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  • Martin Luther (1953)
    Starring: Niall MacGinnis,  John Ruddock
    Director: Irving Pichel
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The original film classic of Luther's life was released in theatres world-wide and nominated for two Academy Awards. The film traces his life from a guit-burdened monk through the monumental events that led to a break with the Roman Church.
    2.5 stars out of 5 55% from 7 members
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  • Destination Moon on DVD (1950)
    Starring: John Archer,  Tom Powers,  Dick Wesson
    Director: Irving Pichel
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Producer George Pal's first foray into sci-fi (he later went on to produce 'War of the Worlds' and 'The Time Machine') chronicles the first attempt by man to fly to the moon. The preparations and execution of the groundbreaking journey are presented in documentary fashion, until the mission appears ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 297 members
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  • A Christmas Wish on DVD (1950)
    Starring: Terry Moore,  Tom Drake,  Jimmy Durante
    Director: Irving Pichel
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Jimmy Durante stars in this family comedy about a family of poor vaudeville performers who move house just before Christmas. In their new apartment they encounter an unlikely resident, Rupert the squirrel, who inadvertently acts as their guardian angel, giving them a Christmas to remember and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 73 members
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  • Quicksand on DVD (1950)
    Starring: Barbara Bates,  Jeanne Cagney,  Peter Lorre
    Director: Irving Pichel
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Drama about a good-natured mechanic whose life is destroyed in less than a week. Danny (Mickey Rooney) finds himself short of cash when he's supposed to take out waitress Vera (Jeanne Cagney) on a date. He borrows 20 dollars from the cash register, planning on paying it back with 20 dollars that a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 73 members
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  • The Miracle Of The Bells on DVD (1948)
    Starring: Lee J. Cobb,  Fred MacMurray,  Alida Valli
    Director: Irving Pichel
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Classic drama based on the novel by Russell Janney. Granting her final request, a Hollywood press agent brings the dead body of an actress, who died after making her first and only film, back to her hometown for burial. To arouse public interest, and to get the reluctant studio head to release the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 55% from 34 members
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  • Something In The Wind on DVD (1947)
    Starring: Deanna Durbin,  Donald O'Connor,  Charles Winninger
    Director: Irving Pichel
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Radio personality Mary Collins (Deanna Durbin) is dating Donald Read (John Dall), a man with a quick temper. His brother Charlie (Donald O'Connor) also carries a torch for Mary. When Donald suspects his girlfriend is two-timing him with his own grandfather, he kidnaps Mary. In actual fact his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 128 members
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  • And Now Tomorrow on DVD (1944)
    Starring: Alan Ladd,  Loretta Young,  Susan Hayward
    Director: Irving Pichel
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Romantic drama following an attraction that develops between a doctor and patient. The life of Dr Merek Vance (Alan Ladd) is poles apart from that of rich society girl Emily Blair (Loretta Young). Though the two grew up together, Merek now attends to the medical needs of Pittsburgh's poor while ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 12 members
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  • The Great Commandment (1939)
    Starring: John Beal,  Albert Dekker,  Maurice Moscovitch
    Director: Irving Pichel
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Israel is in uproar after the Roman Emperor has added additional taxes, afflicting the Jews - none more so that the Zealots, expounders of the Holy Torah. They simply wish for a king to rescue the nation from oppression, and initially headstrong Joel is convinced that he has found him in Jesus, who ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 26% from 13 members
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  • Jezebel (1938)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  George Brent,  Margaret Lindsay
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Set in the antebellum South, William Wyler's JEZEBEL centres on high society beauty Julie Marsden. Julie first arrives on horseback, then enters her home flamboyantly hooking the long flowing train of her dress with her riding crop and hoisting it to her shoulders. Julie is not just high-spirited-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 61 members
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  • The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
    Starring: Leslie Banks,  Fay Wray,  Robert Armstrong
    Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack,  Irving Pichel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    1930s thriller starring Joel McCrea and Fay Wray as shipwreck survivors who find themselves stranded on a remote island owned by the strange and enigmatic Russian Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks), who invites them to stay with him. It soon transpires that Zaroff, who has described himself as a hunter, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 271 members
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Irving Pichel facts

5 most recent films

Martin Luther - 2.5 stars
Destination Moon - 3.0 stars
A Christmas Wish - 3.5 stars
Quicksand - 3.0 stars
The Miracle Of The Bells - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Jezebel - 4.0 stars
The Most Dangerous Game - 3.5 stars
A Christmas Wish - 3.5 stars
Destination Moon - 3.0 stars
Something In The Wind - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Great Commandment - 1.5 stars
Colonel Effingham's Raid - 2.0 stars
They Won't Believe Me - 2.5 stars
Oliver Twist - 2.5 stars
Martin Luther - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jimmy Durante - 3 times - show films
Terry Moore - 3 times - show films
Fay Wray - 2 times - show films
Mickey Rooney - 2 times - show films
Tom Drake - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ernest B. Schoedsack - 2 times - show films
William Wyler - 1 times - show films
William J. Cowen - 1 times - show films
Lansing C. Holden - 1 times - show films
Irving Piche - 1 times - show films