Irving Pichel Movies

  • 1932
    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    5.41932HD

    Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years...

    Madame Butterfly
  • 1937
    Armored Car

    Armored Car

    Armored Car

    4.21937HD

    Larry Willis and Bill Wane are security guards who ride in the back of Banks Co. armored trucks. When they barely avoid a robbery, they return to...

    Armored Car
  • 1950
    The Great Rupert

    The Great Rupert

    The Great Rupert

    5.81950HD

    Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday...

    The Great Rupert
  • 1934
    The Silver Streak

    The Silver Streak

    The Silver Streak

    6.71934HD

    A high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to transport an iron lung to a needy patient.

    The Silver Streak
  • 1950
    Quicksand

    Quicksand

    Quicksand

    6.11950HD

    Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the...

    Quicksand
  • 1948
    The Miracle of the Bells

    The Miracle of the Bells

    The Miracle of the Bells

    6.11948HD

    The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three...

    The Miracle of the Bells
  • 1932
    Forgotten Commandments

    Forgotten Commandments

    Forgotten Commandments

    61932HD

    A framework story serves as context for a retelling of the Exodus story and, most importantly, a recycling of footage from the silent version of The...

    Forgotten Commandments
  • 1933
    Night Flight

    Night Flight

    Night Flight

    5.7221933HD

    Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.

    Night Flight
  • 1943
    December 7th

    December 7th

    December 7th

    5.71943HD

    "Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii...

    December 7th
  • 1939
    Old Hickory

    Old Hickory

    Old Hickory

    3.71939HD

    Four key incidents in the public life of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh President of the United States.

    Old Hickory
  • 1932
    Wild Girl

    Wild Girl

    Wild Girl

    61932HD

    Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two...

    Wild Girl
  • 1940
    Earthbound

    Earthbound

    Earthbound

    4.751940HD

    A murdered man helps his widow bring his killer to justice.

    Earthbound
  • 1951
    This Is Korea!

    This Is Korea!

    This Is Korea!

    5.71951HD

    John Ford's documentary about the early battles of the Korean War, shot in color.

    This Is Korea!
  • 1933
    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    51933HD

    An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.

    Oliver Twist
  • 1941
    Hudson's Bay

    Hudson's Bay

    Hudson's Bay

    6.21941HD

    Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the...

    Hudson's Bay
  • 1931
    The Cheat

    The Cheat

    The Cheat

    61931HD

    Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile, Jeff...

    The Cheat
  • 1935
    Special Agent

    Special Agent

    Special Agent

    6.61935HD

    Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's...

    Special Agent
  • 1947
    Something in the Wind

    Something in the Wind

    Something in the Wind

    6.31947HD

    A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather.

    Something in the Wind
  • 1934
    British Agent

    British Agent

    British Agent

    5.41934HD

    In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.

    British Agent
  • 1940
    The Man I Married

    The Man I Married

    The Man I Married

    6.31940HD

    An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.

    The Man I Married