Fred Essler Movies

After her father's funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of apparent political and personal failure dominated...

WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the...

Detective Mike Hammer's investigation of a murder puts him in the middle between warring jewel thieves.

Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny...

A Nazi spy sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not until plenty of bullets have been spent.

This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera he couldn't get in front of, who is holding a...

A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge...

When half a million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the burglary case, Joe and Pete, decide to find the money...

During the many challenges in preparing for Thanksgiving holiday festivities, Anna and other family members forget the real meaning of the day. That...

An Army corporal and his con-man sidekick take a shortcut to heroism in World War II France.

Poignant true story of Pastor Armin Ritter, who is sent to build a church in a backwoods community and rebuilds the faith of the residents. He...