John Farrow — Director (15)
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Botany Bay (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Botany Bay
director: John Farrow actor: Alan Ladd / James Mason …
other title: I deportati di Botany Bay / Das Schiff der Verurteilten …
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. Because of his attempt to escape, evil Captain Gilbert decides to return him to England on charges of mutiny.
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Five Came Back (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Five Came Back
director: John Farrow actor: Chester Morris / Lucille Ball …
other title: La tragedia del Silver Queen / Quels seront les cinq ? …
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. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
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The Invisible Menace (1938) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Invisible Menace
director: John Farrow actor: Boris Karloff / Marie Wilson …
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of Army Intelligence arrives to take over the case. The prime suspect, Jevries, is well-known to Rogers, who sets out to get a confession from Jevries even though there are plenty of other suspects.
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The Saint Strikes Back (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint Strikes Back
director: John Farrow actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie …
other title: Le Saint contre-attaque / El Santo ataca de nuevo
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. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.
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John Paul Jones (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
John Paul Jones
director: John Farrow actor: Robert Stack / Marisa Pavan …
other title: Il grande capitano / Beherrscher der Meere …
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
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The Unholy Wife (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Unholy Wife
director: John Farrow actor: Diana Dors / Rod Steiger …
other title: Furia infernale / Weib ohne Gewissen …
A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they accidentally kill the wrong person.
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Plunder of the Sun (1953) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Plunder of the Sun
director: John Farrow actor: Glenn Ford / Diana Lynn …
other title: I saccheggiatori del sole / Das geheimnisvolle Testament …
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.
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California (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
California
director: John Farrow actor: Ray Milland / Barbara Stanwyck …
other title: Californie terre promise / Califórnia …
"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. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.
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Calcutta (1946) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Calcutta
director: John Farrow actor: Alan Ladd / Gail Russell …
other title: Kalkutta / Calcuta …
Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.
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Back from Eternity (1956) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Back from Eternity
director: John Farrow actor: Robert Ryan / Anita Ekberg …
other title: Ritorno dall'eternità / De Volta a Eternidade …
A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle area in the middle of a storm. The passengers then discover they are in an area inhabited by vicious cannibals and must escape before they are found. A remake of Five Came Back (1939).
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Submarine Command (1951) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Submarine Command
director: John Farrow actor: William Holden / Nancy Olson …
other title: Squali d'acciaio / U-Kreuzer Tigerhai …
Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) feeling guilty and empty. His life spirals downward and his wife is about to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced into a dangerous rescue situation at the start of the Koren War.... reassigned to the same submarine where all of his problems began.
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A Bullet Is Waiting (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
A Bullet Is Waiting
director: John Farrow actor: Rory Calhoun / Jean Simmons …
other title: Proiettile in canna / Eine Kugel wartet …
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.
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His Kind of Woman (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
His Kind of Woman
director: John Farrow actor: Robert Mitchum / Jane Russell …
other title: Il suo tipo di donna / Ein Satansweib …
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.