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Nigel Balchin

Career

Active from 1947 to 2005, with a break from 1970 to 2004, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nigel Balchin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.7, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Slow-Burning Suspense 2
  • Post-War Psychological Drama 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Classic Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

15
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title ยท average score 64
Separate Lies
Separate Lies (2005)
GoodWatch score 64

Novel

1960s

5 titles ยท average score 70
Horizon
Horizon (1964)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show

Barabbas
Barabbas (1961)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer

The Singer Not the Song
The Singer Not the Song (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Screenplay

Suspect
Suspect (1960)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay, Novel

Circle of Deception
Circle of Deception (1960)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

1950s

6 titles ยท average score 67
The Blue Angel
The Blue Angel (1959)
GoodWatch score 42

Writer

The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
GoodWatch score 81

Screenplay

23 Paces to Baker Street
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Josephine and Men
Josephine and Men (1955)

Screenplay

Malta Story
Malta Story (1953)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

Mandy
Mandy (1952)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer

1940s

3 titles ยท average score 72
The Small Back Room
The Small Back Room (1949)
GoodWatch score 81

Novel

Mine Own Executioner
Mine Own Executioner (1947)
GoodWatch score 68

Novel, Screenplay

Fame Is the Spur
Fame Is the Spur (1947)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay