After the Fox 1966  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Victor Mature, Paolo Stoppa, Martin Balsam, Akim Tamiroff, Lydia Brazzi, Maurice Denham
This Neil Simon vehicle follows a lovable crook who manages to get caught and imprisoned every time he attempts a crime. He escapes and begins his next caper of smuggling $3 million via an Italian seashore by pretending to be making a movie. Though not one of Neil Simon's best, it still has some good laughs. Mature, as an over-the-hill actor, is great.
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Androcles and the Lion 1952  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: Jean Simmons, Alan Young, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Elsa Lanchester, Reginald Gardiner, Gene Lockhart, Alan Mowbray, Jim Backus
Based on George Bernard Shaw's satire, this is the story of a young Christian, Androcles (Alan Young), who is saved from certain death in the Coliseum because he has made friends with a lion.
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Annibale 1960  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Action / Drama
aka: Hannibal
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Victor Mature, Rita Gam, Gabriele Ferzetti, Milly Vitale, Rik Battaglia, Franco Silva, Terence Hill, Mirko Ellis, Andrea Aureli, Renzo Cesana, Andrea Fantasia, Bud Spencer, Franco Dominici, Enzo Fiermonte
Hannibal (Victor Mature) has crossed the Alps with his elephants and is advancing on Rome when he captures Sylvia (Rita Gam). The two fall in love, but love will not conquer all as Hannibal's failings prove his undoing–both with Sylvia and with the Romans.
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Betrayed 1954  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gottfried Reinhardt
Cast: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Victor Mature, Louis Calhern, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ian Carmichael, O.E. Hasse, Niall MacGinnis, Nora Swinburne, Roland Culver, Leslie Weston, Christopher Rhodes
Dutch intelligence officer Colonel Pieter Deventer (Clark Gable) has his work cut out for him in uncovering a Nazi traitor during World War II.
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The Big Circus 1959 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Kathryn Grant, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, David(1) Nelson, Gilbert Roland, Steve Allen, Adele Mara
Performers for a bankrupt circus work to overcome adversity in this story filled with action and intrigue.
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Captain Caution 1940 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Victor Mature, Louise Platt, Leo Carrillo, Bruce Cabot, Robert Barrat, Vivienne Osborne, Miles Mander, Roscoe Ates, Alan Ladd
Set during the War of 1812, patriot Dan Marvin (Victor Mature) fights the British as he heads up a crew on a sailing ship. Alan Ladd has a bit part in this film as one of the sailors.
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China Doll 1958 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Victor Mature, Ward Bond, Lili Hua, Bob Mathias, Johnny Desmond, Stuart Whitman, Denver Pyle, Elaine Devry, Ann McCrea, Danny Chang, Don "Red" Barry, Tige Andrews
John Wayne was the executive producer of this film about U.S. Air Force Captain Cliff Brandon (Victor Mature) who, while in China during World War II, marries a Chinese woman and fathers her child. The couple is killed, and 13 years later their daughter (Lili Hua) travels to the United States.
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Cry of the City 1948 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters, Betty Garde, Berry Kroeger, Roland Winters, Debra Paget, Hope Emerson, Tommy Cook
Homicide police Lieutenant Candella (Victor Mature) sets out to capture cop-killer Martin Rome (Richard Conte) in this slick police story.
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Demetrius and the Gladiators 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Susan Hayward, Debra Paget, Richard Egan, Jay Robinson, Barry Jones, William Marshall, Charles Evans, Harry Cording, George Eldredge, Julie Newmar, Woody Strode
In this sequel to "The Robe," the slave Demetrius (Victor Mature) has possession of Christ's robe. Demetrius tries to hide the robe, but the emperor Caligula (Jay Robinson) sends his Praetorian guards to find it because he believes that the owner will be given eternal life. Demetrius ends up in the Coliseum where the highlight of this film is the action sequences of the gladiators.
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Easy Living 1949 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Victor Mature, Lizabeth Scott, Lucille Ball, Sonny Tufts, Lloyd Nolan, Paul Stewart, Jeff Donnell, Jim Backus, Don Beddoe, Art Baker
A football player (Victor Mature) risks a heart attack and continues to play his sport for fear that his wife (Lizabeth Scott) will not stay in their marriage if he quits the game.
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The Egyptian 1954 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Edmund Purdom, Michael Wilding, Peter Ustinov, John Carradine, Carl Benton Reid, Tommy Rettig, Henry Daniell
Set in ancient Egypt, this film provides insight into the search for truth in another era. The length does wear one down, though.
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 Head 1968 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Annette Funicello, Victor Mature, Jack Nicholson, Frank Zappa, Teri Garr, Carol Doda
The story in this film makes no sense, BUT rock 'n roll fans of the Monkees will enjoy what it offers. Jokes and statements of the 1960s abound.
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I Wake Up Screaming 1942 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Hot Spot
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar, William Gargan, Alan Mowbray, Allyn Joslyn, Elisha Cook Jr., Chick Chandler, Morris Ankrum, Cyril Ring, Charles(2) Lane, Frank Orth, Gregory Gaye
During intense questioning in the murder investigation of model Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis), promoter Frankie Christopher (Victor Mature) recalls through flashbacks events prior to her murder. At the same time, police are questioning Vicky's sister Jill (Betty Grable) and, through flashbacks, tie in what Frankie has described. Evidence mounts pointing to Frankie as the murderer–until Frankie reveals one last clue that leads to the real killer who has been there throughout the investigation.
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I'll Get By 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: June Haver, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven, Dennis Day, Harry James, Thelma Ritter, Steve Allen, Dan Dailey, Jeanne Crain, Victor Mature
This remake of 1940's "Tin Pan Alley" doesn't have much of a plot–the emphasis is on the music, and there are many old standards. Two singers (June Haver and Gloria DeHaven) plug songs for a writer/musical producer team (William Lundigan and Dan Dailey). Romance is on the way.
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Kiss of Death 1947 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Taylor Holmes, Mildred Dunnock, Howard Smith, Millard Mitchell, Anthony Ross
Richard Widmark made his film debut as a psychopath, Tommy Udo, in this gangster film that is gripping at times but has become somewhat dated. This is the one where Udo pushes the old woman in a wheelchair down the stairs.
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The Last Frontier 1955 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Savage Wilderness
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, James Whitmore, Anne Bancroft, Guy Williams, Russell Collins, Peter Whitney, Pat Hogan, Mickey Kuhn
The ruthless Colonel Frank Marston (Robert Preston) alienates everyone–including his own wife and soldiers–at the outpost he commands.
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Moss Rose 1947 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Peggy Cummins, Ethel Barrymore, Victor Mature, Vincent Price, Margo Woode, George Zucco, Patricia Medina, Rhys Williams, Patrick O'Moore, Billy Bevan
Chorus girl Belle Adair (Peggy Cummins) uses blackmail as an entry into society to get Michael whose mother, Lady Margaret Drego (Ethel Barrymore), allows her selfish love for her son to cause two murders.
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 My Darling Clementine 1946  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell, Ward Bond, Cathy Downs, Tim Holt, Alan Mowbray, John Ireland, Jane Darwell, Roy Roberts, Grant Withers, J. Farrell MacDonald, Russell Simpson
When his brother is killed, a cowpoke (Henry Fonda) takes the job as sheriff in a mining town. He plans to search for the killers and thinks he has found one (Victor Mature) when he runs into him in a saloon. Another fine John Ford film.
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 One Million B.C. 1940 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Hal Roach
Cast: Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr., John Hubbard, Mamo Clark, Nigel De Brulier, Conrad Nagel., Jacqueline Dalya, Inez Palange, Edgar Edwards
This caveman saga has excellent special effects–often seen in other films–depicting the dangers encountered by early humans inhabiting Earth. Remade as "One Million Years B.C." in 1966.
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The Robe 1953 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Jay Robinson, Michael Rennie, Richard Boone, Dawn Addams, Dean Jagger, Torin Thatcher, Betta St. John, Jeff Morrow, Ernest Thesiger, Leon Askin, Michael Ansara, Cameron Mitchell
This grand-scale film is the story of a Roman tribune, Marcellus (Richard Burton), whose duty is to ensure the crucifixion of Jesus. Later, he wins Christ's robe, and the ownership of the robe affects his course in life. In addition to Academy Awards for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Costume Design, nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Burton), and Cinematography. First CinemaScope film.
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Safari 1956 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, John Justin, Roland Culver, Liam Redmond, Orlando Martins, Earl Cameron, Lionel Ngakane, Slim Harris, Harry Quashie
Following the murder of his son by Mau Maus, white hunter Ken (Victor Mature) agrees to lead a safari composed of the very rich Sir Vincent Brampton (Roland Culver) and his beautiful wife, Linda (Janet Leigh).
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Samson and Delilah 1949 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Fay Holden, Julia Faye, Russ Tamblyn, Moroni Olsen, John Miljan
Femme fatale Delilah (Hedy Lamarr) seduces Samson (Victor Mature), and the result is destruction and death. This film won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Costuming.
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Seven Days' Leave 1942 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Harold Peary, Mapy Cortes, Ginny Simms, Peter Lind Hayes, Walter Reed, Wallace Ford, Arnold Stang, Addison Richards
An army private (Victor Mature) has one week to find a bride if he wants to receive his grandfather's inheritance.
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The Shanghai Gesture 1941 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Phyllis Brooks, Albert Bassermann, Maria Ouspenskaya, Eric Blore, Ivan Lebedeff, Clyde Fillmore
Gin Sling (Ona Munson) runs a casino in Shanghai but is about to be forced to vacate by the rich Sir Guy Charteris (Walter Huston). His daughter, Poppy (Gene Tierney), has become addicted to the gambling and drinking at the casino. We now find out that Gin Sling is the woman Charteris abandoned in the past–and who now plans revenge.
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The Tartars 1961 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Ferdinando Baldi, Richard Thorpe
Cast: Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Liana Orfei, Arnoldo Foa, Folco Lulli, Luciano Marin, Bella Cortez, Furio Meniconi, Pietro Ceccarelli, Renato Terra
This is the story of a ruthless and barbaric clash between Vikings and the Tartars. Victor Mature plays the Viking leader, Oleg, while Orson Welles stars as Berundai, the Tartar chief.
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Violent Saturday 1955 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Stephen McNally, Virginia Leith, Margaret Hayes, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, J. Carrol Naish, Sylvia Sidney, Billy Chapin
In this tension-filled drama, bank robbers plan to rob a small-town bank but run into problems from neighboring Amish farmers.
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Wabash Avenue 1950  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Phil Harris, Reginald Gardiner, James Barton, Barry Kelley, Margaret Hamilton, Irving Bacon, Jacqueline Dalya, Charles Arnt
Set during the 1892 Chicago World's Fair, this remake of 1943's "Coney Island" features Victor Mature and Phil Harris as the partners in a dance hall who vie for the attentions of burlesque queen Ruby Summers (Betty Grable).
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| 1. After the Fox (1966)
2. Androcles and the Lion (1952)
3. Annibale (1960)
aka: Hannibal
4. Betrayed (1954)
5. The Big Circus (1959)
6. Captain Caution (1940)
7. Chief Crazy Horse (1955)
8. China Doll (1958)
9. Cry of the City (1948)
10. Dangerous Mission (1954)
11. Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
12. Easy Living (1949)
13. The Egyptian (1954)
14. The Glory Brigade (1953)
15. Head (1968)
16. I Wake Up Screaming (1942)
aka: Hot Spot
17. I'll Get By (1950)
18. Kiss of Death (1947)
19. The Las Vegas Story (1952)
20. The Last Frontier (1955)
aka: Savage Wilderness
21. Moss Rose (1947)
22. My Darling Clementine (1946)
23. One Million B.C. (1940)
24. The Robe (1953)
25. Safari (1956)
26. Samson and Delilah (1949)
27. Seven Days' Leave (1942)
28. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
29. The Tartars (1961)
30. Violent Saturday (1955)
31. Wabash Avenue (1950)
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