Michael Pate — Actor (28)
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The Maze (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Maze
director: William Cameron Menzies actor: Richard Carlson / Veronica Hurst …
other title: Il labirinto / Le Labyrinthe …
A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he has suddenly aged. Some mysterious things happen in a maze made from the hedges adjoining the castle.
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Houdini (1953) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Houdini
director: George Marshall actor: Tony Curtis / Janet Leigh …
other title: Il mago Houdini / Houdini, O Homem Miraculoso …
By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.
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Ten Tall Men (1951) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ten Tall Men
director: Willis Goldbeck actor: Burt Lancaster / Jody Lawrance …
other title: I dieci della legione / Ti tapre mænd …
Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost of Tarfa. Kincaid volunteers to lead nine other Legionnaires on a mission to delay Hussin's attack till reinforcements arrive. When he discovers that Hussin plans to marry Mahla, a girl from a rival tribe, in order to build a coalition against the French, Kincaid kidnaps Mahla. Hussin forcefully takes her back, but by now his planned attack on Tarfa is crumbling and Mahla has begun to fall in love with Kincaid.
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Westbound (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Westbound
director: Budd Boetticher actor: Randolph Scott / Virginia Mayo …
other title: L'oro della California / Messer an der Kehle …
As the Civil War spills our nation’s blood, Capt. John Hayes fights on a vital but little-known battlefront. He aims to ship gold to Union banks through a small Colorado town, defying Southern sympathizers who aim to stop him at any cost.
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Something of Value (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Something of Value
director: Richard Brooks actor: Rock Hudson / Dana Wynter …
other title: Qualcosa che vale / Flammen über Afrika …
As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama. Though each is devoted to his cause, both wish for a more moderate path -- but their hopes for a peaceful resolution are thwarted by rage, colonial arrogance and escalating violence on both sides.
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McLintock! (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
McLintock!
director: Andrew V. McLaglen actor: John Wayne / Maureen O'Hara …
other title: Kom til det vilde vesten / McLintock, o Magnífico …
Aging rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.
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The Return of Captain Invincible (1983) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Return of Captain Invincible
director: Philippe Mora actor: Alan Arkin / Maggie Dence …
other title: Captain Invincible / El retorno del Capitán Invencible …
In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis and was hailed as a hero. But when he was accused of treason, he retired to Australia in disgrace. Cut to the present, when a US super secret super weapon is stolen and he's asked to come back to the States in order to help stop evil and restore his sterling reputation. Unfortunately, Captain Invincible is a drunk now...
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Secret of the Incas (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Secret of the Incas
director: Jerry Hopper actor: Charlton Heston / Robert Young …
other title: Il segreto degli Incas / Den skjulte by …
Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.
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5 Fingers (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
5 Fingers
director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz actor: James Mason / Danielle Darrieux …
other title: Operazione "Cicero" / Der Fall Cicero …
During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
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The Killer Is Loose (1956) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Killer Is Loose
director: Budd Boetticher actor: Joseph Cotten / Rhonda Fleming …
other title: L'assassino è perduto / Blutige Hände …
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.