
Michael Balcon
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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.
Known for
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The 39 Steps (1935)
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The Ladykillers (1955)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
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Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
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Sailors Three (1940)
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Dead of Night (1945)
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
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The Man in the White Suit (1951)
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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
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Brown on Resolution (1935)
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Sabotage (1937)
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A Night in Montmartre (1931)
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Bitter Springs (1950)
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Secret Agent (1936)
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Dunkirk (1958)
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Whisky Galore! (1949)
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The Blue Lamp (1950)
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Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
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The Long Arm (1956)
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Convoy (1940)
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The Scapegoat (1959)
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
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P.C. Josser (1931)
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Passport to Pimlico (1949)
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The Clairvoyant (1935)
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Undercover (1943)
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The Man in the Sky (1957)
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The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)
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My Song for You (1934)
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Downhill (1927)
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Train of Events (1949)
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The Ghoul (1933)
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It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
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Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
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The Pleasure Garden (1925)
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Went the Day Well? (1942)
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Barnacle Bill (1957)
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Nowhere to Go (1958)
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A Yank at Oxford (1938)
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The Halfway House (1944)
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The Mountain Eagle (1926)
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Painted Boats (1945)
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The Calendar (1931)
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Ships with Wings (1941)
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Mandy (1952)
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The Shiralee (1957)
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Hot Heir (1931)
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Against the Wind (1948)
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Pool of London (1951)
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Easy Virtue (1928)
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The Bells Go Down (1943)
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The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
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I Was a Spy (1933)
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Cage of Gold (1950)
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The Captive Heart (1946)
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The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
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Saloon Bar (1940)
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The Next of Kin (1942)
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The Four Just Men (1939)
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Oh, Daddy! (1935)
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The Proud Valley (1940)
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Rome Express (1932)
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Man of Aran (1934)
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Hue and Cry (1947)
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Tudor Rose (1936)
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Lease of Life (1954)
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The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
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The Goose Steps Out (1942)
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The Stronger Sex (1931)
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San Demetrio London (1943)
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Champagne Charlie (1944)
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Frieda (1947)
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There Goes the Bride (1932)
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Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
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The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941)
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Jew Süss (1934)
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Bulldog Jack (1935)
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The Blackguard (1925)
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The Midshipmaid (1932)
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A Run for Your Money (1949)
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The Feminine Touch (1956)
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Johnny Frenchman (1945)
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Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
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Woman to Woman (1923)
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Michael and Mary (1931)
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Sleeping Car (1933)
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The City of Play (1929)
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The Magnet (1950)
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Let George Do It! (1940)
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Taxi for Two (1929)
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Typical Budget (1925)
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The Iron Duke (1934)
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Spare a Copper (1940)
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They Came to a City (1944)
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It's a Boy (1934)
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The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)
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Marry Me (1932)
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The Big Blockade (1942)
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The Foreman Went to France (1942)
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It's Love Again (1936)
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Where No Vultures Fly (1951)
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Where There's a Will (1936)
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White Face (1932)
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Davy (1958)
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The Overlanders (1946)
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The Good Companions (1933)
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The White Shadow (1924)
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Climbing High (1938)
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Hindle Wakes (1931)
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The Frightened Lady (1932)
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Eureka Stockade (1949)
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Return to Yesterday (1940)
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Things Are Looking Up (1935)
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Orders Is Orders (1933)
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Salvage with a Smile (1940)
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Aroma of the South Seas (1931)
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Road House (1934)
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Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
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My Learned Friend (1943)
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The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
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My Old China (1931)
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Me and Marlborough (1935)
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Nine Men (1943)
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Lord Babs (1932)
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The Ware Case (1938)
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The Man from Toronto (1933)
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Aunt Sally (1934)
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The Prude's Fall (1925)
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The Constant Nymph (1928)
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Sunshine Susie (1931)
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A Light Woman (1928)
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All In! (1936)
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Armistice (1929)
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First Offence (1936)
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West of Zanzibar (1954)
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Balaclava (1928)
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Love on Wheels (1932)
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All Hands (1940)
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Take My Tip (1937)
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Jack's the Boy (1932)
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1931)
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The Rat (1925)
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Another Shore (1948)
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For Those in Peril (1944)
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The Ghost Train (1927)
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The Queen Was in the Parlour (1927)
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The Ghost Train (1931)
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The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
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Stormy Weather (1935)
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Turned Out Nice Again (1941)
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The Ringer (1931)
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After the Ball (1932)
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The Constant Nymph (1933)
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Car of Dreams (1935)
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One of the Best (1927)
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Cut It Out (1925)
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The Faithful Heart (1932)
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The Crooked Billet (1930)
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Fiddlers Three (1944)
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Happy Family (1939)
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A South Sea Bubble (1928)
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A Cup of Kindness (1934)
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Symphony in Two Flats (1930)
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The Vortex (1928)
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The Sky’s the Limit (1943)
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The Return of the Vikings (1944)
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Foreign Affaires (1935)
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Just for a Song (1930)
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A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
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Now You're Talking (1940)
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Dangerous Comment (1940)
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A Warm Corner (1930)
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Bull Rushes (1931)
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Who Killed Doc Robin? (1931)
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Blighty (1927)
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Save Your Shillings and Smile (1943)
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The Cabaret Kid (1926)
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Jack of All Trades (1936)
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Rhythm in the Air (1936)
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Go to Blazes (1942)
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Harry Lauder Songs (1931)
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The Man They Couldn't Arrest (1931)
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The Lady of the Lake (1928)
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Find, Fix and Strike (1942)
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