"Actor: David Farrar"

• The Ealing Rarities Collection - Volume 3 | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £8.75   |  Saving you £6.24 (71.31%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three decade period. A cherished and significant part of British film history, only selected films from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home video format - with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release. The Ealing Rarities Collection redresses this imbalance - featuring new transfers from...

• The 300 Spartans | Blu Ray | (03/03/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A colourful action film about the Battle Of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. King Leodinas (Richard Egan), with the help of locals, tries to stop the attack of thousands of Persian invaders led by King Xerxes (David Farrar).

• 300 Spartans | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on actual event occurring in 480 B.C. Greece. This scintillating drama stars Richard Egan as the Greek soldier Leonidas who led 300 Spartan soldiers against an overwhelming Persian army in the Battle of Thermopylae. Unable to recruit the soldiers he needs to defend a critical Greek mountain pass against Persias King Xerxes Leonidas nonetheless prepares for battle. When warned that the number of arrows his tiny army will face ""will blot out the sun"" Leonidas replies that his army will ""fight in the shade."" With it's superb cinematography realism and musical score this story of courage and self-sacrifice is inspired filmmaking at it's best.

• Black Narcissus | Blu Ray | (04/08/2014) from £54.99   |  Saving you £-40.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  An award-winning, tense, psychological drama, Black Narcissus was written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, two of the most influential and acclaimed film-makers of all time. Sumptuously shot in Technicolor by Oscar-winning cinematographer Jack Cardiff and showcasing a career-defining performance from Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus is featured here in a High Definition transfer made from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. .

• War at Sea Box Set | DVD | (11/10/2010) from £14.39   |  Saving you £1.60 (11.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Titles Comprise: The Cruel Sea: The courageous story of the Battle of the Atlantic: a story of an ocean a ship and a handful of men. The brave crew are the heroes. The heroine is the ship. The only villain is the sea that man and war have made even more brutal... For Those In Peril: San Demetrio London: Set in 1940 during the battle of the Atlantic this is the true story of how the crew of the petrol tanker 'San Demetrio' was left with a near impossible task when she was torpedoed by the Germans. After the ship was torpedoed the crew abandoned ship in three lifeboats. Two are picked up by other ships in the convoy but the third drifts for days until its crew spies the burning 'San Demetrio' on... the horizon. Do they board the ship try to put out its fires and get it back to English shores or do they stay in the drifting lifeboat in the hope of being rescued?

• Black Narcissus | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Powell and Pressburger added to their run of daring stimulating and stylistic pictures with this melodrama about a group of Anglican nuns establishing a remote mission high in the Himalayas. Their physical environment - extreme temperatures illness and a young Indian Prince's perfume (Black Narcissus) - leads to psychological disturbance coupled with emotional weakness. Jealousy sexual repression and hysteria all play their part in a fantastic climax which ripped through the Brit

• Beat Girl (Flipside 030) (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (25/04/2016) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A cult classic British film about late-fifties youth rebellion set against an intoxicating Beatnik backdrop. When divorced architect Paul (David Farrar) marries Parisian Nichole (Noëlle Adam), his teenage daughter, Jennifer (Gillian Hills), is less than pleased, and throws herself into the London beatnik scene and a music-fuelled life of juvenile delinquency. When she discovers that Nichole's past holds a dark secret, she uses this knowledge to shame her stepmother and embarrass her father. With an all-star cast including David Farrar (Black Narcissus, The Small Back Room), Shirley Anne Field (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Peeping Tom), Christopher Lee (Lord of the Rings, Dracula) and a young Oliver Reed (Women in Love, Oliver!), Beat Girl is notable for its original music by composer John Barry, his first ever film commission, and the acting debuts of teen idol Adam Faith and actress Gillian Hills (Blowup, A Clockwork Orange, The Owl Service).

• The Small Black Room | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £9.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (68.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  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. Sammy Rice [David Farrar] was the army's finest bomb disposal officer until he was injured in the war and left with a false foot. Now part of a specialist 'back room' team he dismantles the booby-trapped devices being dropped by Nazi bombers. He falls in love with Susan [Kathleen Byron] a colleague and the two begin a secret affair. However embittered by life he feels inferior; inferior as a lover inferior as a man unable to wear uniform; inferior in his work for although a brilliant scientist he allows himself to be exploited by his power-hungry boss. Haunted by his past he drowns his sorrows in whiskey. Sammy's life is descending into disarray when the news comes; a bomb has exploded with catastrophic consequences and another has been found. Faced with the biggest challenge of his career Sammy must confront his demons and take his own life in his hands to solve the mystery of the bomb's lethal mechanism.

• Solomon And Sheba | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £18.65   |  Saving you £-5.66 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A clash between King Solomon and his brother is further complicated when the Queen of Sheba seduces Solomon in an attempt to bring about Israel's downfall... In this glorious biblical epic director King Vidor cinematically explores the evils of the flesh and pagan worship.

• Headline | DVD | (29/02/2016) from £6.49   |  Saving you £3.50 (53.93%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Crime, intrigue... and a murder that was almost perfect!Appearing three years before his career-defining role in Black Narcissus, David Farrar plays a Fleet Street reporter who discovers an uncomfortable truth when he sets out to unravel a murder mystery. Anne Crawford, William Hartnell and silent-era idol John Stuart also feature among the top-line cast of this gripping and complex wartime thriller featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its original theatrical aspect ratio.Ellington, a keen editor and newspaperman, has been neglecting his wife for his work; she, bored with her own company and irked by her husband's selfish behaviour, has been carrying on a mild flirtation with man-about-town Paul Grayson. During one of her visits to Grayson's flat, a former girlfriend appears with disastrous consequences for all concerned...

• Suspected Person | DVD | (01/02/2016) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Power Game's Clifford Evans gives a strong performance as a man on the run in this suspenseful wartime drama co-starring Patricia Roc, David Farrar and William Hartnell. Written and directed by Lawrence Huntington, Suspected Person is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.After a $50,000 heist in New York, two of the suspected robbers walk free from the courtroom and they waste no time in heading to London in search of the missing loot. This means bad news for their former accomplice Jim Raynor, who has the money hidden away not least because they're not the only ones on his tail; Scotland Yard is also on the case...SPECIAL FEATURE:Image GalleryOriginal script PDF

• For Those In Peril | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Flt.Lt Murray (David Farrar) 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) is a new recruit who resents joining Farrar's boat and would rather be where the action is - in the air. During a mission they run into an enemy minefield and an armed trawler... For Those In Peril presents the work of the Air-Sea Rescue in documentary terms providing the public with a glimpse of an aspect of war that tends to be overlooked. It was also the closest Charles Crichton (The Lavender Hill Mob Dead of Night The Titfield Thunderbolt) got to documentary realism during his long Ealing career. The story was written by Richard Hillary a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain whose experiences inspired his book The Last Enemy.

• Frieda (Vintage Classics) | Blu Ray | (04/07/2022) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Frieda is a 1947 war drama directed by Basil Dearden and starring David Farrar, Glynis Johns, Flora Robson, Albert Lieven and Mai Zetterling. Frieda, a German girl, helps English Robert to escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp and in return he marries her so she can obtain a British passport even though he doesn't lover her. When returning to Robert's small English hometown, Frieda is met with hostile anti-German sentiment which is only worsened when her brother, a former Nazi and now Polish soldier arrives. What follows is a terrible awakening for Frieda who, deeply in love with her husband, cannot accept when Robert turns against her. Product Features NEW Strength And Weakness: Matthew Sweet On Frieda NEW Looking Back at Frieda Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery

• Pearl of The South Pacific | DVD | (05/06/2017) from £4.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  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 handsome son, is fair game for Rita, who lands in the guise of a missionary! The inevitable conflict over the pearls brings violence and corruption to the quiet island.

• Duel in the Jungle | DVD | (04/08/2014) from £5.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This exotic action-filled adventure boasts a truly outstanding transatlantic cast: Dana Andrews one of Hollywood's most sought-after stars is the intrepid insurance investigator on the trail of a high-profile diamond broker who has vanished in southern Africa; Oscar nominee Jeanne Crain Andrews' State Fair co-star is the woman who shares his heart-stopping quest and Black Narcissus star David Farrar his dangerously elusive quarry. Dynamic visually impressive and directed with characteristic flair by Hollywood veteran George Marshall Duel in the Jungle is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements. Filmed in the 1.33:1 aspect ratio Duel in the Jungle was framed for 1.66:1 for those few theatres that at the time could exhibit widescreen images. Both versions are included on this release. American insurance investigator Scott Walters is in London to check up on Perry Henderson head of a major diamond concern who is insured for a large sum of money... only to find that Perry is now in Africa diving for diamonds on the sea bed; some time later comes news that Perry has drowned. Scott hurries round to see Perry's fiancee but finds she has vanished. Playing a hunch he flies out to Africa and is shocked at what he finds! SPECIAL FEATURES [] Full-Frame version [] Original Theatrical Trailer [] Image Gallery [] Original Promotional PDF

• 300 Spartans | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £7.91   |  Saving you £5.08 (64.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Released just a few years before a similar British film ZULU this 1962 English gladiator film depicts the tiny army of Sparta and their efforts to stave off an attack by Persian forces which greatly outnumbered the Spartans. Led by King Leonidis (Richard Egan) the Spartans army consisted primarily of a security force who guarded the palace. This rousing gladiator epic boasts an incredible cast including Diane Baker Ralph Richardson and Kieron Moore.

• Frieda (Vintage Classics) | DVD | (04/07/2022) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Frieda is a 1947 war drama directed by Basil Dearden and starring David Farrar, Glynis Johns, Flora Robson, Albert Lieven and Mai Zetterling. Frieda, a German girl, helps English Robert to escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp and in return he marries her so she can obtain a British passport even though he doesn't lover her. When returning to Robert's small English hometown, Frieda is met with hostile anti-German sentiment which is only worsened when her brother, a former Nazi and now Polish soldier arrives. What follows is a terrible awakening for Frieda who, deeply in love with her husband, cannot accept when Robert turns against her. Product Features NEW Strength And Weakness: Matthew Sweet On Frieda NEW Looking Back at Frieda Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery

• The Black Shield of Falworth | Blu Ray | (21/09/2009) from £18.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  In one of his earliest and most dashing performances a young Tony Curtis pursues his real-life bride Janet Leigh while defending the British throne in this swashbuckling saga filled with jousts jests and medieval super heroics. The setting is England in the reign of King Henry IV Miles (Curtis) is a headstrong handsome peasant determined to learn the name of his slain father and discover his true heritage. His fiery ambition and swift sword lead him to the majestic MacWorth castle. There he must compete for both knighthood as well as the hand of the fair Lady Anne (Leigh) but her love is claimed by the evil conniving Sir Walter Blount. All the while the English throne is being challenged to the death - from sinister forces within. Soon the fate of the realm and his beloved Lady Anne will depend upon his martial skill but not before Miles must unlock the secret of his own shocking mysterious identity. With its outstanding supporting cast and dazzling set design this is truly an epic tale of which legends are made!

• Criterion Collection: Black Narcissus | Blu Ray | (20/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Lilacs In The Spring | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £5.31   |  Saving you £7.68 (144.63%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Errol Flynn stars opposite Anna Neagle in this glorious British musical fantasy. London, 1944. As the Flying Bombs rain down on London, Carole Beaumont (Anna Neagle), a young ENSA dancer, is knocked unconscious and dreams of being Hell Gwyn, mistress to King Charles. Later, as her recovery from her injuries is set back by heartbreak, she slips once more into unconsciousness and finds herself dreaming she is Queen Victoria! Meanwhile, the true love of her life starts to make enquires about her family. He learns the story about her films star father Beau (Errol Flynn) and her stage star mother Lillian (Anna Neagle), and their romance in the British music hall. A star vehicle for Anne Neagle, Lilacs In The Spring provides a wonderful opportunity for the celebrated actress to reprise two of her most popular roles and to dance in a wide variety of styles, including an unforgettable duet with Errol Flynn on Lily of Laguna. With a host of other popular songs including Keep The Home Fires Burning, Well Gather Lilacs , Dance Little Lady and Lilacs Tango, Lilacs In The Spring is sure to surprise and delight fans of both Anna Neagle and Errol Flynn alike!