Movies by Rudolph Maté
As a director:
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The 300 Spartans (1962)
Cast: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker …
Directed by: Rudolph Maté
A tiny cadre of Greek warriors from Sparta defend a mountain pass at Thermopylae against the overwhelming invasion of a vicious Persian Army. Led by King Leonidis, the Spartans' army…
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Three Violent People (1957)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Gilbert Roland …
Directed by: Rudolph Maté
After the Civil War, a proud captain (Charlton Heston) returns to Texas to wed Lorna (Anne Baxter), the strong-willed woman of his dreams. But she harbors a dark secret about what exactly she…
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Miracle in the Rain (1956)
Cast: Van Johnson, Jane Wyman, Peggie Castle …
Directed by: Rudolph Maté, Ben Hecht
Happiness is elusive and fate is fickle in Rudolph Maté's tragic romance set in New York during World War II. Ruth Wood (Jane Wyman) lives a life quite ordinary until a chance…
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The Road to Lourdes (1956)
Cast: Loretta Young, Robert Brubaker, Joseph Cuby …
Directed by: Rudolph Maté, Richard Morris
Academy Award winner Loretta Young stars as an American stricken with a lethal brain tumor. While traveling in Europe she makes an unplanned stop at Lourdes, the Catholic shrine renowned for…
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The Violent Men (1955)
Cast: Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson …
Directed by: Rudolph Maté
Land-grabbing cattle baron Lew Wilkison (Edward G. Robinson) is a nettlesome thorn in the side of peaceful landowners living in his valley. Wilkison covets all the choice acreage, including…
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The Far Horizons (1955)
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed …
Directed by: Rudolph Maté
At the request of President Thomas Jefferson, in 1803, explorers Meriwether Lewis (Fred MacMurray) and William Clark (Charlton Heston) set out to explore the untamed, trackless Western lands…
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The Green Glove (1952)
Cast: Glenn Ford, George Macready, Cedric Hardwicke …
Directed by: Rudolph Maté
Years after letting a World War II art thief (George Macready) escape from his watch, down-on-his-luck American solider Michael Blake (Glenn Ford) returns to France to search for the…
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When Worlds Collide (1951)
Cast: Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hanson …
Directed by: Rudolph Maté
When Dr. Cole Hendron learns that a rogue planet will soon collide with Earth, he seeks the help of tycoon Sydney Stanton so he can build a rocket that will transport a select group of…
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Film Noir Collection: D.O.A. (1950)
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler …
Directed by: Rudolph Maté
While on vacation in San Francisco, an accountant named Frank Bigelow ingests a dose of lethal, slow-acting poison and begins a desperate search for the individual responsible for his…
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Branded (1950)
Cast: Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford …
Directed by: Rudolph Maté
Alan Ladd stars as Choya, an outsider who snakes his way into an affluent Texas family by pretending he's the son they never knew. Surprised by how he's welcomed with open arms, he…
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Union Station (1950)
Cast: William Holden, Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald …
Directed by: Rudolph Maté
In this classic film noir, a fearful passenger reports two suspicious men on a train bound for Chicago's Union Station. When the depot's police squad learns the men are involved in…