Michael Powell Movies

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

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds...

John Smith, a middle-aged married man, is made redundant by his employer; at a loss and despairing, his friend Harry Jones suggests applying to the...

A humble girl's rise to fame.

Essentially a re-release of Michael Powell's 'The Edge of the World (1937)' , but with colour 'bookends' in which director and actors revisit the...

Father Adrien had taken the vows of eternal silence, prayer and, of course, celibacy, when he entered the Trappist Monastry of Notre Dame d'Afrique...

When a 'man about town' takes a young lady back to his house they are both surprised to find that it has been turned into an illegal casino in his...

People who have experienced fear - those involved in the peace movement, a child, a politian and a film director - discuss the psychological and...

Detailed interview with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger looking back at their long career as influential British film-makers and their unusual...

A Royal Air Force (RAF) airman who dies during a mission has left a letter to be sent to his mother upon his death.

“Bookseller David Gordon's new wife Marian has never met David's friend Bob but by telephone advises him on how to meet women by following the...

Major Starr is an ambitious newspaper reporter who has taken undercover employment as chauffeur to Lady Susan Loman in the hope of witnessing...

A prince makes a socialite think she spent the night in his room.

A murderer is on the run from prison and is out to get everyone, especially the girl, who put him there. The detective gives chase with the help of a...

The daughter of a Cockney drunkard marries a young aristocrat who is presumed killed in action in WWI. When she gets the news she goes to stay with...

A man assists a woman to dispose of the body of her stepfather....

“Curley Blake is a lift operator in a block of flats. He is in love with Emily, the cleaning girl. When Emily returns from a stay in hospital,...

Ballet performed to Dukas' "The Sorceror's Apprentice".

Publisher John Gillespie faces a financial crisis after his business partner skips town with all the firm's assets. Facing ruin, he reluctantly...

Jerry Mason inherits the Hotel Splendide at Speymouth but is disappointed when he sees it is a quiet place with few permanent residents. Gentleman...