Movies by Victor Mature
As part of the cast:
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Head: The Monkees (1968)
Cast: Davy Jones, Davey Jones, Micky Dolenz …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Released after their TV show's cancellation, The Monkees' one and only feature film is a surrealist exercise in late-1960s pop art. It's all about the adventures of Peter Tork,…
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After the Fox (1966)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Martin Balsam …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
More than $3 million in gold bullion is bound for Italy from Cairo, Egypt, and con man Aldo Vanucci (Peter Sellers) knows just how to pilfer it: masquerade as a flamboyant director filming a…
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Escort West (1959)
Cast: Victor Mature, Elaine Stewart, Faith Domergue …
Directed by: Francis D. Lyon
Pioneers in search of a better life meet danger and romance on the dusty trail in this Western. Seeking a new place to call home, former Confederate soldier Ben Lassiter (Victor Mature) and…
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Timbuktu (1959)
Cast: Victor Mature, Yvonne De Carlo, George Dolenz …
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur
In this African adventure, French Col. Dufort (George Dolenz) and American Mike Conway (Victor Mature) must team up to lead a Muslim leader to Timbuktu to bring an end to a Tuareg rebellion.…
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China Doll (1958)
Cast: Victor Mature, Li Hua Li, Ward Bond …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Stationed in Asia during World War II, U.S. pilot Cliff Brandon (Victor Mature) marries his Chinese housekeeper, Shu-Jen (Li Hua Li). After she's killed in a bombing attack, Brandon…
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The Last Frontier (1955)
Cast: Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston …
Directed by: Anthony Mann
After their valuable pelts are stolen by Indians, trappers Jed Cooper (Victor Mature), Gus Hideout (James Whitmore) and Mungo (Pat Hogan) join the Cavalry. Jed's mind turns to other…
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Chief Crazy Horse (1955)
Cast: Victor Mature, Suzan Ball, John Lund …
Directed by: George Sherman
This lush biopic charts the tragic life of famed Lakota Sioux chief Crazy Horse from the perspective of the American Indians who lived among him. The story begins with a young boy's…
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Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Cast: Michael Rennie, Susan Hayward, Anne Bancroft …
Directed by: Delmer Daves
This sequel to The Robe finds freed Greek slave Demetrius forced into gladiatorial combat at the behest of emperor Caligula (Jay Robinson). The depraved Caligula covets Christ's hallowed…
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The Robe (1953)
Cast: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature …
Directed by: Henry Koster
Hardened Roman Marcellus Gallio (Richard Burton) oversees the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem. But problems arise when Marcellus wins Christ's robe in a dice game, played…
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Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
Cast: Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon …
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
A strong swimmer who longs to dance ballet, Annette Kellerman (Esther Williams) moves with her father (Walter Pidgeon) from Australia to England. After running into financial trouble, she…
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Androcles and the Lion (1952)
Cast: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young …
Directed by: Chester Erskine
After devoted Christian believer Androcles (Alan Young) removes a thorn from a wild lion's paw, his act of mercy comes full circle in the Colosseum, where he is sent to be mauled by the…
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Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
Cast: Victor Mature, Coleen Gray, Glenn Langan …
Directed by: H. Bruce Humberstone
Indians control land rich in silver, and someone's trying to swindle them out of it in this classic Western. When Gen. Blackwell (Robert Warwick) stands accused, his sons (Victor Mature…
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Kiss of Death (1947)
Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray …
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
Richard Widmark nabbed an Oscar nod for his memorable debut role as a sadistic mobster in this classic crime noir. Caught red-handed during a heist, two-bit hood Nick Bianco (Victor Mature,…
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My Darling Clementine (1946)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature …
Directed by: John Ford
As the enforcer of law in the town of Tombstone, Ariz., Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) must balance keeping unruly criminals in line with tracking down and bringing to justice the men who killed…
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The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature …
Directed by: Josef Von Sternberg
Madame Gin Sling (Ona Munson), the owner of a Shanghai vice den, blackmails an English financier (Walter Huston) with secrets about his beautiful daughter (Gene Tierney). The 1925 play was…
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I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Cast: Chick Chandler, Betty Grable, Victor Mature …
Directed by: H. Bruce Humberstone
In this film noir classic, when model and aspiring actress Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis) turns up dead, the evidence points to her manager, Frankie Christopher (Victor Mature), who was recently…