Irving Pichel Movies

  • 1942
    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    5.9111942HD

    The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox...

    The Battle of Midway
  • 1948
    The Miracle of the Bells

    The Miracle of the Bells

    The Miracle of the Bells

    6.21948HD

    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
    Two Kinds of Women

    Two Kinds of Women

    Two Kinds of Women

    6.31932HD

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

    Two Kinds of Women
  • 1938
    Topper Takes a Trip

    Topper Takes a Trip

    Topper Takes a Trip

    6.51938HD

    Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost...

    Topper Takes a Trip
  • 1950
    Destination Moon

    Destination Moon

    Destination Moon

    5.8941950HD

    A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon....

    Destination Moon
  • 1946
    Tomorrow Is Forever

    Tomorrow Is Forever

    Tomorrow Is Forever

    6.41946HD

    In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her...

    Tomorrow Is Forever
  • 1940
    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    6.31940HD

    This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
  • 1933
    King of the Jungle

    King of the Jungle

    King of the Jungle

    5.81933HD

    A white youth raised in the jungle by animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.

    King of the Jungle
  • 1934
    I Am a Thief

    I Am a Thief

    I Am a Thief

    6.21934HD

    A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.

    I Am a Thief
  • 1948
    Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

    Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

    Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

    6.51948HD

    As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an...

    Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
  • 1936
    Down to the Sea

    Down to the Sea

    Down to the Sea

    5.31936HD

    Greek sponge divers in Tarpon Springs, Florida duel over diving methods and fight over the same girl, and only one will survive.

    Down to the Sea
  • 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
  • 1945
    A Medal for Benny

    A Medal for Benny

    A Medal for Benny

    5.61945HD

    Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when townspeople learn that he is to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, they...

    A Medal for Benny
  • 1933
    Night Flight

    Night Flight

    Night Flight

    5.61933HD

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

    Night Flight
  • 1944
    Belle of the Yukon

    Belle of the Yukon

    Belle of the Yukon

    5.81944HD

    Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall.

    Belle of the Yukon
  • 1950
    The Great Rupert

    The Great Rupert

    The Great Rupert

    5.71950HD

    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
  • 1946
    The Bride Wore Boots

    The Bride Wore Boots

    The Bride Wore Boots

    6.11946HD

    A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.

    The Bride Wore Boots
  • 1942
    Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

    Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

    Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

    6.71942HD

    Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling...

    Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
  • 1947
    Something in the Wind

    Something in the Wind

    Something in the Wind

    71947HD

    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
  • 1937
    High, Wide and Handsome

    High, Wide and Handsome

    High, Wide and Handsome

    6.21937HD

    The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when...

    High, Wide and Handsome