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Daniel Petrie
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Daniel Petrie

Canadian film director (1920-2004)
November 26, 1920 (August 22, 2004)
Can. 1998. Chronicle by Daniel Petrie with Peter Strauss, Rachel Ward, Rip Torn. The tribulations of a family of settlers who make their home on a piece of land in Ohio, beginning in 1866.
Runtime: 240 min.
U.S. 1998. Psychological drama by Daniel Petrie with Roma Downey, Moira Kelly, Bill Campbell. A young deaf-blind girl is jealous of the budding relationship between a teacher friend and her colleague.
Runtime: 96 min.
Can. 1997. Mores drama by Daniel Petrie with Gil Bellows, Kate Greenhouse, Armin Mueller-Stahl. After participating in a robbery gone wrong, a repentant drifter offers his services to the victimized shopkeeper.
Runtime: 116 min.
U.S. 1996. Social drama by Daniel Petrie with Michael Moriarty, Kate Nelligan, Peter Facinelli.
Runtime: 105 min.
Can. 1995. History by Daniel Petrie with Beau Bridges, Ron Silver, Matt Frewer.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1994. Adventures by Daniel Petrie with Thomas Guiry, Helen Slater, Jon Tenney. A kid adopts a collie who helps his family with evil farmers.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 1992. Social drama by Daniel Petrie with Michael Tucker, Carole Galloway, Linda Griffiths. The new head of a high school is having trouble getting his teaching methods accepted.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1991. Biography by Daniel Petrie with Jason Robards, Amy Stewart, Talia Shire. In 1908, back from England, a seventy-two-year old writer becomes deeply involved with an eleven-year old girl.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1989. Drama by Daniel Petrie with James Woods, JoBeth Williams, James Garner. With the encouragement of his wife and friends, a young alcoholic broker sets out to fight his addiction.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1988. Dramatic comedy by Daniel Petrie with Burt Lancaster, Macaulay Culkin, John Glover. The members of a family gather at the country house of the patriarch, who prefers the company of children to that of adults.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1988. Science-fiction by Daniel Petrie with Steve Guttenberg, Wilford Brimley, Don Ameche. A retired man, leading a monotonous life since the death of his wife, sees his friends return rejuvenated after a trip with aliens.
Runtime: 116 min.
Can. 1986. Drama by Daniel Petrie with Nick Mancuso, Gary Busey, Keith Carradine. Tension rises among a group of friends during a poker game.
Runtime: 57 min.
U.S. 1986. Psychological drama by Daniel Petrie with Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Winona Ryder. After leaving her grandfather's farm to join her mother, a young teenager is has trouble adjusting to her new life.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1986. Psychological drama by Daniel Petrie with Winona Ryder, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander. Raised by her grandfather, a teenager reconnects with her mother who abandoned her at a young age.
Runtime: 112 min.
Can. 1985. Drama by Daniel Petrie with Ray Fahey, Josef Sommer, George Dzundza. The last hours of a criminal sentenced to death.
U.S. 1984. Social drama by Daniel Petrie with Jane Fonda, Levon Helm, Geraldine Page. In the early 1940s, a family of poor country folk from Kentucky must move to Detroit to find a living.
Can. 1984. Mores drama by Daniel Petrie with Kiefer Sutherland, Liv Ullmann, Alan Scarfe. In 1937 in Nova Scotia, a teenager destined for the priesthood changes his life
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1982. Dramatic comedy by Daniel Petrie with Kenny Rogers, Diane Lane, Erin Gray. From track to track, a race car driver brings along orphans who have become attached to him.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1981. Crime drama by Daniel Petrie with Paul Newman, Edward Asner, Ken Wahl.
Runtime: 123 min.
U.S. 1980. Fantasy by Daniel Petrie with Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Roberts Blossom.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1978. Drama by Daniel Petrie with Laurence Olivier, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall. A car magnate calls on the services of a racing car manufacturer and driver to build a new model.
Runtime: 125 min.
U.S. 1977. Biography by Daniel Petrie with Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Priscilla Pointer. The problems faced by Eleanor Roosevelt while her husband was president of the United States.
Runtime: 155 min.
U.S. 1976. Psychological drama by Daniel Petrie with Joanne Woodward, Sally Field, Brad Davis. A psychiatrist works to cure a young woman suffering from a form of schizophrenia that causes her to take on different personalities.
Runtime: 198 min.
U.S. 1976. Biography by Daniel Petrie with Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Rosemary Murphy. The love story and married life of President F.D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor.
Runtime: 203 min.
U.S. 1975. Social drama by Daniel Petrie with Dabney Coleman, Tom Selleck, James R. Miller. The problems encountered by three soldiers returning from war.
Runtime: 74 min.
U.S. 1975. Dramatic comedy by Daniel Petrie with Sam Elliott, Anne Archer, Kathleen Quinlan. The amorous adventures of a beach lifeguard.
Runtime: 96 min.
G.-B. 1974. Crime drama by Daniel Petrie with Kirk Douglas, Jean Seberg, John Vernon. After his wife abandons him, a shy teacher tries to reclaim his son by any means necessary.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1974. Western by Daniel Petrie with Marjoe Gortner, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston. To escape a chase, an ace pistol shot poses as a preacher.
Runtime: 74 min.
Can. 1973. Science-fiction by Daniel Petrie with Ben Gazzara, Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux. A rescue mission is organized to save scientists in danger in an underwater laboratory.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1973. Police comedy by Daniel Petrie with Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, Roddy McDowall. While visiting the castle of his Scottish ancestors, an American police commissioner gets involved in strange intrigues with his wife.
Runtime: 73 min.
U.S. 1973. Sentimental drama by Daniel Petrie with Jan-Michael Vincent, Joan Goodfellow, Pamela Sue Martin. In Georgia, a farmer's son lashes out violently at companions who have brutalized the girl he loves.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1972. Social drama by Daniel Petrie with Lloyd Bridges, Thomas Evans, Pat Hingle. The sheriff of a small Southern town takes in a Black teenager.
U.S. 1972. Horror by Daniel Petrie with David Janssen, Barbara Rush, Bradford Dillman. The discovery of a young woman's mutilated body signals the presence of a werewolf in a small American town.
Runtime: 75 min.
U.S. 1972. Western by Daniel Petrie with Richard Boone, Sharon Acker, Rick Lenz. At the beginning of the twentieth century, a sheriff
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1971. Crime drama by Daniel Petrie with Barbara Eden, Vera Miles, Larry Hagman. While visiting her father's house, a young woman becomes involved in a murder case.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1971. Crime drama by Daniel Petrie with Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, Paul Stewart. A police commissioner and his young wife investigate a murder that occurs during a reception they were attending.
Runtime: 76 min.
U.S. 1971. Social drama by Daniel Petrie with Anthony Quinn, Pat Hingle, Skye Aubrey. The mayor of a town in the American Southwest has to deal with various problems.
U.S. 1969. Sentimental drama by Daniel Petrie with Lloyd Bridges, Shirley Jones, Carrie Snodgress. Brought together by chance, a man and a woman have a brief adventure on Christmas Eve.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1966. Comedy by Daniel Petrie with Lionel Jeffries, Laurence Harvey, Daliah Lavi. The secret service places a microphone in the skin of a dog offered to the U.S.S.R. prime minister.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1966. Psychological drama by Daniel Petrie with Michael Parks, Jennifer Jones, John Leyton. A young American student in London sets out to seduce the mother of an English classmate.
Runtime: 109 min.
G.-B. 1963. Sentimental drama by Daniel Petrie with Susan Hayward, Michael Craig, Edward Judd. A woman with a brain tumor marries the doctor who is treating her.
Runtime: 97 min.
G.-B. 1963. Drama by Daniel Petrie with Pat Boone, Nancy Kwan, Mai Zetterling. An American singer carves out a place for himself in a circus, despite a series of intrigues.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1961. Social drama by Daniel Petrie with Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee. The story of a poor but courageous black family who dream of a better social condition.
Runtime: 125 min.
U.S. 1960. Drama by Daniel Petrie with Richard Burton, Barbara Rush, Jack Carson. A doctor agrees to shorten the life of a friend who is suffering from an incurable disease.
Runtime: 80 min.

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