Movies: David Farrar

  • 1959
    Solomon and Sheba

    Solomon and Sheba (1959)

    Solomon and Sheba

    6.31959HD

    Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that Solomon's benevolent rule and inte...

    Solomon and Sheba
  • 1962
    The 300 Spartans

    The 300 Spartans (1962)

    The 300 Spartans

    6.41962HD

    Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000....

    The 300 Spartans
  • 1947
    Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus (1947)

    Black Narcissus

    7.51947HD

    A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts...

    Black Narcissus
  • 1956
    The Battle of the River Plate

    The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

    The Battle of the River Plate

    6.21956HD

    In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which...

    The Battle of the River Plate
  • 1942
    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well? (1942)

    Went the Day Well?

    7.11942HD

    The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, ...

    Went the Day Well?
  • 1949
    The Small Back Room

    The Small Back Room (1949)

    The Small Back Room

    6.61949HD

    At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal officer Sammy Rice must overcome his personal demons to defeat this new threat....

    The Small Back Room
  • 1955
    The Sea Chase

    The Sea Chase (1955)

    The Sea Chase

    6.11955HD

    As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse. Ehrlich, an anti-Nazi but proud German, hopes to outrun or out-maneuver the British warship pursuing him....

    The Sea Chase
  • 1954
    The Black Shield of Falworth

    The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)

    The Black Shield of Falworth

    6.21954HD

    In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was. But one day, they journey to Macworth Castle. There, Myles falls in love with Lady Anne Macworth...

    The Black Shield of Falworth
  • 1960
    Beat Girl

    Beat Girl (1960)

    Beat Girl

    5.81960HD

    When her architect father brings home a much younger new wife, rebellious and resentful teen Jenny goes to extreme lengths to sabotage their relationship....

    Beat Girl
  • 1959
    John Paul Jones

    John Paul Jones (1959)

    John Paul Jones

    6.11959HD

    The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia....

    John Paul Jones
  • 1955
    Pearl of the South Pacific

    Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)

    Pearl of the South Pacific

    6.41955HD

    Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has made himself high priest; but George, the latter's handome son, is fair game for Rita, who lands in the...

    Pearl of the South Pacific
  • 1939
    Q Planes

    Q Planes (1939)

    Q Planes

    5.81939HD

    In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as t...

    Q Planes
  • 1944
    For Those in Peril

    For Those in Peril (1944)

    For Those in Peril

    51944HD

    A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety....

    For Those in Peril
  • 1950
    Cage of Gold

    Cage of Gold (1950)

    Cage of Gold

    6.61950HD

    The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears....

    Cage of Gold
  • 1958
    I Accuse!

    I Accuse! (1958)

    I Accuse!

    6.11958HD

    Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile ...

    I Accuse!
  • 1958
    Son of Robin Hood

    Son of Robin Hood (1958)

    Son of Robin Hood

    4.41958HD

    Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize the British kingdom from its rightful heir, the boy prince, and only Robin's men stand in his way....

    Son of Robin Hood
  • 1950
    Gone to Earth

    Gone to Earth (1950)

    Gone to Earth

    6.11950HD

    Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack Reddin a fox hunting squire who vies for her affection and pursues her even after her marriage to th...

    Gone to Earth
  • 1947
    Frieda

    Frieda (1947)

    Frieda

    5.31947HD

    An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape....

    Frieda
  • 1951
    The Late Edwina Black

    The Late Edwina Black (1951)

    The Late Edwina Black

    6.41951HD

    When a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the mystery of her death... o...

    The Late Edwina Black
  • 1959
    Watusi

    Watusi (1959)

    Watusi

    5.71959HD

    Following WWI, fortune hunter Allen Quartermain's son Harry travels to Africa to search for King Solomon's mines. He dons a special medallion given by his father from the Watusi tribe, who guard the mines. Along the way, Harry and his friend Rick mee...

    Watusi