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Michael Balcon

Michael Balcon

Sir Michael Elias Balcon (19 May 1896 – 17 October 1977) was an English film producer, known for his work with Ealing Studios. Balcon had earlier worked for Gainsborough Pictures, Gaumont British and MGM-British.

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The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)

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 progress to ...

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The Scapegoat (1959)

An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman. ...

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The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)

An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name. ...

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Nowhere to Go (1958)

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

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Dunkirk (1958)

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get t ...

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Davy (1958)

The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own ? The last comedy to be produced at Ealing Studios. ...

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Barnacle Bill (1957)

A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. ...

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The Shiralee (1957)

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 and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding. ...

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The Man in the Sky (1957)

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. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-pro ...

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The Feminine Touch (1956)

Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine's Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensibl ...

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The Long Arm (1956)

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. ...

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Who Done It? (1956)

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 detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists. ...

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The Ladykillers (1955)

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. ...

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The Night My Number Came Up (1955)

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 while h ...

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Out of the Clouds (1955)

Multiple stories unfold over the course of twenty-four hours in and around a bustling central airport. ...

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Lease of Life (1954)

The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community. ...

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West of Zanzibar (1954)

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

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The 'Maggie' (1954)

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 'puffer' boat tricks an American tycoon into paying him to transport his personal cargo. When the tycoon learns of t ...

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Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)

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

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The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)

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 trains. ...

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Mandy (1952)

London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. Christine, Mandy's mother, has heard of a residential school for the oral education of the deaf. ...

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Where No Vultures Fly (1951)

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 create a national park to protect them. ...

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The Man in the White Suit (1951)

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one ...

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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country. ...

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Pool of London (1951)

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London. ...

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Cage of Gold (1950)

The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears. ...

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The Magnet (1950)

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

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Bitter Springs (1950)

A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australians. The two groups clash. ...

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The Blue Lamp (1950)

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to a ...

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A Run for Your Money (1949)

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 escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporte ...

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Passport to Pimlico (1949)

When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by settin ...

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Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member ...

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Whisky Galore! (1949)

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,00 ...

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Eureka Stockade (1949)

In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government. ...

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Train of Events (1949)

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. ...

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Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him ...

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Another Shore (1948)

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

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Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)

Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Soph ...

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Against the Wind (1948)

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who is being interrogated by the Germans for vital information. ...

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It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance. ...

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Frieda (1947)

An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape. ...

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The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)

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

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle. ...

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Hue and Cry (1947)

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies. ...

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The Overlanders (1946)

It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth" policy. Rather than kill all their cattle, a disparate group decides to drive them overland half way across the ...

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The Captive Heart (1946)

A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier who needs to keep his identity a secret from the Nazis. To do this, he poses as a dead English Officer and ...

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Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison). ...

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Johnny Frenchman (1945)

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 they must all rethink their petty differences. ...

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Dead of Night (1945)

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread. ...

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Painted Boats (1945)

In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy. ...

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Fiddlers Three (1944)

Two British soldiers and a WREN take refuge at Stonehenge during a thunderstorm, they are struck by lightning and transported back to ancient Rome. ...

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Champagne Charlie (1944)

A man from the countryside becomes London's newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the audience's attention. ...

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They Came to a City (1944)

People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city ...

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For Those in Peril (1944)

A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety. ...

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The Halfway House (1944)

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? An ...

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San Demetrio London (1943)

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 Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats ...

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My Learned Friend (1943)

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 from meeting a grisly end. ...

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Undercover (1943)

Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are everywhere – and trusting the wrong person could easil ...

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The Bells Go Down (1943)

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII. ...

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Nine Men (1943)

The Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the Italian and German troops until they can be relieved. ...

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Save Your Shillings and Smile (1943)

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

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The Sky’s the Limit (1943)

A re-creation of a bombing raid on Hanover, with the objective of promoting war savings bonds. ...

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Went the Day Well? (1942)

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they d ...

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The Goose Steps Out (1942)

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 secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process. ...

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The Foreman Went to France (1942)

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. ...

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The Next of Kin (1942)

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 this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy talk can result in unknowingly giving valuable information ...

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The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America. ...

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The Big Blockade (1942)

Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war. ...

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Go to Blazes (1942)

Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs. ...

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Find, Fix and Strike (1942)

Deals with the training of Fleet Air Arm pilots and crew during World War II. ...

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Ships with Wings (1941)

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 Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the ...

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Turned Out Nice Again (1941)

George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and getting his wife to promote it, he has an argument with his boss, Mr Dawson who insults Pearson's wife and refus ...

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Yellow Caesar (1941)

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini. ...

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The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)

Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Hay, assisted by Claude Hulbert and Ch ...

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Sailors Three (1940)

Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a G ...

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Spare a Copper (1940)

George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets ...

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Young Veteran (1940)

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army. ...

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Saloon Bar (1940)

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

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Convoy (1940)

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

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Let George Do It! (1940)

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi a ...

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All Hands (1940)

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 Studios production features well-known 1940s actor John Mills, playing a sailor who then divulges his saili ...

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Dangerous Comment (1940)

A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a cocktail bar. ...

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The Proud Valley (1940)

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens. ...

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Return to Yesterday (1940)

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England. ...

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Now You're Talking (1940)

Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; 'Now you're talking' follows a plant worker, who lets slip vital information about some overnight research on a captured enemy aircraft. This inevitably leads to t ...

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Salvage with a Smile (1940)

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 war effort. ...

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Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)

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

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The Four Just Men (1939)

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 sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots. ...

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Happy Family (1939)

Summer 1939, and an ordinary family gets an alarming taste of war to come. ...

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The Ware Case (1938)

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

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Climbing High (1938)

Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and mountaineering are the result. ...

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A Yank at Oxford (1938)

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister. ...

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Sabotage (1937)

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 husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life. ...

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Take My Tip (1937)

Lord and Lady Pilkington get tricked out of their money by a con man. They later run into the swindler in a hotel - which happens to be owned by their butler - and they devise a plan to scam the con man and get both revenge and their money back. ...

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Jack of All Trades (1936)

In this he's on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way into society and a highly regarded position at a bank next to the beleaguered Robertson Hare. Here he invents a fraudulent business plan (Merrivale - you rem ...

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All In! (1936)

Archie Slott inherits a successful racing stable from his dissolute uncle, but his sanctimonious aunt tries to convince him to sell it off. In an attempt to avoid doing so, he accidentally buys a failing all-in wrestling stadium as well. Now Archie is fa ...

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The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)

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 losing everything for which he has worked. He begins to use his discoveries to save his research and further ...

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Tudor Rose (1936)

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

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Rhythm in the Air (1936)

A young riveter working high up on a steel girder watches a girl practising a tap-dance in a building opposite, and while applauding her, he loses his balance and falls. ...

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Where There's a Will (1936)

Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. ...

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Secret Agent (1936)

During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as "the General," the ...

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It's Love Again (1936)

Elaine Bradford is a young singer and dancer, looking for her big break. Peter Carlton is a gossip columnist facing a deadline and a blank page. So, Peter invents "Mrs. Smythe-Smythe", a mysterious Englishwoman who spends her days hunting tigers in India, ...

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First Offence (1936)

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 "Mauvaise graine" (1934). ...

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Foreign Affaires (1935)

An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul! ...

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Bulldog Jack (1935)

While filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to foil a criminal mastermind's (Ralph Richardson) impending heist that's targeting a valuable jewel necklace hel ...

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The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)

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

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Stormy Weather (1935)

Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of ...

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Me and Marlborough (1935)

A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars. ...

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Things Are Looking Up (1935)

Scatterbrain circus lady has to cover for her sour schoolmistress sister. ...

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The Clairvoyant (1935)

A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. ...

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The 39 Steps (1935)

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring ...

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Brown on Resolution (1935)

Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. There his bravery and marksmanship keeps a German ship in port so a Brit ...

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Oh, Daddy! (1935)

Member of a village Purity League branch find things much livelier on a trip to London. ...

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Car of Dreams (1935)

Produced by the highly acclaimed Michael Balcon, the story revolves around Robert, the son of the owner of a musical instrument factory. He is in love with Vera, one of the factory workers, who is unaware of his position. So when she jokes one day that sh ...

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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet. ...

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The Iron Duke (1934)

The life and times of the Duke of Wellington ...

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Road House (1934)

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

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Jew Süss (1934)

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 life in the 18th-century Jewish ghetto of Württemberg. Süss works himself out of the ghetto and into a posit ...

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My Song for You (1934)

In this opera-oriented musical, Riccardo Gatti, an Italian young tenor in Venice, meets a young woman who sneaks into the opera house to try and get her fiancé hired as the orchestra's pianist. ...

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Aunt Sally (1934)

An ambitious girl who wants to be a cabaret star poses as "Zaza", a French chanteuse, to get a job in a prestigious nightclub. Unfortunately, she finds herself in the middle of a dispute between Mike Kelly, the club's Chicago-born owner, and a group of Ame ...

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It's a Boy (1934)

"It's a Boy" stars Horton as Dudley Leake, who is betrothed to Mary Bogle (the very pretty Wendy Barrie). Shortly before the wedding, Dudley blurts a confession to his friend and best man, Jim Skippett: 20 years ago, Dudley had a brief affair with a certai ...

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A Cup of Kindness (1934)

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

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Man of Aran (1934)

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 pure uncorrupted peasant existence centred around the struggle between man and his hostile but magnificent su ...

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The Constant Nymph (1933)

Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy's novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with world-famous composer Lewis Dodd (Brian Aherne), who marries her wealthy cousin Florence (Leonora Corbett). Undermining ...

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I Was a Spy (1933)

During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has to treat the German casualties inflicted as a result of the informa ...

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The Ghoul (1933)

British Egyptologist Professor Morlant seeks immortality through a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to Earth to seek vengeance upon those who removed the jewel from his grave. ...

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Orders Is Orders (1933)

A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander doesn't want any part of it, but the producer and his secretary cook up a scheme to trick the officer into lettin ...

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Sleeping Car (1933)

A French sleeping-car attending with an eye for the ladies hooks up with a wealthy widow and they get married. What he doesn't know is that she married him because she wants to stay in France. Complications ensue. ...

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The Good Companions (1933)

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos. ...

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The Man from Toronto (1933)

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 bachelor. Both are bequeathed a fortune, but there is a condition to receive it; the two must marry within a year ...

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Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)

The owner of a fish-and-chips shop in the Billingsgate area of London harbors a secret ambition: to become a movie star. It turns out that she has a beautiful singing voice, and when that fact comes to the attention of a movie studio, it begins to turn her ...

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The Midshipmaid (1932)

Sir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter Celia tags along and organizes a morale-boosting show utilizing ship-board talent. Her fiancé shows up, and romantic complications ensue. ...

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After the Ball (1932)

The wife of a diplomat in Geneva pretends to be a maid in order to continue her flirting with a handsome young courier. ...

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Rome Express (1932)

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

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There Goes the Bride (1932)

A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a bag thief in the train. When she refuses to tell him who she really is, her accuser decides to take her ho ...

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Marry Me (1932)

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Love on Wheels (1932)

A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious. ...

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Jack's the Boy (1932)

With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star plays the son of a celebrated Scotland Yard detective, who joins the force in hopes of following his fathe ...

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The Faithful Heart (1932)

Herbert Marshall and Edna Best, husband and wife in 1933, star in the British drama Faithful Hearts. Best plays the daughter of Marshall, who years earlier had run out on his family. When Edna re-enters Marshall's life, it causes him to reassess his values ...

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White Face (1932)

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. ...

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The Frightened Lady (1932)

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 fear for her life. ...

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Lord Babs (1932)

A steward inherits the estate of an earl. To repel the advances of an unwanted fiancee, he pretends that he has regressed to childhood behaviors. ...

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Sunshine Susie (1931)

Sunshine Susie was a remake of the German film Die Privatsekretärin, and retained many of the originals general characteristics. Renete Muller who starred in the original, was again cast as the country girl seeking fame and fortune in the big city. She ta ...

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A Gentleman of Paris (1931)

A prominent Parisian judge is a witness to a murder while he is at a rendezvous with his mistress. A woman is arrested for the crime and brought before him for trial. It turns out that the woman is his ex-mistress, and the judge knows that she is not the k ...

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P.C. Josser (1931)

The fumble fingered Josser finds himself thrown off the police force for his constant bungling, but by the picture's end, he manages to redeem himself by breaking up a ring of crooks who have been fixing horse-races by doping up the horses. ...

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Michael and Mary (1931)

A young bride is deserted by her husband but finds happiness with another man. They contract a bigamous marriage for the sake of their child.... ...

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The Calendar (1931)

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. He decides to get his own back with the help of Hillcott, an ex-burglar. ...

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Hindle Wakes (1931)

A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play. ...

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The Ghost Train (1931)

The story, about the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight who are increasingly threatened by a latent external force. Only five reels of picture and two reels of soundtrack survive. ...

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My Old China (1931)

'Newsreel cameramen wrest secret papers from Chinese bandit. ...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1931)

On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a plot to have Sir Henry murdered by a terrible trained hound. ...

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The Man They Couldn't Arrest (1931)

An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals. ...

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A Night in Montmartre (1931)

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 suspicion. However, the husband's father, an amateur detective, believes in their innocence and sets out to find who re ...

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The Ringer (1931)

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

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The Stronger Sex (1931)

A man rescues his wife's lover during a disaster at a coal mine ...

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Bull Rushes (1931)

'Spain. English tourist gets drunk and fights bull. ...

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Harry Lauder Songs (1931)

'Scots star sings songs in music hall setting. ...

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Aroma of the South Seas (1931)

'Shipwrecked valet saves affianced master from native girl. ...

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Hot Heir (1931)

A comedy short directed by W.P. Kellino. ...

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Movies Starring Michael Balcon (3)

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)

A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from interviews with the man himself and with his family and friends, it traces his career from humble beginnings to ...

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How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran (1978)

American documentary film-maker George C. Stoney visits the Aran Islands to try and unravel some of the myths surrounding a film that had engrossed him as a youngster - Robert Flaherty's famous documentary "Man of Aran" released in 1934. ...

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The Ealing Comedies (1970)

The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map. ...

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