David Farrar

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​ David Farrar (21 August 1908 – 31 August 1995) was an English stage and film actor, born in Forest Gate, east London. Three of his most notable film roles were leads in the Powell and Pressburger films Black Narcissus (1947), The Small Back Room (1949), and Gone to Earth (1950). He retired in 1962. After the death of his wife Irene in 1976, he moved to South Africa to be with their daughter.

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Total trailers found: 46

Diamond City Trailer (1949)

20 September 1949

Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".

I Accuse! Trailer (1958)

05 March 1958

Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism.

The Late Edwina Black Trailer (1951)

31 March 1951

When a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic.

Sheepdog of the Hills Trailer (1941)

22 December 1941

Farmers are all losing their Sheep, all except 'Riggy's'. Is it because of his great sheepdog or something more sinister.

Headline Trailer (1943)

16 November 1943

A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murder.

Lisbon Story Trailer (1946)

20 May 1946

A musical cabaret singer meets a British agent and goes with him to Nazi occupied France to save an atomic scientist.

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill Trailer (1948)

27 September 1948

A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.

The Trojan Brothers Trailer (1946)

04 February 1946

Opposing ends of a pantomime horse where the 'head' dates a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappily married.

A Royal Divorce Trailer (1938)

21 September 1938

The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.

Frieda Trailer (1947)

19 June 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.

Duel in the Jungle Trailer (1954)

30 June 1954

An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast.

The 300 Spartans Trailer (1962)

01 August 1962

The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidis, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000.

For Those in Peril Trailer (1944)

01 June 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.

The Golden Horde Trailer (1951)

30 September 1951

The Princess of Samarkand and an English knight confront the armies of Genghis Khan.

Lost Trailer (1956)

31 January 1956

U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London.

Q Planes Trailer (1939)

21 February 1939

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.

Gone to Earth Trailer (1950)

06 November 1950

Hazel Woods, a beautiful and young Welsh girl, lives a wild, rustic life and loves animals — in particular, her pet fox.

Cage of Gold Trailer (1950)

23 October 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.

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror Trailer (1938)

01 February 1938

Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by "famous stamp collector" and millionaire.

Night Without Stars Trailer (1951)

03 April 1951

A partially blind Englishman retires to the French Riviera. He meets and falls for the Widow of a French Resistance fighter but is horrified when he discovers she is involved with smugglers and murderers.

The World Owes Me a Living Trailer (1945)

01 January 1945

When a British pilot is hospitalized after a plane crash, the woman he loves sits by his bedside and remembers, in flashbacks, key episodes from their life together.

Solomon and Sheba Trailer (1959)

27 October 1959

Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah.

The Hundred Pound Window Trailer (1944)

03 April 1944

An accountant who has to take a second job working at a racetrack, soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd.

The Battle of the River Plate Trailer (1956)

30 October 1956

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.

The Webster Boy Trailer (1962)

01 June 1962

A gambler comes out of prison, returns to his old-flame, and finds that she has a teenage son, who begins to believe that the ex-con is his father.

Went the Day Well? Trailer (1942)

07 December 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.

Black Narcissus Trailer (1947)

26 May 1947

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace.

Danny Boy Trailer (1941)

25 August 1941

A remake of Oswald Mitchell's own 1934 production, a story of Jayne Kaye (Ann Todd), a successful singer in America who returns to Britain during the Blitz to find her ex-husband and son who have fallen on hard times.

The Small Back Room Trailer (1949)

21 February 1949

As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.

Return of a Stranger Trailer (1937)

04 October 1937

James Martin and Carol Wall have plans to elope, but a fight with her father's solicitor ends in murder committed by an unknown third-party, and Martin is hunted for the crime, knowing the solicitor was alive when he left him.

Woman and the Hunter Trailer (1957)

13 January 1957

When embittered safari guide David Kirby accepts a fateful commission to lead a hunting trip for wealthy and ruthless American Mitchell Gifford, tragedy soon intervenes and the big game hunt becomes a man hunt.

The Black Shield of Falworth Trailer (1954)

02 September 1954

In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was.

The Sea Chase Trailer (1955)

04 June 1955

As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse.

Beat Girl Trailer (1960)

21 August 1960

When her architect father brings home a much younger new wife, rebellious and resentful teen Jenny goes to extreme lengths to sabotage their relationship.

The Echo Murders Trailer (1945)

17 December 1945

Detective Sexton Blake takes on Nazi spies while solving a series of crimes.

John Paul Jones Trailer (1959)

16 June 1959

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

Pearl of the South Pacific Trailer (1955)

16 September 1955

Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island.

Meet Sexton Blake Trailer (1945)

05 February 1945

The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.

Suspected Person Trailer (1942)

01 June 1942

After a $50,000 heist in New York, two of the suspected robbers walk free from the courtroom and they waste no time in heading to London in search of the missing loot.

Lilacs in the Spring Trailer (1954)

21 December 1954

A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.

They Met in the Dark Trailer (1943)

11 August 1943

A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial.

Escape to Burma Trailer (1955)

09 April 1955

A fugitive in British Burma hides on a tea plantation, thanks to a mutual attraction with owner Gwen Moore.

The Son of Robin Hood Trailer (1958)

01 November 1958

Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize the British kingdom from its rightful heir, the boy prince, and only Robin's men stand in his way.

Watusi Trailer (1959)

25 March 1959

Following WWI, fortune hunter Allen Quartermain's son Harry travels to Africa to search for King Solomon's mines.

The Night Invader Trailer (1943)

05 December 1943

Dick Marlow, a British agent, has parachuted into the occupied Netherlands to retrieve vital documents.

The Dark Tower Trailer (1943)

18 October 1943

While working at a circus, a man hypnotizes a trapezist to kill her partner.