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John Farrow is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Assistant Director Australien born on 10 february 1904 at Sydney (Australie)

John Farrow

John Farrow
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Birth name John Villiers Farrow
Nationality Australie
Birth 10 february 1904 at Sydney (Australie)
Death 28 january 1963 (at 58 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

John Villiers Farrow, CBE KGCHS (10 February 1904 – 27 January 1963) was an Australian-born 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.

Biography

John Farrow a été marié à l'actrice Maureen O'Sullivan de 1936 jusqu'à sa mort en 1963. Ils auront sept enfants dont les actrices Mia Farrow et Tisa Farrow.

Best films

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
(Director)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
(Writer)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Farrow (77 films)

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Actor

Forbidden Island, 1h6
Directed by Charles B. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors Jon Hall, Jonathan Haze, John Farrow
Roles Edward Stuart Godfrey
Rating66% 3.341693.341693.341693.341693.34169
A freelance frogman (Jon Hall) is hired by a psychotic treasure hunter to recover an emerald that went down in a shipwreck.
King of the Khyber Rifles, 1h40
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie, John Justin, Guy Rolfe, Richard Stapley
Roles Cpl. Stuart (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.146223.146223.146223.146223.14622
Alan King, dont le père était un officier britannique et la mère une indienne musulmane, est un officier brillant mais aussi un métis, ce qui l'exclut de la bonne société anglaise. Orphelin très jeune, il a été élevé avec Karram Khan qui devient un chef rebelle contre les Britanniques et cherche à fédérer les tribus le long de la frontière. King se voit confier un régiment d'élite composé de soldats musulmans. Au fort, la fille du général tombe amoureuse de lui, l'idylle paraît impossible à Alan qui propose de se sacrifier en tuant Karram Khan. Il échoue mais repart avec ses soldats à l'assaut du camp de Khan dans les montagnes. Khan est tué, Alan revient au fort en héros.
Commandos Strike at Dawn, 1h38
Directed by John Farrow, Harve Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish, Cedric Hardwicke, Robert Coote, Ray Collins
Rating65% 3.287933.287933.287933.287933.28793
Erik Toresen (Paul Muni), a widower and peaceful man, is stirred to violence after the Nazis occupy his quiet Norwegian fishing village. German abuses lead Erik to form a Resistance group. He kills the head of the Nazis occupying his village, and then escapes to Britain, and guides some British Commandos to a raid on a secret airstrip the Germans are building on the Norwegian coast.

Director

John Paul Jones, 2h6
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Stack, Bette Davis, Marisa Pavan, Peter Cushing, Erin O'Brien, Charles Coburn
Rating62% 3.14833.14833.14833.14833.1483
The film begins with a United States Navy officer, telling sailors the story of John Paul Jones.
The Unholy Wife, 1h34
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Diana Dors, Jonathan Latimer, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon, Beulah Bondi, Marie Windsor
Rating55% 2.795852.795852.795852.795852.79585
The film begins with Phyllis (Diana Dors) telling her story in flashbacks. It begins how she meets rich vintner Paul Hochen (Rod Steiger) from Napa Valley in a bar and marries him soon after.
Around the World in Eighty Days, 2h47
Directed by John Farrow, Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaine, Charles Boyer, Cedric Hardwicke
Rating66% 3.3490153.3490153.3490153.3490153.349015
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow presents an onscreen prologue, featuring footage from A Trip to the Moon (1902) by Georges Méliès, explaining that it is based loosely on the book From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Also included is the launching of an unmanned rocket and footage of the earth receding.
Back from Eternity, 1h40
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk, Keith Andes, Gene Barry
Rating64% 3.2482353.2482353.2482353.2482353.248235
A passenger airliner piloted by Bill Lonagan (Robert Ryan) and Joe Brooks (Keith Andes) is bound for Boca Grande, South America, making a pick-up stop in Central America. Passengers: Jud Ellis (Gene Barry) escorting his fiancé Louise Melhorn (Phyllis Kirk); repentant political assassin Vasquel (Rod Steiger) is being transported back to the proper authorities by detective Crimp (Fred Clark); mobster Pete Bostwick (Jesse White) is accompanying a little boy named Tommy, whose father is Bostwick's boss; an elderly couple, Professor and Mrs. Spangler (Cameron Prud'Homme and Beulah Bondi), are apparently on vacation; and jilted blonde bombshell Rena (Anita Ekberg), on her way to a South American casino, is vying for Ellis' attention.
The Sea Chase, 1h57
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors John Wayne, Lana Turner, David Farrar, Lyle Bettger, Tab Hunter, James Arness
Rating63% 3.1976653.1976653.1976653.1976653.197665
Captain Karl Ehrlich (John Wayne) is the master of the elderly German steam freighter Ergenstrasse, in port at Sydney, Australia on the eve of the Second World War. Ehrlich is depicted as a patriot, a former career naval officer who lost his rank and position after falling out of favour with the current regime and refusing to support the Nazi Party. As his ship prepares for sea (or to be interned if war is declared) he meets with an old friend, British Commander Jeff Napier (David Farrar) and his fiancée Elsa Keller (Lana Turner).
A Bullet Is Waiting, 1h30
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance, Western
Actors Rory Calhoun, Jean Simmons, Brian Aherne, Stephen McNally
Rating55% 2.760842.760842.760842.760842.76084
A plane crash results in a policeman and his prisoner being stranded in the wilderness.
A Bullet Is Waiting, 1h25
Directed by John Farrow, William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance, Western
Actors Rory Calhoun, Glenn Ford, Jean Simmons, Brian Aherne, Abbe Lane, Frank Lovejoy
Rating56% 2.808132.808132.808132.808132.80813
Texas rancher Sam Dent (Glenn Ford) takes a small herd of three Brahman bulls to Brazil, where he has sold them for a small fortune. There, he finds himself in the middle of a range war, as well as in love. He must find out who are his friends and who are his enemies.
Plunder of the Sun, 1h21
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan, Sean McClory, Eduardo Noriega
Rating63% 3.1950953.1950953.1950953.1950953.195095
The adventurer Al Colby is persuaded by Anna Luz and her antiquities collector husband, Thomas Berrien, to help them smuggle a parcel back into Mexico where its true value can be ascertained.
Hondo
Hondo (1953)
, 1h23
Directed by John Farrow, John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Actors John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness, Leo Gordon
Rating69% 3.496123.496123.496123.496123.49612
Hondo Lane (John Wayne) arrives on foot at a ranch where Mrs. Angie Lowe (Geraldine Page) and her son Johnny (Lee Aaker) have been deserted by her husband for months. Part Apache, Hondo tries to avoid confrontation with war chief Vittorio (Michael Pate), but finally bails out a new, inexperienced new West Point graduate, Lieutenant McKay (Tom Irish), and old friend and Army scout, Buffalo (Ward Bond). When Hondo finally admits he had to kill Mr Lowe (Leo Gordon) in self-defense, Angie reveals her husband was a gambler, unfaithful, unkind, and only married her for her inheritance. She disagrees with Hondo's devotion to "truth", calls his desire to confess to Johnny selfish, and asks to leave with him and the remains of a wagon train heading towards his farm that looks just like hers.
Ride, Vaquero!, 1h30
Directed by John Farrow, Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Anthony Quinn, Kurt Kasznar, Ted de Corsia
Rating60% 3.0484853.0484853.0484853.0484853.048485
Mexican bandit Jose Esqueda resents settlers in the Brownsville, Texas region and conducts raids against them. He threatens to burn down homes, including the ranch King Cameron has just built for wife Cordelia.
Plunder of the Sun, 1h21
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan, Sean McClory, Eduardo Noriega
Rating63% 3.1950953.1950953.1950953.1950953.195095
Al Corby, un Américain, accepte de transporter de La Havane à Oaxoca, un petit colis que lui remet un antiquaire. Il se trouve entraîné dans des aventures sans nombre, car le colis renferme un manuscrit qui permet de retrouver un fabuleux trésor...
Botany Bay
Botany Bay (1952)

Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Jonathan Harris, Cedric Hardwicke, Murray Matheson
Rating61% 3.051753.051753.051753.051753.05175
In 1787 prisoners are shipped from Newgate Jail on the Charlotte to found a new penal colony in Botany Bay, New South Wales. Amongst them is Hugh Tallant (Ladd) an American medical student who had been wrongly imprisoned. During the journey he begins to clash with the villainous Captain Gilbert (Mason), and is soon plotting a full-scale mutiny against him.