Irving Pichel — Director (11)
Without Honor (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Without Honor
director: Irving Pichel actor: Laraine Day / Dane Clark
other title: Crépuscule
Jane, a housewife, is confronted during her daily chores by Dennis, her married lover with whom she has had a long affair. Dennis tells Jane that he has to break off their relationship. She threatens suicide, but when she picks up a shish kabob skewer, the two struggle and Dennis is stabbed in the chest and collapses. Jane hides the body in the house. Before she can leave, her brother-in-law arrives and tells her that he knows about the affair and that he has invited her husband, her lover, and his wife to her house that evening so that he can tell them about the affair.
The Pied Piper (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Pied Piper
director: Irving Pichel actor: Monty Woolley / Roddy McDowall
other title: Der Rattenfänger von Hameln / El flautista de Hamelin
Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises — the risk of being heard speaking English.
The Miracle of the Bells (1948) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Miracle of the Bells
director: Irving Pichel actor: Fred MacMurray / Alida Valli
other title: Il miracolo delle campane / Die Glocken von Coaltown
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 days after she was buried, but is told that this will cost a lot of money. The checks that he writes to the various churches all bounce, but it is the weekend and, in desperation, he prays that a miracle will happen before the banks reopen. It does, but not in the way he hoped.
O.S.S. (1946) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
O.S.S.
other title: Les Heros dans l'ombre / Bajo el manto tenebroso
The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives.
They Won't Believe Me (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
They Won't Believe Me
director: Irving Pichel actor: Robert Young / Susan Hayward
other title: Nessuno mi crederà / Ils ne voudront pas me croire
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
Quicksand (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Quicksand
director: Irving Pichel actor: Mickey Rooney / Jeanne Cagney
other title: Kviksand / Sables mouvants
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 money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.