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John Farrow

Highest Rated: 100% The Big Clock (1948)

Lowest Rated: 74% Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Birthday: Feb 10, 1904

Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

A former naval officer, in Hollywood from 1927 as a scriptwriter, Farrow as a director turned out several well-crafted entertainments often marked by the imaginative use of locations, such as the huge skyscraper in which his 1948 thriller "The Big Clock" is largely set. The genres he was most often associated with were suspense and action drama, and his best work is both well-paced and intelligent. Farrow's best remembered efforts include "Five Came Back" (1939), detailing the struggles of plane crash survivors, "Wake Island" (1942), a gritty WWII drama, and "Alias Nick Beal" (1949), a modernized retelling of "Faust" about political corruption. He also pursued careers as a historian and novelist, and married actress Maureen O'Sullivan in 1936; daughters Mia and Tisa are also actresses.

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Highest rated movies

100% 83% The Big Clock
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89% 48% Wake Island
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85% Ladies of the Mob
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80% 70% Night Has a Thousand Eyes
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74% 57% Around the World in 80 Days
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Comet Over Broadway
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72% His Kind of Woman
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20% Copper Canyon
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Full Confession
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John Farrow BEYOND GLORY, director John Farrow, Alan Ladd on set, 1948 BLAZE OF NOON, director John Farrow, Sonny Tufts, Sterling Hayden, William Holden on set, 1947 TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, director John Farrow, Alan Ladd on set, 1946 THE UNHOLY WIFE, director John Farrow, on-set, with daughters (from left) Stephanie Farrow, Theresa Farrow, Prudence Farrow, 1957 View more photos

Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet 28% John Paul Jones Director - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forbidden Island Edward Stuart Godfrey (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 50% The Unholy Wife Director - 1957
No Score Yet 58% Back From Eternity Director,
Producer 		- 1956
74% 57% Around the World in 80 Days Writer - 1956
No Score Yet 54% The Sea Chase Director,
Producer 		- 1955
No Score Yet 12% A Bullet Is Waiting Director - 1954
No Score Yet 33% Plunder of the Sun Director - 1953
90% 74% Hondo Director - 1953
No Score Yet 38% Ride, Vaquero Director - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Botany Bay Director - 1953
No Score Yet 72% His Kind of Woman Director,
Producer 		- 1951
No Score Yet 23% Submarine Command Director - 1951
No Score Yet 51% Where Danger Lives Director - 1950
No Score Yet 20% Copper Canyon Director - 1950
No Score Yet 52% Alias Nick Beal Director - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Red, Hot and Blue Director - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beyond Glory Director - 1948
100% 83% The Big Clock Director,
Producer 		- 1948
80% 70% Night Has a Thousand Eyes Director - 1948
No Score Yet 30% Calcutta Director - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blaze of Noon Director - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Easy Come, Easy Go Director - 1947
No Score Yet 70% California Director - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two Years Before the Mast Director - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet You Came Along Director - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hitler Gang Director - 1944
No Score Yet 50% China Director - 1943
89% 48% Wake Island Director - 1942
No Score Yet 57% The Commandos Strike at Dawn Director - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Bill of Divorcement Director - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Married and in Love Director - 1940
No Score Yet 63% Five Came Back Director - 1939
No Score Yet 64% The Saint Strikes Back Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Full Confession Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sorority House Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Reno Director - 1939
No Score Yet 0% Women in the Wind Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Comet Over Broadway Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Invisible Menace Director - 1938
No Score Yet 46% My Bill Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Broadway Musketeers Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Miss Thoroughbred Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Men in Exile Director - 1937
No Score Yet 20% West of Shanghai Director - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet She Loved a Fireman Director - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last of the Pagans Screenwriter - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Spectacle Maker Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Woman of Experience Screenwriter - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Common Law Screenwriter - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Seven Days Leave Screenwriter - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wolf Song Screenwriter - 1929
85% No Score Yet Ladies of the Mob Screenwriter - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Woman From Moscow Screenwriter - 1928