
    The Gentle Gunman

    The Gentle Gunman (1952)

    The Gentle Gunman

    6.31952HD

    The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence....

    The Gentle Gunman
  • 1963
    Sammy Going South

    Sammy Going South (1963)

    Sammy Going South

    61963HD

    After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different peop...

    Sammy Going South