Daniel Petrie Movies

A young doctor returns to his Massachusetts home town at the request of a terminally ill old friend.

A young man, convicted of the murder of a clerk, who has been on death row for five years and now awaits his execution while his family desperately...

An unconventional New England principal tries some radical new techniques to reform the high school he is hired at, and ends up the object of great...

An affable drifter on the lam for a murder he didn't commit hides out in a circus.

A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.

Documentary about canine superstar Lassie, combining film clips, still photographs, home movies, archival footage and on-camera interviews with many...

A biography of President Harry S. Truman.

A pitcher of a major-league baseball team finds out that his teammate and pal is desperately trying to hide that he is dying of a terminal disease so...

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

An old-fashioned western lawman coming to grips with the "modern technology" of the 20th century. He teams up with college-educated criminologist to...

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