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Sol M. Wurtzel
Producer 1890 - 1958

Sol M. Wurtzel

New York City, New York, USA

Sol Wurtzel (born Solomon Max Wurtzel; September 12, 1890 – April 9, 1958) was an American film producer.

Filmography

Every title this person produced

18 titles
Dangerous Years

Dangerous Years

Arthur Pierson 1947 1h 2m 6.0

Jeff Carter has put an end to the town's delinquency with a boys' club. Young hoodlum Danny shows up and influences teenagers Doris, Willy and Leo. They hang out at a juke joint where Eve (one of Marilyn's first bit parts) works. When Jeff tries to stop a robbery planned by Danny, he is killed and Danny goes on trial.

Backlash

Backlash

Eugene Forde 1947 1h 6m

In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine.

The Big Noise

The Big Noise

Malcolm St. Clair 1944 1h 14m 6.5

During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.

Jitterbugs

Jitterbugs

Malcolm St. Clair 1943 1h 15m 6.0

The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in wartime oil-short America. They are however soon on the side of the angels helping recover $10,000 for an attractive young lady whose family have themselves been swindled.

Time to Kill

Time to Kill

Herbert I. Leeds 1942 1h 1m

Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.

Just Off Broadway

Just Off Broadway

Herbert I. Leeds 1942 1h 5m

Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!

A-Haunting We Will Go

A-Haunting We Will Go

Alfred L. Werker 1942 1h 8m 6.0

Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.

Sleepers West

Sleepers West

Eugene Forde 1941 1h 14m 7.0

Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.

Charlie Chan in Rio

Charlie Chan in Rio

Harry Lachman 1941 1h 4.5

A pair of murders in Rio de Janiero leads the local police to call the famed detective. Charlie is puzzled, at first, when it appears that one of the murderers is killed by the first victim's widow.

Walking Down Broadway

Walking Down Broadway

Norman Foster 1938 1h 15m

Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Norman Foster 1938 1h 2m 8.0

The Japanese detective (Peter Lorre) rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Mr. Moto's Gamble

James Tinling 1938 1h 12m 8.0

Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove!

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

H. Bruce Humberstone 1938 1h 7m 6.0

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Norman Foster 1937 1h 7m 8.0

On a freighter going from San Francisco to Shanghai Mr. Moto solves mysteries caused by a gang of smugglers.

Steamboat Round the Bend

Steamboat Round the Bend

John Ford 1935 1h 21m 10.0

A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.

Charlie Chan in Paris

Charlie Chan in Paris

Hamilton MacFadden, Lewis Seiler 1935 1h 12m 6.0

Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.

Judge Priest

Judge Priest

John Ford 1934 1h 20m 10.0

Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense of humanity.

Charlie Chan Carries On

Charlie Chan Carries On

Hamilton MacFadden 1931 1h 16m

Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. The first film to star Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.

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