List of the best Larry Gates movies: The Hoodlum Priest(1961), Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956), The Brothers Rico(1957), Francis Covers the Big Town(1953), Jeanne Eagels(1957), Cattle King(1963), Above and Beyond(1953), The Young Savages(1961), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(1958), Lucky Luciano(1974), Funny Lady(1975), Has Anybody Seen My Gal?(1952) ... ...
Biography
USA
1961
101 Minutes
Don Murray Larry Gates Keir Dullea Logan Ramsey Cindi Wood Don Joslyn Sam Capuano Vince O'Brien Al Mack Lou Martini
priest ex-convict reporter gritty somber powerful st. louis slum prison halfway house justice rehabilitation death row crime religion transformation underdog quest rescue 1960s
Based on the life of Fr. Charles Clark, a minister to street gangs.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Dr. Dan "Danny" Kauffman
Kevin McCarthy Dana Wynter Carolyn Jones Larry Gates King Donovan Jean Willes Ralph Dumke Virginia Christine Tom Fadden Kenneth Patterson Guy Way
alien doctor patient ex-girlfriend psychiatrist townsperson creepy gripping suspenseful thrilling small town california aliens epidemic conformity unusual behavior invasion pursuit metamorphosis discovery
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Crime, Drama
1957
92 Minutes
Sid Kubik
Richard Conte Dianne Foster Kathryn Grant Larry Gates James Darren Argentina Brunetti Lamont Johnson Paul Picerni Harry Bellaver
accountant brother wife mother mafia boss suspenseful thrilling melodramatic miami new york city phoenix organized crime escape murder double-cross deception family mystery rescue revenge
A businessman (Richard Conte) tries to warn his gangster brothers about a syndicate plot to kill them.
Comedy
USA
1953
86 Minutes
Dan Austin
Donald O'Connor Yvette Dugay Gene Lockhart Nancy Guild Larry Gates Silvio Minciotti Lowell Gilmore William Harrigan Gale Gordon Hanley Stafford Forrest Lewis
A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.
Biography
USA
1957
109 Minutes
Al Brooks
Kim Novak Jeff Chandler Agnes Moorehead Charles Drake Larry Gates Virginia Grey Gene Lockhart Joe De Santis Murray Hamilton
dancer waitress actress carnival worker understudy passionate dark melodramatic broadway theater stage carnival new york city kansas city, mo. fame ambition betrayal show business alcoholism jeanne eagels wretched excess
The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.
Western
USA
1963
90 Minutes
President Chester A. Arthur
Robert Taylor Joan Caulfield Robert Loggia Robert Middleton Larry Gates Malcolm Atterbury William Windom Virginia Christine Ray Teal Richard Devon Robert Ivers
rancher fiancée cattle baron brother chester a. arthur housekeeper confident thrilling wyoming ranch grassland power struggle cattle land grab frame-up competition murder rivalry discovery adventure
A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.
Drama, History
USA
1953
122 Minutes
Capt. William "Deak" Parsons, USN
Robert Taylor Norman Panama Eleanor Parker James Whitmore Jim Backus Larry Keating Larry Gates Marilyn Erskine Stephen Dunne Robert Burton Hayden Rorke
pilot commander wife captain colonel bleak emotional washington, d.c. hiroshima, japan military base world war ii nuclear attack guilt marriage duty sacrifice discovery 1940s
Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War 2.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1961
110 Minutes
Randolph
Burt Lancaster Dina Merrill Shelley Winters Edward Andrews Vivian Nathan Larry Gates Telly Savalas Pilar Seurat Jody Fair Roberta Shore Milton Selzer
assistant district attorney district attorney teen boy wife mother gripping intense powerful disheartening office spanish harlem new york city gangs lawyers turf war paternity juvenile crime mystery pursuit growing up
An assistant district attorney discovers one of the hoodlums he must prosecute is the son of a former love.
Drama
USA
1958
108 Minutes
Dr. Baugh
Elizabeth Taylor Paul Newman Burl Ives Jack Carson Judith Anderson Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood Larry Gates Vaughn Taylor Patty Ann Gerrity Robert "Rusty" Stevens Brian Corcoran
alcoholic wife father brother mother sister-in-law sultry melodramatic mississippi family home marriage family love money rivalry quest 1950s
Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Biography, Drama, Crime
USA|France|Italy
1974
110 Minutes
Herlands
Gian Maria Volonte Rod Steiger Vincent Gardenia Silverio Blasi Charles Cioffi Larry Gates Magda Konopka Jacques Monod
Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1975
136 Minutes
Bernard Baruch
Barbra Streisand James Caan Omar Sharif Roddy McDowall Ben Vereen Carole Wells Larry Gates Heidi O'Rourke Samantha Huffaker Matt Emery Joshua Shelley
singer lyricist ex-husband producer mistress husband amusing spirited melodramatic new york city california cleveland stage household fanny brice jealousy marital problems ambition infidelity broadway
Story of singer Fanny Brice's stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose.
Musical, Comedy
1952
89 Minutes
Charles Blaisdell
Piper Laurie Charles Coburn Rock Hudson Gigi Perreau Lynn Bari William Reynolds Larry Gates Skip Homeier James Dean
heir millionaire wealthy man family first love lighthearted charming united states city money wealth inheritance family love first love discovery love rise 1920s
When a 1920s millionaire (Charles Coburn) tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady (Piper Laurie) and her boyfriend (Rock Hudson) feel the repercussions.
Drama
USA
1958
137 Minutes
Prof. Robert Haven French
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Shirley MacLaine Martha Hyer Arthur Kennedy Nancy Gates Leora Dana Betty Lou Keim Larry Gates Stephen Apostle Pec Connie Gilchrist
writer woman teacher gambler brother brooding sad indiana small town fair drinking love triangle marriage war fall wretched excess 1940s
A veteran returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1953
81 Minutes
Marshal Ed Daggett
Ann Sheridan Sterling Hayden Philip Reed Lee Patrick Phyllis Stanley Lee Aaker Harvey Grant Dusty Henley Larry Gates Forrest Lewis Dorothy Neumann
A pretty saloon entertainer escapes the marshal's custody and hides in a small town where she unexpectedly becomes surrogate mother to three motherless boys who wish to see their father re-married.
Drama
USA
1952
79 Minutes
Dr. Robert Ardley
Ralph Meeker Leslie Caron Kurt Kaszner Gilbert Roland John McIntire Louis Armstrong Dan Seymour Larry Gates John Indrisano
boxer girlfriend father war hero dancer blind person inspiring gutsy patriotic new orleans boxing ring locker room korea bar doctor's office boxing korean war duty secret blindness
New Orleans newspaper columnist, about to retire, tells the story of a most unforgettable character, boxer Socks Barbarossa.
Drama
1961
109 Minutes
Joe Adams
Susan Hayward Dean Martin Wilfrid Hyde-White Martin Balsam Ralph Meeker Frank Maxwell Connie Sawyer Ford Rainey Charles Watts Larry Gates Robert S. Simon
politician wife governor prostitute political consultant emotional spirited united states the south politics ambition secret marriage manipulation rise underdog discovery 1960s
A sharecropper's daughter (Susan Hayward) of dubious repute helps her husband the governor (Dean Martin) clean up corruption.
Crime, Drama
USA
1967
109 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Rod Steiger Warren Oates Quentin Dean James Patterson William Schallert Lee Grant Scott Wilson Matt Clark Anthony James Larry Gates
detective police officer wealthy man widow virgil tibbs cool tense sparta, miss. small town police station diner murder racism abortion mystery transformation 1960s
A black police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.
Biography
USA
1960
112 Minutes
Tony Curtis Edmond O'Brien Frank Gorshin Karl Malden Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill Joan Blackman Raymond Massey Robert Middleton Jeanette Nolan Sue Ane Langdon
con artist soldier nurse doctor monk fbi agent confident intense amusing new england texas korea island monastery battleship identity theft crime con game schemes on the run
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
Drama, Western
1967
100 Minutes
James Garner Jason Robards Robert Ryan Albert Salmi Charles Aidman Steve Ihnat Michael Tolan Frank Converse Sam Melville Austin Willis Richard Bull
marshal outlaw gambler sheriff wyatt earp thrilling fiery o.k. corral tombstone, ariz. mexico vengeance lawlessness murder old west revenge quest 1880s
Wyatt Earp (James Garner) deputizes Doc Holliday (Jason Robards) and forms a posse to hunt Ike Clanton (Robert Ryan) and his gang.