John Farrow

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​ John Villiers Farrow, CBE (10 February 1904 – 27 January 1963) was an Australian, later American, film director, producer and screenwriter. In 1957 he won the Academy Award for Best Writing / Best Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days and in 1942 he was nominated as Best Director for Wake Island.

Most Popular John Farrow Trailers

Total trailers found: 68

Copper Canyon Trailer (1950)

15 November 1950

A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis.

My Bill Trailer (1938)

08 July 1938

An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.

Easy Come, Easy Go Trailer (1947)

07 March 1947

Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter's romance with a serviceman.

Women in the Wind Trailer (1939)

15 April 1939

A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.

Calcutta Trailer (1946)

20 December 1946

Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate.

Men in Exile Trailer (1937)

04 April 1937

An ex-con takes flight after he's framed for a jewelry store robbery and murder.

The Impassive Footman Trailer (1932)

28 June 1932

A woman finds brief respite from the selfishness of her husband with a young doctor, and their mutual attraction is rekindled by a chance meeting at a concert.

The Blue Danube Trailer (1928)

11 March 1928

Marguerite, the beauty of an Austrian village, loves the poverty-stricken Baron Erich von Statzen, although her mother is opposed to the affair, having been made suspicious by the hunchback Ludwig, who is smitten by Marguerite's charms and insanely jealous of Statzen.

Full Confession Trailer (1939)

08 September 1939

A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair.

The Invisible Menace Trailer (1938)

11 January 1938

Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder.

Around the World in 80 Days Trailer (1956)

17 October 1956

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world.

Reno Trailer (1939)

01 December 1939

A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.

Five Came Back Trailer (1939)

23 June 1939

Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course.

West of Shanghai Trailer (1937)

30 October 1937

American businessmen and missionaries working in China are captured and held prisoner by a local warlord.

Hondo Trailer (1953)

26 November 1953

Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.

You Came Along Trailer (1945)

04 July 1945

War hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond selling tour with two buddies, and substitute "chaperone" Ivy Hotchkiss.

Forbidden Island Trailer (1959)

01 March 1959

Tropical island underwater scuba diving swimming murder thriller, in which divers and thieves search for a sunken treasure.

Seven Days Leave Trailer (1930)

24 January 1930

In London, during WWI, a lonely woman who wants to feel a part of the war effort pretends to her friends to have a son fighting in the war.

Mutiny on the Bounty Trailer (1935)

22 November 1935

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.

Submarine Command Trailer (1951)

01 November 1951

Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II.

California Trailer (1947)

21 February 1947

"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train.

Beyond Glory Trailer (1948)

03 August 1948

Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow.

The Bad One Trailer (1930)

03 May 1930

In this melodrama, a dancer works in a sleazy Marseilles portside dive that is really the front for a bordello.

Comet Over Broadway Trailer (1938)

03 December 1938

A rising stage star's ambition causes trouble.

Wake Island Trailer (1942)

11 August 1942

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.

She Loved a Fireman Trailer (1937)

18 December 1937

A young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman.

Last of the Pagans Trailer (1935)

20 December 1935

Two South Sea Islanders fall in love, followed by a hurricane.

Ride, Vaquero! Trailer (1953)

17 July 1953

Two Mexican outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their Texas border territory.

Sorority House Trailer (1939)

05 May 1939

A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.

His Kind of Woman Trailer (1951)

15 August 1951

Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.

Tarzan Escapes Trailer (1936)

06 November 1936

White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arrives in the jungle with Jane's cousins, Eric and Rita, who want Jane's help in claiming a fortune left her.

Blaze of Noon Trailer (1947)

02 May 1947

In this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their jobs to become mail pilots.

The Hitler Gang Trailer (1944)

26 April 1944

The Hitler Gang adopts the style of a gangster film as it charts Adolf Hitler’s rise from small-time politico to dictator of Germany.

Botany Bay Trailer (1952)

26 December 1952

Based on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is falsely convicted of robbery, with his sentence involving the torturous voyage with other prisoners to the new penal colony at Botany Bay.

The Common Law Trailer (1931)

17 July 1931

When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent past as another man's mistress?

Plunder of the Sun Trailer (1953)

26 August 1953

An American insurance adjuster, stranded in Havana, becomes involved with an archaeologist and a collector of antiquities in a hunt for treasure in the Mexican ruins of Zapoteca.

Inside the Lines Trailer (1930)

05 July 1930

During World War I, German spies will stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at Gibraltar.

China Trailer (1943)

21 April 1943

Shortly before Pearl Harbor, American opportunist Jones and partner Johnny are in China to sell oil to the invading Japanese army.

The Big Clock Trailer (1948)

18 March 1948

George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer.

The Wheel of Life Trailer (1929)

15 June 1929

British officer Capt. Leslie Yeullat is at present on leave in London. Falling in love with Ruth Dangan, the wife of his commanding officer, Yeullat does the gentlemanly thing by suppressing his own emotions for the sake of the Regiment.

Alias Nick Beal Trailer (1949)

04 March 1949

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction.

A Bullet Is Waiting Trailer (1954)

04 September 1954

A plane carrying a sheriff and a man indicted for manslaughter is wrecked on a lonely California beach and the prisoner manages to escape, after a struggle, only to be taken in hand by the female manager of a remote sheep ranch.

A Woman of Experience Trailer (1931)

08 July 1931

It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute, wants to help the war effort, but is rejected as a nurse, but a government official thinks that she will make an excellent spy.

Little Miss Thoroughbred Trailer (1938)

04 June 1938

A young orphan girl wants a small-time gambler to be her father.

Commandos Strike at Dawn Trailer (1942)

30 December 1942

A gentle widower with a small daughter finds his peaceful small rural village suddenly invaded by Nazis and, enraged in short order by their atrocities, becomes the leader of an aggressive underground movement.

Married and in Love Trailer (1940)

19 January 1940

Two married couples become engulfed in a storm of emotional fury when Doctor Leslie Yates runs into writer Doris Wilding, his old college flame, whom he has not seen in ten years.

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.

King of the Khyber Rifles Trailer (1953)

23 December 1953

Freshly arrived Sandhurst-trained Captain Alan King, better versed in Pashtun then any of the veterans and born locally as army brat, survives an attack on his escort to his Northwest Frontier province garrison near the Khyber pass because of Ahmed, a native Afridi deserter from the Muslim fanatic rebel Karram Khan's forces.

Night Has a Thousand Eyes Trailer (1948)

20 August 1948

When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton.

Where Danger Lives Trailer (1950)

16 November 1950

A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband.

Back from Eternity Trailer (1956)

07 September 1956

A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle area in the middle of a storm.

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.

Their Mad Moment Trailer (1931)

12 July 1931

Dorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She is Emily Stanley, betrothed to foppish Englishman Sir Harry Congers, but in love with Basque peasant Esteban Cristera.

Wolf Song Trailer (1929)

29 March 1929

In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for the Rockies to trap beavers and cats.

Two Years Before the Mast Trailer (1946)

22 November 1946

In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships.

Red, Hot and Blue Trailer (1949)

05 September 1949

In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.

The Spectacle Maker Trailer (1934)

20 September 1934

A parable about magic glasses involving on the nature of beauty, truth, good, and evil set in 17th Century Germany with music and Glorious Technicolor.

The Saint Strikes Back Trailer (1939)

08 March 1939

Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force.

Red Mountain Trailer (1951)

03 August 1951

Towards the end of the American Civil War, a rebel captain flees to Colorado to join a band of Southern mercenaries.

The First Kiss Trailer (1928)

17 August 1928

The Talbots, formerly one of the Eastern Shore's first families, have gone to seed: Pap is a drunk, soddenly decaying in his ruined ancestral home, and three of his sons (William, Carol, and Ezra) are lazy, shiftless young men.