List of the best Michael Pate movies: Tim(1979), California(1963), Hondo(1953), The Maze(1954), Reprisal!(1956), The Killer Is Loose(1956), Westbound(1959), The Revolt of Mamie Stover(1956), Return of the Gunfighter(1967), Drums of Africa(1963), Howling III(1987), Hong Kong Confidential(1958) ... ...
Drama
1979
108 Minutes
Director
Piper Laurie Mel Gibson Alwyn Kurts Pat Evison Peter Gwynne Deborah Kennedy
mentally challenged businesswoman laborer sister father heartwarming emotional australia house sydney may-december romance illiteracy mental retardation friendship love 1970s
An Australian spinster (Piper Laurie) falls in love with a mentally impaired young man (Mel Gibson) she hires as gardener.
Western
USA
1963
86 Minutes
Jock Mahoney Faith Domergue Michael Pate Susan Seaforth Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. Penny Santon James Murphy Nestor Paiva Roberto Contreras Felix Locher Charles Horvath
Revolutionaries rise up against the Mexican government in California in 1841.
Western
USA
1953
84 Minutes
Vittorio - Chiricahua Apache Chief
John Wayne Geraldine Page Ward Bond Michael Pate James Arness Rodolfo Acosta Leo Gordon Tom Irish Lee Aaker Paul Fix Rayford Barnes
scout homesteader wife son intense suspenseful new mexico ranch desert bar friendship war death deception marriage rescue 19th century
Army dispatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and young son living in the midst of warring Apaches and becomes their protector.
Horror
1954
81 Minutes
William
Richard Carlson Veronica Hurst Katherine Emery Michael Pate John Dodsworth Hillary Brooke Stanley Fraser Lilian Bond Owen McGiveney Robin Hughes Clyde Cook
A bride (Veronica Hurst) and her aunt (Katherine Emery) chase the bridegroom (Richard Carlson) to his Scottish castle, home of a man-frog.
Western
1956
74 Minutes
Bert Shipley
Guy Madison Felicia Farr Kathryn Grant Michael Pate Edward Platt Otto Hulett Wayne Mallory Robert Burton
man woman native american racist brother judge emotional intense oklahoma ranch small town prairie courtroom kendall, okla. murder racism investigation trial identity crisis native americans
An Indian girl (Kathryn Grant) and a land agent's daughter (Felicia Farr) save a part-Indian cattle rancher (Guy Madison) from vigilantes.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
73 Minutes
Detective Chris Gillespie
Joseph Cotten Rhonda Fleming Wendell Corey Alan Hale Jr. Michael Pate John Larch Dee J. Thompson John Beradino
bank teller bank robber detective wife dark intense thrilling bank apartment jail suburbia house bank heist showdown stakeout accidental death prison break revenge pursuit underdog
An unhinged, deceptively mild-mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle.
Western
USA
1959
72 Minutes
Mace
Randolph Scott Virginia Mayo Karen Steele Michael Dante Andrew Duggan Michael Pate Wally Brown
union soldier confederate soldier business owner wife engaging spirited colorado small town stagecoach american civil war love triangle competition gold shipment robbery rivalry revenge pursuit 19th century
In 1864 Capt. John Hayes goes to Colorado to take over the stagecoach line and keep the flow of Western gold flowing and help the North win the Civil War.
Drama
USA
1956
92 Minutes
Harry Adkins
Jane Russell Richard Egan Joan Leslie Agnes Moorehead Jorja Curtright Michael Pate Richard Coogan Alan Reed Eddie Firestone Jean Willes Leon Lontoc
prostitute writer friend manager sailor emotional uneasy melodramatic san francisco boat hawaii nightclub prostitution new life romance affair real estate world war ii fall love
Set in the early '40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as the second World War has begun to intensify. Mamie settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life. Though ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1967
98 Minutes
Frank Boone
Robert Taylor Chad Everett Ana Martin Mort Mills Lyle Bettger Michael Pate Barry Atwater John Crawford Willis Bouchey Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
gunslinger farmer daughter desperado brooding tense powerful saloon farm wild west old age loyalty frontier justice revenge quest discovery 1880s
An aging gunman and a wounded drifter come upon a young Mexican girl, and agree to help her avenge the death of her father, who was murdered for their land.
Action
USA
1963
92 Minutes
Viledo
Frankie Avalon Mariette Hartley Lloyd Bochner Torin Thatcher Hari Rhodes Michael Pate Peter Mamakos
David Moore is in East Africa to get to his employer's railway construction site. He's accompanied by the owner's son Brian and they've lined up Jack Cuortemayn, reputedly the best guide ... See full summary »
Horror
Australia
1987
94 Minutes
President
Barry Otto Imogen Annesley Dasha Blahova Max Fairchild Frank Thring Michael Pate Barry Humphries
A female werewolf runs away from her family, and falls in love with a man who works in the movie business, while a sociologist who studies these creatures is looking for proof of their existence.
Mystery & Thriller
1958
67 Minutes
Gene Barry Beverly Tyler Allison Hayes Noel Drayton Edward Kemmer Michael Pate W. Beal Wong Mel Prestige King Calder Philip Ahn Rico Alaniz
An undercover U.S. agent (Gene Barry) searches for an Arab ruler's son kidnapped by communists in Hong Kong.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Willie
Claudette Colbert Ann Blyth Robert Douglas Anne Crawford Philip Friend Gladys Cooper Michael Pate John Abbott Connie Gilchrist Gavin Muir Phyllis Stanley
Convicted murderess Valerie Carns (Ann Blyth) is being transported to Norwich to be executed when a flood strands her and her guards at a convent hospital. Nurse Sister Mary (Claudette ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1957
80 Minutes
Charlie Smith
Joel McCrea Barbara Hale Brad Dexter Gloria Talbott Verna Felton Douglas Dick Michael Pate Anthony Caruso Esther Dale Adam Williams Ray Teal
doctor wife daughter widow native american woman bully endearing spirited oklahoma wild west small town house farm oil field relocation native americans love triangle relationships territorial disputes old west
A doctor stops in a small Southwestern town to bury his wife. He decides to stay there and start a practice, but soon runs into violent cattle ranchers.
Horror
USA
1952
82 Minutes
Count Ernst von Melcher
Richard Greene Boris Karloff Stephen McNally Paula Corday Lon Chaney John Hoyt Michael Pate Nancy Valentine Tudor Owen Henry Corden Otto Waldis
Man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.
Romance
USA
1959
101 Minutes
Priest
Audrey Hepburn Anthony Perkins Lee J. Cobb Sessue Hayakawa Henry Silva Nehemiah Persoff Michael Pate Estelle Hemsley
son love interest grandfather native fascinating dreamy intricate venezuela caracas jungle nature war loss romance gold discovery love metamorphosis revenge 1890s
A young man in the jungles of Venezuela meets a strange girl of the forest and falls in love with her.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
101 Minutes
Sir Locksley
Danny Kaye Norman Panama Glynis Johns Basil Rathbone Angela Lansbury Cecil Parker Mildred Natwick Robert Middleton Michael Pate Herbert Rudley Noel Drayton
carnival worker maid king princess jester witch lighthearted hilarious cheeky england forest castle woods hut courtyard royalty impersonation schemes magic father/daughter relationship
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful King.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1965
105 Minutes
Dr. Mills
Jeffrey Hunter Anne Francis Dana Andrews Viveca Lindfors Stacy Harris Kathie Browne Philip Pine Michael Pate
Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but falls in-love with her and plots to kill her husband by pretending to be criminally insane.
Biography
USA
1963
140 Minutes
Lt. Reginald Evans
Cliff Robertson Ty Hardin James Gregory Robert Culp Grant Williams Lew Gallo Errol John Michael Pate Robert Blake Biff Elliot Norman Fell
ensign sailor officer native coastwatcher lieutenant intense thrilling solomon islands ocean boat world war ii survival courage shipwreck john f. kennedy quest rescue 1940s
President John F. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his desk: a plastic-encased coconut. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109.
Drama, History
USA
1953
121 Minutes
Flavius
Marlon Brando James Mason John Gielgud Louis Calhern Edmond O'Brien Greer Garson Deborah Kerr George Macready Michael Pate Richard Hale Alan Napier
brutus mark antony julius caesar assassin emotional fiery passionate patriotic ancient rome assassination politics war fall revenge ancient rome
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
Drama
USA
1957
113 Minutes
Joe Matson
Rock Hudson Dana Wynter Sidney Poitier Wendy Hiller Juano Hernandez William Marshall Robert Beatty Walter Fitzgerald Michael Pate Ivan Dixon Ken Renard
settler wife witch doctor tribal leader revolutionary powerful suspenseful brutal touching kenya plains jail battle race relations repression native people religion rivalry metamorphosis revenge
Although Peter and Kimani grew up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. After Kimani's father is jailed for following tribal customs, Kimani joins a band... See full summary »
Western
USA
1957
81 Minutes
Charley
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
1955
78 Minutes
Harley Baskam
Randolph Scott Angela Lansbury Warner Anderson Jean Parker Wallace Ford John Emery James Bell Ruth Donnelly Michael Pate Don Megowan Jeanette Nolan
marshal showgirl assassin businessman criminal melodramatic gripping wild west small town street violence murder lost loves law and order quest transformation 19th century
Marshal Calem Ware (Randolph Scott) must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
Musical
USA
1966
98 Minutes
Mr. Arlien
Debbie Reynolds Ricardo Montalban Greer Garson Agnes Moorehead Chad Everett Katharine Ross Juanita Moore Ricky Cordell Michael Pate Tom Drake Larry D. Mann
nun priest record producer young boy heartwarming inspiring belgium convent music performance religious vows faith fame discovery transformation 1960s
Fanciful biography of the Belgian nun who briefly made the hit parade.
Western
1956
75 Minutes
Capt. Benteen
Randolph Scott Barbara Hale Jay C. Flippen Frank Faylen Jeanette Nolan Leo Gordon Denver Pyle Harry Carey Jr. Michael Pate Donald Curtis
officer soldier colonel father suspenseful intense gory melodramatic brooding war zone battlefield cowardice battle survival adventure discovery quest escape rescue revenge
Absent from Custer's Last Stand, an Army captain (Randolph Scott) volunteers for the Little Bighorn burial detail.
Western
UK
1961
85 Minutes
Chief Four Horns
Robert Ryan John Dehner Torin Thatcher Burt Metcalfe John Sutton Jack Creley Scott Peters Richard Alden Teresa Stratas Michael Pate
When the Sioux come to Canada, the Canadians permit them to stay in Canada if they come peacefully. However, some cowboys kill all inhabitants of one of their villages. The cowboys seek to ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1952
108 Minutes
Morrison (uncredited)
James Mason Danielle Darrieux Michael Rennie Walter Hampden Oscar Karlweis Herbert Berghof John Wengraf Ben Astar Roger Plowden Michael Pate Ivan Triesault
spy mercenary countess ambassador agent cool tense creative turkey rio de janeiro world war ii espionage nazism true crime escape love fall 1940s
The Albanian valet (James Mason) for the British ambassador to Turkey sells secrets to World War II Germans.
Drama
1954
144 Minutes
Virginia Mayo Paul Newman Jack Palance Pier Angeli Alexander Scourby Joseph Wiseman E.G. Marshall Walter Hampden Jacques Aubuchon Herbert Rudley Albert Van Dekker
sculptor slave wife magician beautiful woman apostle melodramatic emotional rome jerusalem art slavery daunting task love triangle magic deception rise quest underdog 1st century
After the Last Supper, Christians fight Romans over Christ's cup, for which a Greek sculptor (Paul Newman) makes a holder.
Comedy, Western
USA
1962
113 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr. Peter Lawford Joey Bishop Henry Silva Ruta Kilmonis Buddy Lester Phillip Crosby Dennis Crosby Hank Henry
sergeant indian woman soldier amusing playful cool indian territory saloon village camaraderie old west racism battle escape love adventure 1870s
Three cavalry officers and a bugler work together to thwart a Native American chief intent on uniting local tribes against the white man.
Western
USA
1965
124 Minutes
Charlton Heston Richard Harris Jim Hutton James Coburn Michael Anderson Jr. Senta Berger Mario Adorf Brock Peters Warren Oates Ben Johnson R. G. Armstrong
officer criminal prisoner of war deserter widow native american tense new mexico territory fort mexico village war kidnapping teamwork quest pursuit rivalry 1860s
In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.
Action
USA
1951
97 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Jody Lawrence Gilbert Roland Kieron Moore George Tobias John Dehner Nick Dennis Mike Mazurki Gerald Mohr Ian MacDonald Mari Blanchard
mercenary daughter thief outlaw sheik beautiful woman cheeky playful lighthearted stockade desert camp kidnapping behind enemy lines french foreign legion espionage love armed conflict transformation adventure
During the Riff War in Morocco, the French Foreign Legion's outpost of Tarfa is threatened by Khalif Hussein's tribes but Sergeant Mike Kincaid devises a plan of survival until the arrival of French reinforcements.