Victor Mature — Actor (8)
Cry of the City (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Cry of the City
director: Robert Siodmak actor: Victor Mature / Richard Conte
other title: L'urlo della città / Schrei der Großstadt
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
The Egyptian (1954) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Egyptian
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Edmund Purdom / Victor Mature
other title: Sinuhe l'egiziano / Sinuhe Ægypteren
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
Androcles and the Lion (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Androcles and the Lion
director: Chester Erskine actor: Victor Mature / Jean Simmons
other title: Androclo e il leone / Androkles und der Löwe
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
Interpol (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Interpol
director: John Gilling actor: Victor Mature / Anita Ekberg
other title: International police / Der Mann, den keiner kannte
Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank McNally, U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis embarks on an investigation that takes him from New York to London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and finally Athens in pursuit of McNally's shapely associate, Gina Broger.
The Robe (1953) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Robe
director: Henry Koster actor: Richard Burton / Jean Simmons
other title: La tunica / Men jeg så ham dø
Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.