William Dieterle — Director (17)
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Omar Khayyam (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Omar Khayyam
director: William Dieterle actor: Cornel Wilde / Michael Rennie …
other title: Le avventure e gli amori di Omar Khayyam / Sturm über Persien …
Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.
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Fog Over Frisco (1934) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fog Over Frisco
director: William Dieterle actor: Bette Davis / Donald Woods …
other title: Nebbia a San Francisco / Nebel über Frisco …
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is involved in criminal activities.
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Kismet (1944) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Kismet
director: William Dieterle actor: Ronald Colman / Marlene Dietrich …
other title: El príncipe mendigo
Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
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The Secret Bride (1934) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Secret Bride
director: William Dieterle actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Warren William …
other title: La novia secreta / Mariage secret
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. The political intrigue becomes more involved, and no one is quite what they seem. Soon Sheldon and Ruth must decide between saving the governor's career and an innocent person's life.
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Salome (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Salome
director: William Dieterle actor: Rita Hayworth / Charles Laughton …
other title: Salomè / Salomé
In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king's dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending the king to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are (contrary to Scripture) nearing conversion to the new religion. And the famous climactic dance turns out to have unexpected implications...
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The Turning Point (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Turning Point
director: William Dieterle actor: William Holden / Edmond O'Brien …
other title: Furore sulla città / Le Cran d'arrêt …
Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan. Jerry's friendship with John is tested by the question of what to do about Matt, and by his attraction to John's girl Amanda. Meanwhile, the threatened racketeers adopt increasingly violent means of defense.
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All That Money Can Buy (1941) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
All That Money Can Buy
director: William Dieterle actor: Edward Arnold / Walter Huston …
other title: L'oro del demonio / Der Teufel und Daniel Webster …
Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time, Jabez pays off his debts and helps many neighboring farmers, then becomes an advocate for the upstanding Sen. Daniel Webster. When Jabez's contract with Mr. Scratch concludes, he desperately turns to Webster to represent him in a trial for his soul.