List of the best Derek Farr movies: Quiet Weekend(1946), Man on the Run(1949), Spellbound(1941), Code of Scotland Yard(1947), Quiet Wedding(1941), Murder Without Crime(1951), Bang! You're Dead(1954), Eight O'Clock Walk(1953), Young Wives' Tale(1951), Freedom Radio(1941), The Projected Man(1967), Doctor at Large(1957) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1946
90 Minutes
Derek Farr Frank Cellier Marjorie Fielding George Thorpe Barbara White Helen Shingler Edward Rigby Josephine Wilson Owen Whitby Ballard Berkeley Judith Furse
family friend socialite quirky amusing airy cheeky lighthearted spirited country house poaching romance vacation adventure 1940s
The ordinary and extraordinary adventures of a British family and their various guests during a weekend in their country cottage : the son and his socialite flirt hated by his adoring ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1949
82 Minutes
Sgt. Peter Burden
Derek Farr Joan Hopkins Edward Chapman Laurence Harvey Alfie Bass John Bailey John Stuart Edward Underdown
sergeant deserter war widow woman inspector innocent man engaging suspenseful uneasy england pawn shop london pub desertion awol postwar britain robbery murder false accusations underdog
An Army deserter moves from town to town looking for peace and quiet, only to become involved in more trouble.
Drama
1941
75 Minutes
Laurie Baxter
Derek Farr Vera Lindsay Frederick Leister Hay Petrie Felix Aylmer Diana King W.G. Fay Winifred Davis Enid Hewitt Gibb McLaughlin Cameron Hall
Drama
UK
1947
92 Minutes
Oscar Homolka Derek Farr Muriel Pavlow Kenneth Griffith Manning Whiley Kathleen Harrison Diana Dors
antique dealer blackmailer violinist frenchman refugee murderer bleak chilling melodramatic intense powerful uneasy antique shop london blackmail murder father/daughter relationship antiques crime protection
In Britain, a man with a shady past uses his antiquities shop as a front for smuggled diamonds but his young shop-assistant starts blackmailing him, leading to murder and to a police investigation.
Comedy
UK
1941
80 Minutes
Dallas Chaytor
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy several comedic adventures before their wedding day.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1951
80 Minutes
Stephen
murderer blackmailer landlord murder victim young woman young man brash brutal disturbing gripping intense suspenseful nightclub apartment crime scene unintended consequences murder blackmail confession accident
In London, a man is blackmailed by his landlord-neighbor after he accidentally kills, in his flat, a woman he picked up in a nightclub.
Mystery & Thriller
1954
88 Minutes
Detective Grey
Jack Warner Derek Farr Veronica Hurst Michael Medwin Gordon Harker Anthony Richmond Sean Barrett Beatrice Varley Philip Saville John Warwick Toke Townley
wrongly accused innocent man young man robber dark bleak england accidental death wrongfully accused innocence mystery fall 1950s
Crime, Drama
1953
87 Minutes
Peter Tanner
Richard Attenborough Cathy O'Donnell Derek Farr Ian Hunter Maurice Denham Bruce Seton Harry Welchman Kynaston Reeves
taxi driver wife barrister father judge witness engaging solemn cab street scotland yard jail courtroom london murder trial marriage law father/son relationship false accusations
Only a British cabdriver's (Richard Attenborough) wife (Cathy O'Donnell) and lawyer (Derek Farr) believe him innocent of killing a little girl.
Comedy
1951
78 Minutes
Bruce Banning
Joan Greenwood Nigel Patrick Derek Farr Guy Middleton Athene Seyler Helen Cherry Audrey Hepburn Fabia Drake Irene Handl Joan Sanderson
The housing shortage in postwar London means one married couple (Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick) must live with another.
War
1941
83 Minutes
Hans Glaser
Clive Brook Diana Wynyard Raymond Huntley Derek Farr Joyce Howard Howard Marion-Crawford John Penrose Morland Graham Ronald Squire Gibb McLaughlin Muriel George
nazi doctor radio host wife engineer resistance fighter tense inspiring suspenseful intense gripping engaging nazi germany berlin radio station resistance subterfuge radio propaganda world war ii
A German doctor (Clive Brook), disillusioned with Nazi propaganda and philosophies, creates a secret radio-feed condemning the movement.
Sci-Fi
USA
1967
77 Minutes
Inspector Davis
Bryant Haliday Mary Peach Norman Wooland Ronald Allen Derek Farr Tracy Crisp Derrick de Marney Gerard Heinz Sam Kydd
Shy bachelor Bob asks his best friend Ted to keep him company during his first date in his pad with the girl he met at a classical concert and fell in love with. However, Ted also likes her and the date goes terribly wrong for Bob.
Comedy
UK
1957
104 Minutes
Dr. Potter-Shine
Dirk Bogarde Muriel Pavlow Donald Sinden James Robertson Justice Shirley Eaton Derek Farr Michael Medwin Martin Benson John Chandos Edward Chapman George Coulouris
intern doctor widow teenager patient nurse playful cheeky england hospital village boardinghouse office medicine ambition career romance jealousy struggle quest
Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) graduates and sets out into the world. Hilarious internships with a miserly doctor and his young wife, a country doctor paid in kind not cash, and a quack ... See full summary »
War
UK
1955
119 Minutes
Group Captain J.N.H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Richard Todd Michael Redgrave Ursula Jeans Stanley Van Beers Raymond Huntley Hugh Manning Patrick Barr Basil Sydney Ernest Clark Derek Farr Laurence Naismith
pilot military officer government official engineer bomber confident gripping patriotic powerful airplane workplace bar united kingdom world war ii war fighting bombing adventure pursuit quest
The story of how the British attacked German dams in World War II by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective.