Daniel Petrie Movies

A Southern sheriff brings into his home a black juvenile delinquent, who is the son of the man who saved his life during the Korean War.

The story of three returning World War II veterans, and how they try to cope with returning to civilian life.

Movie based on the true story of Helen Keller, now an adult, and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. Their close relationship is threatened when John Macy,...

A biography of President Harry S. Truman.

The trials and tribulations of the first Hispanic mayor of a major Southwestern city.

Based on the short story by Ben Hecht.

This is a musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Ebenezer Scrooge is given a chance to reform and save his soul. He is visited by 4...

A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should be become a...

Horror legend Boris Karloff stars in this rarely-seen mystery tale, directed by Daniel Petrie (A Raisin in the Sun, Sybil) . Sidney Silchester, a...

Set in Ireland, the story centers on a day in the life of Shevawn, an innocent, 30-year-old dreamer who is domineered by her innkeeper brother. An...

Daniel Petrie scripted and directed this Canadian-British film, an adaptation of the memorable 1957 Brooklyn-based novel by Brooklyn-born Bernard...

A drama about three generations of Irish-American firefighters in the New York City Fire Department, and their careers, romances, and growing pains....