Michael Balcon Productions Movie Trailers

Sammy Going South Trailer (1963)

18 March 1963

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.

The Night My Number Came Up Trailer (1955)

22 March 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.

The Ladykillers Trailer (1955)

08 December 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.

Kind Hearts and Coronets Trailer (1949)

21 June 1949

When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family.

Meet Mr. Lucifer Trailer (1953)

30 November 1953

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

The Cruel Sea Trailer (1953)

24 February 1953

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 Titfield Thunderbolt Trailer (1953)

04 March 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.

The Long and the Short and the Tall Trailer (1961)

28 February 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.