Irving Pichel Movies

An American Tragedy

66/100

A poor factory worker, employed by a wealthy uncle, falls in love with a beautiful heiress but his happiness and promising future are jeopardized by a previous affair with a coworker he impregnated.

The Cheat

65/100

Love, lust, possession, money, social standing, and addiction. Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler; though loved by her husband Jeff...

General Spanky

60/100

A small boy is instrumental in a famous Civil War victory.

Dick Tracy's G-Men

70/100

A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.

Torture Ship

31/100

A mad scientist performs experiments on "the criminal mind" on captured criminals on board his private ship.

Oliver Twist

49/100

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

Murder by the Clock

65/100

An elderly woman installs a horn in her crypt in case she's buried alive.

Westward Passage

56/100

A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.

Special Agent K-7

63/100

(1937) Walter McGrail, Irving Pichel, Queenie Smith, Donald Reed. A fine poverty row thriller. Agent K-7 finds himself knee-deep in a murder mystery at a posh nightclub run by a mobster. ... See full summary »

The Mysterious Rider

68/100

The ranchers have given money through Benton to the crooked lawyer Harkness to save the titles to their land. When Harkness gets a better offer, he steals Benton's receipt for the money and... See full summary »

Two Kinds of Women

69/100

The daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see the sights of the big city...

The House of a Thousand Candles

59/100

Don't Gamble with Love

71/100