Top Ten Movies - John Farrrow, Director
by milam_ogden | created - 10 Feb 2014 | updated - 10 Feb 2014 | PublicToday is John Farrow's birthday, born in 1904 in Sydney, Australia. John got his film start as a screenwriter in 1927 at age of 23. He became a versatile director in 76 feature films. Farrow directed all kinds of genres: film noir=5 and westerns=11. He was married to actress Maureen O'Sullivan for 25+ years and produced 7 children. Farrow won an Oscar in 1966 for screenplay(co-Oscar) of Around the World in 80 days. He died in January of 1963 in Beverly Hills, CA. Here are his top 10 movies based on IMDb ratings.
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1. Ladies of the Mob (1928)
Passed | 66 min | Drama
A dead criminal's daughter falls in love with a small-time crook and tries to get him to reform before he winds up like her father.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Helen Lynch, Mary Alden
Votes: 49
2. The Big Clock (1948)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Ray Milland, Maureen O'Sullivan, Charles Laughton, George Macready
Votes: 9,533
a very good film noir classic
3. The Four Feathers (1939)
Passed | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A British Army officer resigns, burning his last-day summons to war in the Sudan. Accusing him of cowardice, his girlfriend and three friends give him white feathers. To gain redemption, he shadows his friends to save their lives.
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez
Votes: 6,589
4. The Wheel of Life (1929)
55 min | Drama, Romance
Captain Yeullat, a young British officer, prevents a young woman from drowning herself in the Thames, but she disappears before he learns her identity. Later in India, he meets her as the wife of Colonel Dangan, and they fall in love.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Richard Dix, Esther Ralston, O.P. Heggie, Arthur Hoyt
Votes: 28
5. Forbidden Island (1959)
Approved | 66 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A skindiver tries to recover sunken treasure before a group of thieves learn of its existence.
Director: Charles B. Griffith | Stars: Jon Hall, Nan Adams, John Farrow, Jonathan Haze
Votes: 73
6. Five Came Back (1939)
Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A plane has engine trouble while flying over a jungle inhabited by cannibals.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine
Votes: 2,358
7. His Kind of Woman (1951)
Approved | 120 min | Action, Crime, Film-Noir
A deported gangster's plan to re-enter the USA involves skulduggery at a Mexican resort, and gambler Dan Milner is caught in the middle.
Directors: John Farrow, Richard Fleischer | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Tim Holt
Votes: 4,960
so-so film noir
8. Comet Over Broadway (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Drama, Romance
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
Directors: Busby Berkeley, John Farrow | Stars: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, John Litel, Donald Crisp
Votes: 437
9. You Came Along (1945)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, Romance
War hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond selling tour with two buddies, and substitute "chaperone" Ivy Hotchkiss. Bob's a cheerful Lothario with several girls in every town on the tour... See full summary »
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Cummings, Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Charles Drake
Votes: 247
10. Alias Nick Beal (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Film-Noir
A district attorney rises to political success and the governorship but loses his sense of morality once he starts associating with the shadowy and perhaps diabolical Nick Beal.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell, George Macready
Votes: 1,276
mediocre film noir starring Ray Milland
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