I Like Mike (film)

I Like Mike  (איי לייק מייק) is a 1961 Israeli drama film directed by Canadian-born Peter Frye and co-written by him and Israeli playwright Aharon Megged. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. The film was based on Megged's 1956 play of the same name, which was performed at the Habima Theatre in Tel Aviv in 1957.

Plot
Yafa Arieli wants to marry her daughter, Tamara to Mike, a young American and son of a Texas tycoon visiting 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 join the kibbutz.

Cast
The cast included Frye's then-wife Batya Lancet as the mother, Yafa Arieli, and:
 * Gideon Singer as Benjamin Arieli
 * Ze'ev Berlinsky
 * Ilana Rovina as the daughter, Tamar
 * Meira Shor
 * Seymour Gitin as Michael "Mike" Abrahams, an American tourist
 * Topol as Mikha
 * Geula Nuni
 * Avner Hizkiyahu
 * Eitan Gitin
 * Bernie Rachelle as Arik (with Topol)