Luana Patten Filmography

They Ran for Their Lives

Synopsis: In this crime adventure, a young woman carrying an important paper finds herself pursued by three crooks who chase her into the desert. She is saved by a helpful stranger. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Bonanza: Credit for a Kill

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Don Collier, Luana Patten

Synopsis: A horse thief with a price on his head is shot by both Joe Cartwright and his friend, stone-broke farmer Morgan Tanner (Dean Harens). When the authorities arrive, Joe takes full credit for the killing-and claims the reward, which Morgan and his family need desperately. Why is Joe acting in this Read More

Follow Me, Boys!

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, Charlie Ruggles, Elliott Reid, Kurt Russell

Synopsis: Follow Me, Boys!, Disney's paean to the Boys Scouts of America, leaves no cliché unturned: we're even offered the old reliable "kid hanging over cliff by rope" bit. Corny, sentimental and obvious though it may be, the film is a delight to watch, especially whenever Fred MacMurray dominates the Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scarlet Scandal

Synopsis: Elaine Bayler (Mala Powers), the wife of small-town big shot Richard Bayler (Lloyd Gough), is being blackmailed by an unknown party who threatens to expose Elaine's romance with her protegee, musician Donald Hobart (Will Hutchins), unless she ponies up $10,000. While making the "drop", Elaine is Read More

F Troop: The Ballot of Corporal Agarn

Synopsis: Agarn (Larry Storch) has greatness thrust upon him when it turns out that he holds the deciding vote in a hotly contested mayoral campaign in his home town of Pasaic, New Jersey. Before long, both of the candidates--Derby Dan McGurney (Tol Avery) and George C. Bragen (Lew Parker)--have descended Read More

Shoot out at Big Sag

Synopsis: In this western, originally designed as the pilot of a television show that never made it to air, a self-designated preacher desires to control the Big Sag territory of Montana. To do this, he must first force two newly arrived Texans off of their land. Meanwhile, the preacher's wife knows that he Read More

A Thunder of Drums

Actors: Richard Boone, George Hamilton, Luana Patten, Arthur O'Connell, Charles Bronson

Synopsis: In this western, an idealistic and naive rookie cavalry officer is assigned to work with a cruel captain. He immediately gets on the crabby captain's bad side by trying to restart an affair with his ex-sweetheart. The woman is engaged to another who ends up getting killed by the Indians. This Read More

Go Naked in the World

Actors: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Franciosa, Ernest Borgnine, Luana Patten, Will Kuluva

Synopsis: Gina Lollobrigida plays a Lady of the Evening who is wooed by wealthy young Anthony Franciosa. She leaves him in the dark concerning her checkered past. Alas, Franciosa's father Ernest Borgnine knows everything about Lollobrigida, and breaks the bad news to his son. Aghast at first, Franciosa is Read More

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

Actors: Jimmie F. Rodgers, Chill Wills, Luana Patten

Synopsis: John Fox Jr.'s popular 1906 novel has been filmed several times, and converted into a number of theatrical presentations. The 1961 edition of Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come stars singer Jimmy F. Rodgers as a confused young man growing up in 1860s Kentucky. Sheltered from his brutal guardian by a Read More

Home from the Hill

Actors: Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton, Everett Sloane

Synopsis: William Humphrey's novel Home From the Hill is compressed into 150 minutes for this MGM all-starrer. Robert Mitchum plays Capt. Wade Hunnicutt, a Texas millionaire, married to Hannah (Eleanor Parker). The Hunnicutts have two children of approximately the same age: Wade's biological son, Theron (George Hamilton Read More

The Music Box Kid

Actors: Ron Foster, Luana Patten, Grant Richards, Johnny Seven, Carl Milletaire

Synopsis: The "music box" of the title of this low-budget, routine gangster film is a submachine gun, and its owner Larry Shaw (Ronald Foster) is the focus of attention. Larry has as little concern for morality or human life as an exterminator does for cockroaches, and so he is able to climb up the ladder Read More

Those Restless Years

The Young Captives

Actors: Steven Marlo, Luana Patten, Tom Selden, James Chandler, Ed Nelson

Synopsis: In this conventional drama about a killer on the loose, the usual psychological interplay of a disturbed mind and the killer's potential victims is emphasized. Jamie (Steven Marlo) is running away from a murder he just committed, apparently unable to control his homicidal urges once they arise. Read More

The Restless Years

Actors: John Saxon, Sandra Dee, Teresa Wright, James Whitmore, Luana Patten

Synopsis: Small-minded small town 1950's mores threaten a youthful romance in this sudsy melodrama based on the play Teach Me How to Cry by Patricia Joudry and reminiscent of the previous year's Peyton Place (1957). Sandra Dee stars as Melinda Grant, an illegitimate girl facing the stigma of being a Read More

Disneyland: The Liberty Story

Actors: Luana Patten, Jeff York, Rusty Lane, Sterling Holloway

Synopsis: This 1957 Disneyland episode is essentially a promotional film for the upcoming Disney theatrical release Johnny Tremain. An early segment, chronicling man's struggle for liberty as manifested in the Magna Carta and the exploits of Robin Hood, leads smoothly into a lengthy excerpt of the new film Read More

Johnny Tremain

Actors: Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot, Richard Beymer

Synopsis: This Walt Disney filmization of Esther Forbes' Revolutionary-War novel Johnny Tremain was appropriately released on July 4, 1957. New Disney discovery Hal Stalmaster plays the title character, an apprentice silversmith in 1773 Boston. An on-the-job injury prevents Johnny from finding a job, but he Read More

Disneyland: Disneyland, the Park, and Pecos Bill

Actors: Roy Rogers, Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, The Sons of the Pioneers

Synopsis: The first portion of this Disneyland episode brings viewers up to date on construction of the Disneyland theme park as of the spring of 1957. Somehow or other, this segues into an illustrated history of American folklore. The episode's final segment consists of the "Pecos Bill" segment from the Read More

Joe Dakota

Actors: Jock Mahoney, Luana Patten, Charles McGraw, Barbara Lawrence, Claude Akins

Synopsis: A tall horseman (Jock Mahoney) rides into the small town of Arborville, deserted except for redheaded Jody (Luana Patten), who's uncomfortable about it. Outside town, the rider finds all the townspeople working on an oil rig on a small ranch. They're led by Cal Moore (Charles McGraw), and include Read More

Rock, Pretty Baby

Actors: Sal Mineo, John Saxon, Luana Patten, Edward Platt, Fay Wray

Synopsis: A must-see for students of 1950s pop culture, Rock, Pretty Baby was Universal-International's earliest acknowledgement of the rock 'n' roll craze. John Saxon plays 18-year-old high schooler Jimmy Daley, who intends to pursue a musical career despite the objections of his physician father (Edward Read More

Melody Time

Actors: Roy Rogers, Dennis Day

Synopsis: Disney was known for combining his musical cartoon shorts into interesting feature-length anthologies and Melody Time is one of the best. But for the fact that all of the featured segments have musical themes, they vary widely in musical and artistic style. Included are the exciting "Bumble Read More

So Dear to My Heart

Actors: Bobby Driscoll, Beulah Bondi, Burl Ives, Luana Patten, Harry Carey

Synopsis: Like Disney's earlier Song of the South, So Dear to My Heart peppers its live action with animated sequences. In this film, however, it is the "live" story that lingers longest in the memory. Set in 1903, the film takes place on the small Kincaid farm. Twin sheep are born in the barn: one white Read More

Fun and Fancy Free

Actors: Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Luana Patten

Synopsis: A blend of live-action and animation, Fun and Fancy Free is comprised of two distinct tales linked by additional footage featuring Jiminy Cricket. Disney had been planning to use each story for separate feature films but the involvement of the United States in WWII disrupted his plans and the Read More

Little Mister Jim

Actors: Butch Jenkins, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Luana Patten, Spring Byington

Synopsis: MGM's newest child star Jackie "Butch" Jenkins--lisp and all--is the title character in this overlong family drama. The setting is a postwar army camp, where returning GIs live in Quonsets with their families. Jenkins' mother dies, whereupon his soldier dad becomes an alcoholic. Both father and Read More

Song of the South

Actors: James Baskett, Anita Brown, Bobby Driscoll, Mary Field, Gene Holland

Synopsis: Song of the South is a blend of live action and animation, based on the popular "Uncle Remus" stories of Joel Chandler Harris. Set in the years just after the Civil War, the story begins with young Johnny (Bobby Driscoll) being sent to live at the southern plantation of his grandmother (Lucile Watson Read More