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Tag Archives: William Dieterle
This Love of Ours (1945) William Dieterle, Merle Oberon, Charles Korvin, Claude Rains

At a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Targel Read More »
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) William Dieterle, Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert

Starting with a small flock of carrier pigeons, nineteenth-century entrepreneur Julius Reuter Read More »
Juarez (1939) William Dieterle, Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne

The newly-named Emperor Maximillian, the only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire Read More »
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) William Dieterle, Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara, Cedric Hardwicke

King Louis XI is a wise and old king and Frollo is the Chief Justice. Read More »
Fashions of 1934 (1934) William Dieterle, William Powell, Bette Davis, Frank McHugh

Sherwood Nash is a swindler who bootlegs Paris fashions for sale at cut-rate prices. Read More »
Fog Over Frisco (1934) William Dieterle, Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay

Arlene Bradford is the quintessential high society bad girl. Read More »
Man Wanted (1932) William Dieterle, Kay Francis, David Manners, Una Merkel, Romance, Comedy, Drama

Lois is the editor of the 400 Magazine and is a work-a-holic. When Tom comes to her office to sell her a rowing machine, he leaves as her personal secretary. Read More »
Tennessee Johnson (1942) William Dieterle, Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey, Biography, Drama

The tumultuous presidency of 17th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. Read More »
Kismet (1944) William Dieterle, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig, Adventure, Fantasy

Hafiz, the jovial King of Beggars, dons new garments and slips into the royal palace to woo his regal “Lady of the Moonlight.” Read More »
Dr. Monica (1934) William Keighley, William Dieterle, Kay Francis, Warren William, Jean Muir, Drama, Romance

Dr. Monica Brayden, a successful physician, is the central character in this story. Read More »
Peking Express (1951) William Dieterle, Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn, Action, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller

A group of refugees fleeing Chinese Communist rule via train are beset by a gang of terrifying outlaws. Read More »
Omar Khayyam (1957) William Dieterle, Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Adventure, Biography, Romance

Omar Khayyam was among the greatest of Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Read More »
Another Dawn (1937) William Dieterle, Kay Francis, Errol Flynn, Ian Hunter, Adventure, Drama, Romance

Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. Read More »
The Turning Point (1952) William Dieterle, William Holden, Edmond O’Brien, Alexis Smith, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city, and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. Read More »