Victor Mature — Actor (29)
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Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Fury at Furnace Creek
director: H. Bruce Humberstone actor: Victor Mature / Coleen Gray …
other title: L'assalto / Rache ohne Gnade …
The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory, heading for the fort at Furnace Creek, that he should cancel the escort and rush to another town. Apache leader "Little Dog" is leading the attack on the wagon-train and massacring everyone at the poorly manned fort. As a result the treaty is broken with the Indians and the white settlers take over the territory with the help of the cavalry, as the Apaches are wiped out and only "Little Dog" remains at large. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell is court-martial-led for treason.
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The Glory Brigade (1953) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Glory Brigade
director: Robert D. Webb actor: Victor Mature / Alexander Scourby …
other title: Brigata di fuoco / La Brigade glorieuse
During the Korean War Lt. Sam Pryor volunteers his platoon to escort Greek troops to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines. Due to his Greek heritage Pryor is initially proud to accompany the Greek contingent but his feelings change to scorn and mistrust when what he believes is cowardice shown by the Greek soldiers and their leaders results in the near annihiliation of his own platoon. An uneasy alliance is maintained between the US and Greek troops as the enemy's true objective is learned.
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Wabash Avenue (1950) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Wabash Avenue
director: Henry Koster actor: Betty Grable / Victor Mature …
other title: La Venere di Chicago / Varieté-Prinzessin …
Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike's business, now a thriving dance hall in 1892 Chicago. Unable to win it back, Andy schemes to make Mike's position untenable. He also hopes to turn Ruby Summers, Mike's motor-mouthed burlesque queen, into a classier entertainer, and incidentally to make her his own. But at the last minute, Andy's revenge comes unravelled.
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Betrayed (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Betrayed
director: Gottfried Reinhardt actor: Clark Gable / Lana Turner …
other title: Controspionaggio / Verraten …
When the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initially suspects she could be a double agent. Van Oven eventually convinces Deventer of her character, and when she is sent into occupied territory, she joins up with a rebel leader known as "The Scarf". As the resistance endures severe losses and their missions fail, Deventer starts to wonder whose side Van Oven is fighting on.
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Moss Rose (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Moss Rose
director: Gregory Ratoff actor: Peggy Cummins / Victor Mature …
other title: Rose tragiche / La Rose du crime …
When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckily, another chorus girl saw a gentleman leaving the lodgings. She approaches him directly, saying she'll go to the police if he doesn't meet her demands, but he brushes her off contemptuously. When he learns she's dead serious, he tries to buy her off with a thick wad of pound notes. But it's not money she's after; all she wants is two weeks at his country estate, living the life of a lady.
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The Long Haul (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Long Haul
director: Ken Hughes actor: Victor Mature / Diana Dors …
other title: La strada è bloccata / Die Fahrt in den Abgrund …
An American ex-GI takes a job as a truck driver to support his British war bride Connie. It isn't long, however, before Harry is blackmailed into joining a smuggling operation run by a conniving criminal.
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My Gal Sal (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
My Gal Sal
director: Irving Cummings actor: Rita Hayworth / Victor Mature …
other title: Follie di New York / Die Königin vom Broadway …
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. Despite his egotistical behavior, he manages to woo and win Sally Elliott, one of the more popular songstresses of the day
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Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Demetrius and the Gladiators
director: Delmer Daves actor: Victor Mature / Susan Hayward …
other title: I gladiatori / Demetrius og gladiatorerne …
The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.