List of the best Michael Ansara movies: Doll Squad(1973), The Message(1977), The Manitou(1978), Assassination(1987), Dear, Dead Delilah(1972), The Destructors(1967), Harum Scarum(1965), Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy(1955), The Tall Stranger(1957), Gun Brothers(1956), The Lawless Breed(1953), Day of the Animals(1977) ... ...
Action
1973
101 Minutes
Eamon O'Reilly
Michael Ansara Francine York Anthony Eisley John Carter Lisa Todd Carol Terry Bret Zeller William Bagdad Rafael Campos Leigh Christian Judith McConnell
The CIA sends a team of bikini-clad assassins to stop a renegade agent (Michael Ansara) bent on sabotage.
Drama, History
Lebanon|Libya|Kuwait|Morocco|UK|Saudi Arabia|Egypt
1977
180 Minutes
Abu Sofyan
uncle leader wife muslim passionate positive mecca medina battlefield market islam mohammad religious persecution battle rise underdog 7th century
This epic historical drama chronicles the life and times of Prophet Muhammad and serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.
Horror
USA
1978
105 Minutes
John Singing Rock
Tony Curtis Susan Strasberg Michael Ansara Stella Stevens Jon Cedar Ann Sothern Burgess Meredith Paul Mantee Jeanette Nolan Lurene Tuttle Ann Newman-Mantee
A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit.
Action
USA
1987
88 Minutes
Sen. Hector Bunsen
Charles Bronson Jill Ireland Michael Ansara Stephen Elliott Jan Gan Boyd Randy Brooks James Staley Kathryn Leigh Scott Erik Stern
bodyguard president first lady wife assassin woman charming playful thrilling suspenseful intense shocking united states washington, d.c. white house assassination crime investigation relationships fake marriage
A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objecting first lady, as repeated attempts are made on her life.
Horror
1972
90 Minutes
Morgan Charles
Agnes Moorehead Will Geer Michael Ansara Dennis Patrick Anne Meacham Robert Gentry
A dying Southern matriarch (Agnes Moorehead) in a wheelchair sends her family on a search for buried family treasure.
Action
1967
97 Minutes
Count Mario Romano
Richard Egan Patricia Owens Michael Ansara John Ericson Joan Blackman David Brian Johnny Seven Khigh Dhiegh Gregory Morton John Howard Eddie Firestone
A U.S. secret agent (Richard Egan) thwarts a swimsuit importer (Michael Ansara) behind the theft of rubies and a laser gun.
Comedy
1965
95 Minutes
Prince Dragna
Elvis Presley Mary Ann Mobley Michael Ansara Jay Novello Fran Jeffries Philip Reed Theo Marcuse Billy Barty
singer kidnapper assassin princess dwarf king lighthearted campy amusing pakistan fictional country middle east las vegas abduction assassination plot martial arts political intrigue filmmaking mistaken identity adventure
Assassins kidnap a Hollywood star (Elvis Presley) and throw him into palace intrigue with a Mideast princess (Mary Ann Mobley).
Comedy
1955
79 Minutes
Charlie
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Michael Ansara Marie Windsor Dan Seymour Kurt Katch Richard Deacon Richard Karlan Mel Welles Ed Parker
Western
USA
1957
81 Minutes
Zarata
Joel McCrea Virginia Mayo Barry Kelley Michael Ansara Whit Bissell James Dobson George N. Neise Adam Kennedy Michael Pate Leo Gordon Ray Teal
union soldier widow half brother cattle rustler settler confederate soldier tense brooding powerful gritty american west colorado wagon train valley ranch reconciliation schemes land grab grudge estrangement
Back from the Civil War, an ex-Yankee officer aids a wagon train of former Confederates settle in a prosperous valley marred by cattle-rustling and land-grabbing feuds.
Western
USA
1956
79 Minutes
Shawnee Jack
Buster Crabbe Ann Robinson Neville Brand Michael Ansara James Seay
ex-soldier young woman brother partner cattle rustler outlaw gritty tense gripping wyoming ranch trading post saloon stagecoach reunion romance cattle rustling going straight betrayal outlaws
After 6 years in the cavalry, Chad Santee plans to raise cattle with his brother Jubal but Jubal is involved in a different line of work.
Western
USA
1953
83 Minutes
Gus Hanley
Rock Hudson Julie Adams John McIntire Hugh O'Brian Michael Ansara Dennis Weaver Mary Castle Forrest Lewis Lee Van Cleef Tom Fadden William Pullen
gunslinger preacher uncle dance hall girl son gambler emotional melodramatic texas small town family home gunfight redemption murder gambling father/son relationship family transformation rise 19th century
After being released from prison, former gun-fighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.
Sci-Fi
USA
1977
95 Minutes
Daniel Santee
Christopher George Lynda Day George Leslie Nielsen Richard Jaeckel Michael Ansara Ruth Roman John Cedar Paul Mantee Walter Barnes Susan Backlinie Andrew Stevens
A battle for survival ensues after a group of hikers encounters a chemically imbalanced forest.
Western
USA
1961
107 Minutes
Amelung
John Wayne Stuart Whitman Lee Marvin Ina Balin Nehemiah Persoff Michael Ansara Patrick Wayne Bruce Cabot Joan O'Brien Jack Elam Edgar Buchanan
texas ranger native american outlaw gun runner gambler prisoner gritty rousing melodramatic texas mexico desert valley american west unlikely allies cowboys frontier justice violence romance adventure
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves dealing with the Comanches known as Comancheros.
Sci-Fi
USA
1961
105 Minutes
Miguel Alvarez
Walter Pidgeon Joan Fontaine Barbara Eden Peter Lorre Robert Sterling Michael Ansara Frankie Avalon Regis Toomey John Litel Howard McNear Henry Daniell
admiral psychiatrist lieutenant captain scientist congressman thrilling tense creative submarine deep sea arctic ocean pacific ocean mariana islands fire nuclear weapons race against time sabotage showdown global disaster
When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.
Adventure
USA
1952
83 Minutes
Bernardo Diaz
Rhonda Fleming Sterling Hayden Helena Carter John Sutton Paul Cavanagh Michael Ansara Raymond Hatton Alex Montoya
sea captain rival pirate fiancée first mate messenger spirited cheeky melodramatic caribbean ship sea island jamaica court pirates impersonation parentage secrets jealousy
The seafaring adventures of French privateer Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo during the Franco-Spanish-English war of the 17th century.
Fantasy, Adventure
1996
91 Minutes
Malfeasor
Lane Toran Russ Tamblyn Patrick Renna Jack Donner Ian Abercrombie Michael Ansara Amber Tamblyn Pat Crawford Brown Manuela Ciucur
magician sister boy merlin king arthur soldier incredible cheery playful house medieval kingdom england backyard palace magic spell magical artifact unlikely hero time travel saving the world culture shock
A novice magician with dreams of becoming the best magician of all time travels back in time and finds himself in King Arthur's Court.
Comedy, Western
USA
1966
101 Minutes
Iron Jacket
Dean Martin Alain Delon Joey Bishop Rosemary Forsyth Tina Marquand Peter Graves Michael Ansara Linden Chiles Andrew Prine Stuart Anderson Roy Barcroft
nobleman fiancée gunrunner native american woman native american love interest amusing brash hilarious texas louisiana wagon train country road wild west engagement native americans friendship love triangle love old west
In 1845 Texas, a Louisiana belle is courted by a wanted Spanish nobleman and a Texas brawling gunrunner but her suitors' passionate duel is interrupted by the cavalry and a Comanche attack.
Western
USA
1956
95 Minutes
Kamiakin
Jeff Chandler Dorothy Malone Ward Bond Keith Andes Lee Marvin Sydney Chaplin Willis Bouchey Michael Ansara Olive Carey Charles Horvath Orlando Rodriquez
In 1868 Oregon, when the Army violates the treaty by building a road across the reservation, several tribal chiefs decide to unite their forces against the trespassing whites.
Western
USA
1969
106 Minutes
Col. Diego
George Kennedy James Whitmore Monte Markham Bernie Casey Joe Don Baker Scott Thomas Reni Santoni Michael Ansara Wende Wagner Frank Silvera Fernando Rey
revolutionary mexican mercenary cowboy bandit expert confident thrilling mexico mexican-american border town prison gunfight capture trial recruiting oppression jailbreak rescue adventure
A Mexican revolutionary hires an American gunslinger to organize the rescue of their leader from a brutal Army prison.
Western
USA
1955
86 Minutes
Angry Horse
Clayton Moore Jay Silverheels Lyle Bettger Bonita Granville Perry Lopez Robert Wilke John Pickard Beverly Washburn Michael Ansara Frank de Kova Charles Meredith
rancher governor indian sidekick cavalryman the lone ranger rousing thrilling patriotic texas range indian territory law and order land wars battle frontier life adventure pursuit quest 19th century
Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore aims to grab silver-rich Indian land by skilfully pitting Indians against settlers but the suspicious territorial governor sends The Lone Ranger to investigate.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
76 Minutes
Hamid
George Sanders Virginia Bruce Lenore Aubert Gene Lockhart Robert Armstrong H.B. Warner Alan Napier Marcel Dalio Michael Ansara
reporter secret agent beautiful woman nazi informant suspenseful spirited damascus market syria hotel espionage world war ii investigation murder dangerous assignment impersonation mystery quest 1940s
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
Adventure
USA
1952
85 Minutes
Lt. Romero
Jeff Chandler Scott Brady Suzan Ball Joseph Calleia Rodolfo Acosta George Mathews James Parnell David Janssen Jay Silverheels Michael Ansara Joseph Vitale
Captain David Porter of the fledgling American Navy receives orders to masquerade as a privateer in order to corral some Caribbean pirates.
Other, Drama, History
USA
1965
195 Minutes
Max von Sydow Charlton Heston Carroll Baker Dorothy McGuire Robert Loggia Claude Rains Jose Ferrer Marian Seldes John Abbott Rodolfo Acosta Michael Ansara
prophet traitor god king mary magdalene disciple inspiring profound jerusalem bethlehem israel jesus christ betrayal god christianity resurrection sacrifice 1st century
An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
UK|USA|Mexico
1984
100 Minutes
Gary Coleman Bernie Casey Shelley Smith Fred Dryer Pamela Adlon Jason Bateman Luis Avalos Philip Abbott Marilyn McCoo Harvey Jason George Gobel
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Action
USA
1954
92 Minutes
Jeff Chandler Jack Palance Ludmilla Tcherina Rita Gam Jeff Morrow Allison Hayes Eduard Franz George Dolenz Sara Shane Alexander Scourby Walter Coy
With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.
Drama, History
USA
1953
135 Minutes
Richard Burton Jean Simmons Victor Mature Michael Rennie Jay Robinson Dean Jagger Torin Thatcher Richard Boone Betta St. John Jeff Morrow Ernest Thesiger
jesus roman slave father disciple christian inspiring powerful rome judea galilee jerusalem crucifixion guilt religious conversion religious persecution faith transformation sacrifice quest
In the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.
Western
USA
1951
105 Minutes
Gregory Peck Barbara Payton Gig Young Ward Bond Lon Chaney Neville Brand Jeff Corey Warner Anderson Steve Brodie Dan Riss Terry Kilburn
leader officer captain gory mission mountain respect reputation military transformation
A despised cavalry commander is unfairly blamed by his troop for the death of a popular officer and must redeem himself in front of his men during an Indian attack on the fort.
Drama, History
USA
1956
220 Minutes
Charlton Heston Yul Brynner Edward G. Robinson Anne Baxter Yvonne De Carlo Debra Paget John Derek Cedric Hardwicke Nina Foch Martha Scott Judith Anderson
prophet slave god jew ruler moses inspiring spectacular emotional profound melodramatic egypt red sea desert redemption religion exile escape sacrifice rise
Moses, an Egyptian Prince, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people.