David Farrar
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The Small Back Room
(1949)"THE SMALL BACK ROOM (1949) directed by Powell and Pressburger, marked their return to Alexander Korda after a successful period at Rank. Critically acclaimed, the film was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Film. Starring David Farrar as British scientist Sammy Rice and Kathleen Byron as the dept secretary and Sammy's girlfriend.

Sheepdog of the Hills
(1941)1941. A blind West country preacher is in love with a local girl but she wants to marry another. Meanwhile the local farmers are puzzled by the sheep that seem to vanish from their flocks.

Black Narcissus
(1947)As a group of nuns attempts to establish a convent in the Himalayas, isolation, extreme weather, and culture clashes conspire to drive them mad.

The Black Shield of Falworth
(1954)In the reign of King Henry IV, Miles (Tony Curtis) is a peasant determined to save the throne and the Lady Anne (Janet Leigh) in an epic tale filled with jousts, jests and medieval heroics.

The 300 Spartans
(1962)The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Spartan King Leonidis, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of men to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was about 20 times as large. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization. The film was directed by Rudolph Mate and stars Richard Egan and Ralph Richardson.

Solomon and Sheba
(1959)In this biblical epic, the king of Israel proclaims which son will succeed him but a neglected brother and distant rulers threaten the new king.