John Farrow
Film director, screenwriter and producer (1904–1963)
2.12body-of-work score · ranked #496 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 10, 1904 · Marrickville
- Died
- January 27, 1963 · Beverly Hills
- Nationality
- Australia, United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, naval officer, actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1956 · United Kingdom / United States / Italy · adventure, comedy, action
Oscar Best Picture winner 1956
1.501 citation - 20.451 citation
- 30.171 citation
Complete filmography
All 48 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1933Don Quichotte
- 1934The Spectacle Maker
- 1936Tarzan Escapes
- 1937Men in Exile
- 1937She Loved a Fireman
- 1937West of Shanghai
- 1938Broadway Musketeers
- 1938Comet Over Broadway
- 1938Little Miss Thoroughbred
- 1938My Bill
- 1938The Invisible Menace
- 1939Five Came Back
- 1939Full Confession
- 1939Reno
- 1939Sorority House
- 1939The Saint Strikes Back
- 1939Women in the Wind
- 1940A Bill of Divorcement
- 1940Married and in Love
- 1942Commandos Strike at Dawn
- 1942Wake Island
- 1943China
- 1944The Hitler Gang
- 1945You Came Along
- 1946Two Years Before the Mast
- 1947Blaze of Noon
- 1947Calcutta
- 1947California
- 1947Easy Come, Easy Go
- 1948Beyond Glory
- 1948Night Has a Thousand Eyes
- 1948The Big Clock
- 1949Alias Nick Beal
- 1949Red, Hot and Blue
- 1950Copper Canyon
- 1950Where Danger Lives
- 1951His Kind of Woman
- 1951Submarine Command
- 1953Botany Bay
- 1953Hondo
- 1953Plunder of the Sun
- 1953Ride, Vaquero!
- 1954A Bullet Is Waiting
- 1955The Sea Chase
- 1956Around the World in 80 Days
- 1956Back from Eternity
- 1957The Unholy Wife
- 1959John Paul Jones