John Farrow: Hollywood's Man in the Shadows

2021 · M · Biography

The first documentary ever made about one of Hollywood's most prolific yet forgotten filmmakers, John Villiers Farrow (1904-1963), is part mystery, part biography, part film noir. The documentary meticulously follows the stranger-than-fiction story of this Australian-born, Oscar-winning filmmaker, one of Hollywood's most enigmatic figures.

Directed by: Frans Vandenburg & Claude Gonzalez

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