Product Details

• Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger, Donald Crisp, Maria Ouspenskaya
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: June 9, 1997
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304525117
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,297 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Warners biography of famed chemist., July 29, 1999

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A. Andersen (Bellows Falls, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Edward G. Robinson should have netted an Oscar nom for his finest screen portrayal - as the dedicated chemist and researcher, Paul Ehrlich. This is one of the great Warners screen biographies (THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR, THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, MADAME CURIE). The screenplay is literate and absorbing. The acting is excellent, the direction tight. Ehrlich introduced the idea of treatment with chemical substances and developed a cure for both diptheria and syphillis. The screenplay was deservedly nominated for an Oscar but it is Robinson who shines in an atypical but superb performance.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 606 is the magic number..., April 23, 2006

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Draconis Blackthorne (The Haunted Noctuary) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Tugs at the heart-strings. A compassion-laden film about a true-life German Doctor seeking the cure to some of the world's worst ailments, including syphilis, polio and influenza.

When an epidemic hits the country, he goes about pulling out all the stops to find a so-called "magic bullet" as a veritable cure-all, and finally accomplishes his goal in pill 606, named after the number of tries to perfect this ideal drug. After some unfortunate losses in a few allergic reactions, despite his own warnings to the medical community that there still needed some tests to be done, he is vindicated and is eventually and rightfully awarded the Nobel Prize.

There are some really moving and inspiring moments in the film, with the contemplation of nobility, ingenuity, and the passionate pursuit of knowlege. It is all worth it in the end when you see the faces of those formerly ill children and grown-ups beaming with healthy life again.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing !, December 11, 2005

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Explorer (Renton, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Amazing !!! that a top-quality movie such as this is not out on DVD.