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The Small Back Room review by Leni from London

The backroom boys 1 November 2009
...e Asherson, etc) in support roles. The leads were the relatively unknown (now) David Farrar and Kathleen Byron, who had worked together in Black Narcissus. Although there ... Read customer review

Black Narcissus review by Savage from London, England

One of the glories of international cinema 12 February 2007
...uns going mad in the Orient (the light, the wind, the holy man on the mountain, David Farrar in shorts), is turned into pure gold by the writer-directors' ability to manage... Read customer review

David Farrar - filmography

300 Spartans on DVD (1962)
Starring: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker
Director: Rudolph Maté
Certificate:
The small army of Sparta attempts to put off an attack by Persian forces which greatly outnumbered the Spartans. Led by King Leonidis, the Spartans army consisted primarily of a security force who guarded the palace, together they will fight to the finish.

61% from 915 members

Solomon And Sheba on DVD (1959)
Starring: Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders
Director: King Vidor
Certificate:
Yul Brynner stars as the legendary figure of the Bible in King Vidor's only contribution to this popular 1950s genre. When aged King David (Finlay Currie) has a vision from God telling him that Solomon should succeed him as ruler of the Israelites, David heeds His word. This angers his martial ..read more »

60% from 265 members

Diana Dors - Icon Collection - Yield to ... on DVD (1956)
Starring: Joan Miller, Mary Mackenzie, Diana Dors
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A young woman who has been abused and taken advantage of by all the men in her life, finally finds a man she believes truly loves her, but she snaps when she finds out that he, too, is cheating on her.

76% from 195 members

Diana Dors - Icon Collection - A Kid For... on DVD (1955)
Starring: Primo Carnera, Jonathan Ashmore, Diana Dors
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A charmingly idiosyncratic fable, A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS stars Jonathan Ashmore as Joe, an imaginative young boy growing up in London's impoverished East End. After absorbing a tale about the magical power of captured unicorns from the kindly tailor Kandinsky (David Kossoff), who employs the boy's ..read more »

64% from 101 members

The Sea Chase (1955)
Starring: John Wayne, Lana Turner, David Farrar
Director: John Farrow
Certificate:
As World War II begins, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gantlet of Allied warships.

58% from 37 members
Currently unavailable

Escape To Burma (1955)
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar
Director: Allan Dwan
Certificate:
A local prince in British Burma has been killed, apparently by his prospecting partner Jim Brecan. The bereaved father wants Brecan's head, no questions asked, but Captain Cardigan of the colonial police hopes to find him first for a fair trial. Meanwhile, Brecan finds refuge on the teak plantation ..read more »

52% from 4 members
Currently unavailable

Black Shield Of Falworth on DVD (1954)
Starring: David Farrar, Tony Curtis, Barbara Rush
Director: Rudolph Mate
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Set in medieval period England, BLACK SHIELD OF FALWORTH is the story of Myles Falworth, (Curtis) a peasant raised without ever knowing who his real father was. He goes to Mackworth castle to become a knight and regain his birthright. There he falls hopelessly in love with the Mackworth's daughter ..read more »

64% from 58 members

Lilacs In The Spring on DVD (1954)
Starring: Errol Flynn, Anna Neagle, David Farrar
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Certificate:
A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.

57% from 32 members

Black Shield Of Falworth - Blu-ray (1954)
Starring: David Farrar, Tony Curtis, Barbara Rush
Director: Rudolph Mate
Certificate:
Set in medieval period England, BLACK SHIELD OF FALWORTH is the story of Myles Falworth, (Curtis) a peasant raised without ever knowing who his real father was. He goes to Mackworth castle to become a knight and regain his birthright. There he falls hopelessly in love with the Mackworth's daughter ..read more »

57% from 43 members

Diana Dors - Icon Collection - Lady Godi... on DVD (1951)
Starring: Pauline Stroud, Diana Dors, Michael Craig
Certificate:
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.

59% from 89 members

Gone To Earth (1950)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Jennifer Jones, David Farrar
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's GONE TO EARTH, Hazel (Jennifer Jones), a beautiful young gypsy girl, falls for a local hunter (David Farrar) who wants to kill her pet fox. This simple yet breathtaking film was later re-edited as THE WILD HEART.

61% from 549 members
Not currently released

The Small Back Room on DVD (1949)
Starring: David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressbu
Certificate:
From the legendary filmmaking duo Powell and Pressburger [A Matter of Life and Death, The Red Shoes], The Small Back Room is the story of the troubled love affair between a tormented back room scientist and a beautiful secretary, told against a background of ministerial intrigue and empire building...read more »

68% from 611 members

Diana Dors - Icon Collection - Diamond City on DVD (1949)
Starring: Diana Dors, Michael Craig, Yvonne Mitchell
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Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".

60% from 26 members

Black Narcissus (1946)
Starring: Kathleen Byron, Jenny Laird, Deborah Kerr
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Certificate:
Anglo-Catholic nuns on an isolated missionary assignment in the Himalayas face an assortment of worldly challenges including sexual temptations and other intriguing ups and downs. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden.

73% from 2,407 members
Not available for rental

Black Narcissus - Blu-ray (1946)
Starring: Kathleen Byron, Jenny Laird, Deborah Kerr
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Certificate:
Anglo-Catholic nuns on an isolated missionary assignment in the Himalayas face an assortment of worldly challenges including sexual temptations and other intriguing ups and downs. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden.

74% from 341 members

Danny Boy on DVD (1946)
Starring: David Farrar, Wilfrid Lawson, Ann Todd
Director: Oswald Mitchell
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Oswald Mitchell co-wrote and directed this 1941 musical Signet Production for Butchers. This was a remake of Oswald's own 1934 production, a story of Jayne Kaye (Ann Todd), a successful singer in America who returns to Britain during the Blitz to find her ex-husband and son who have fallen on hard ..read more »

40% from 10 members

For Those In Peril on DVD (1944)
Starring: David Farrar, John Batten, John Slater
Director: Charles Crichton
Certificate:
Flt.Lt Murray (David Farrar, Black Narcissus, Went the Day Well) is a pilot who fails to join the RAF during WWII and decides to join the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up drowned pilots and taking them to safety. P / O Rawlings (Ralph Michael , Johnny Frenchman)..read more »

66% from 68 members

Went The Day Well? - Blu-ray (1942)
Starring: Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
Certificate:
WENT THE DAY WELL is a solidly constructed wartime melodrama. Actually, the film covers 72 hours in the life of the small British village of Bramley Green, which serves as the focal point for an attempted German invasion. Immediately upon parachuting in the community, vicious Nazi officer Ortier (..read more »

77% from 98 members

Went The Day Well? on DVD (1942)
Starring: Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
Certificate:
On the Whitsun weekend of 1942 in the idyllic village of Bramley End, German paratroopers disguised as sappers attempt to set up equipment to disrupt Britain's radar defences yet haven't counted on the indomitable spirit of the English villagers! Directed by the Italian director Alberto Cavalcanti ..read more »

73% from 1,590 member

Diana Dors - Icon Collection - As Long A... on DVD
Starring: Diana Dors, Michael Craig, Yvonne Mitchell
Certificate:
Features the Diana Dors film AS LONG AS THEY'RE HAPPY

60% from 34 members

Diana Dors - Icon Collection - The Blond... on DVD
Starring: Diana Dors, Michael Craig, Yvonne Mitchell
Certificate:
Includes the documentary THE BLONDE BOMBSHELL.

73% from 19 members

A Diana Dors - Icon Collection - A Boy G... on DVD
Starring: Diana Dors, Michael Craig, Yvonne Mitchell
Certificate:
Features the Diana Dors film A BOY, A GIRL AND A BIKE

60% from 33 members

David Farrar facts

5 most recent films

300 Spartans - 3.0 stars
Solomon And Sheba - 3.0 stars
Diana Dors - Icon Collection - Yield to the Night - 4.0 stars
Diana Dors - Icon Collection - A Kid For Two Farthings - 3.0 stars
The Sea Chase - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Went The Day Well? - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Diana Dors - Icon Collection - Yield to the Night - 4.0 stars
Black Narcissus - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Black Narcissus - 3.5 stars
Went The Day Well? - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Danny Boy - 2.0 stars
Escape To Burma - 2.5 stars
Lilacs In The Spring - 3.0 stars
Black Shield Of Falworth - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Sea Chase - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Sid James - 8 times - show films
Geoffrey Keen - 8 times - show films
Joa - 7 times - show films
Patrick Holt - 7 times - show films
Dennis Price - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 8 times - show films
Michael Powell - 4 times - show films
Emeric Pressburger - 4 times - show films
Alberto Cavalcanti - 2 times - show films
Rudolph Mate - 2 times - show films