Movies directed by Rudolph Mate

D.O.A. (1950)

83 mins     Thriller      

A man walks into a police station and asks to speak to the head of Homicide as he wants to report a murder, his murder! It is undoubtedly a fantastic opening to what for many is one of the iconic film-noir movies of not just ...

Second Chance (1953)

82 mins     Crime, Drama      

Second Chance - danger arrives for a former gangster's girl when she falls for a boxer but has a gangster's heavy after her at the same time....

The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)

99 mins     Adventure , Romance      

The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) Tony Curtis stars as Myles, a British peasant seeking to find out who his father was and then reclaiming his birthright...

Siege at Red River (1954)

86 mins     Action , War, Western      

Siege at Red River (1954) - Van Johnson is the Confederate soldier with a stolen gatling gun to sneak down South past Union soldiers...

The Rawhide Years (1955)

85 mins     Western      

To be fair "The Rawhide Years" is an entertaining western but it is also a distinctly generic 1950s western. It is entertaining because it has countless light hearted moments with Tony Curtis turning on some awkward charm whi...

The Violent Men (1955)

96 mins     Western      

The Violent Men (1955) Glenn Ford is the rancher who ends up taking on a land baron who is forcing people off of their properties. But things are not all that they seem when it comes to who is pulling the strings...

Three Violent People (1956)

100 mins     Western      

Three Violent People (1956) Charlton Heston stars as Colt Saunders who finds himself with a wife with a secret past and some government carpetbaggers trying to take his ranch from him...

The 300 Spartans (1962)

114 mins     Adventure , Drama      

I wasn't that impressed by the more recent "300" as it came across as all look with little substance but because of that movie I am not that impressed with "The 300 Spartans" the 1962 movie based on the same story of Leonidas...