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I Like Mike is a 1961 Israeli drama film directed by Canadian-born Peter Frye. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was based on Aharon Megged's play, which was performed at the Habima theatre.[2]

I Like Mike
Directed by	Peter Frye [he]
Written by	Peter Frye Aharon Meged
Produced by	Yitzhak Agadati Mordecai Navon Ya'akov Shteiner
Starring	Batya Lancet
Cinematography	Nissim Leon
Edited by	Nellie Gilad
Production company	Geva Films
Release date	1961 (1961)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Israel
Language	Hebrew

Plot

Yafa Arieli wants to marry her daughter, Tamara to Mike, a young American and son of a Texas tycoon visiting in Israel, but Tamara is in love with Micha, a Nahal officer and a poor kibbutznik. During his flight to Israel, Mike sees a newspaper picture of a Yemenite soldier, falls in love with her, and swears to find her. Eventually, Mike finds the soldier, Nilli, who lives in a kibbutz in the Negev region, and he decides to become a Kibbutznik.[3][4]

Cast

• Batya Lancet as the mother, Yafa Arieli
• Gideon Singer
• Ze'ev Berlinsky
• Ilana Rovina as the daughter, Tamar
• Meira Shor
• Seymour Gitin as Mike (Michael Abrahams), an American tourist
• Topol
• Geula Nuni
• Avner Hizkiyahu
• Eitan Gitin
• Bernie Rachelle as Arik (with Topol)

References

External links

• I Like Mike at IMDb

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