Paul LukatherFilmography

Mind Over Murder

Actors: Deborah Raffin

Synopsis: This bush-league Eyes of Laura Mars stars Deborah Raffin as a model with a "sixth sense." First she senses that an airline is to be bombed--a premonition which comes true. Then she senses that the bomber knows who she is and plans to kill her. Unfortunately, Raffin has the usual TV-movie Read More

Blind Ambition

Actors: Martin Sheen, Theresa Russell, Michael Callan, Lonny Chapman, William Daniels

Synopsis: The 8-hour TV miniseries Blind Ambition was originally telecast May 20 through 23, 1979. This 105-minute feature-film version, prepared in 1982, seems a bit rushed at times, but overall does a credible and coherent job of storytelling. Based on John Dean's book Blind Ambition, with elements of Read More

Hot Lead and Cold Feet

Actors: Jim Dale, Karen Valentine, Don Knotts, Jack Elam, John Williams

Synopsis: In this Disney western, Jim Dale plays Eli Bloodshy, and his twin sons Wild Billy and Jasper. The older man has founded the town of Bloodshy, and now that he has apparently died, his sons must battle for control of his legacy in a wild train race. One of them is a city-slicker, a mild-mannered Read More

Adam-12: Pot Shot

Synopsis: While visiting a local laundromat, off-duty police officer Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) cannot help but notice that a shaggy-haired young man seems to be monopolizing all of the washing machines. It turns out that this busy customer is using those machines to dry his stash of marijuana. In case Read More

The F.B.I.: Fatal Reunion

Synopsis: After a decade's absense, an affable gent named Hamilton (Ed Nelson) returns to his home town. The locals welcome him effusively, never suspecting that Hamilton is a professional thief--and that he is currently being sought after by the FBI. Inevitably, Hamilton's past catches up to him in a Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Bunker, Part Two

Actors: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Synopsis: In the second half of the two-part Mission: Impossible adventure "The Bunker", the IMF team continue their efforts to rescue rocket scientist Erich Rojak (Milton Selzer) and his wife Anna (Lee Meriwether from the Enemy. Complicating matter is the fact that Rojak is being held in bunker some 300 Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Bunker, Part One

Actors: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Synopsis: The second multipart adventure of Mission: Impossible's third season, "The Bunker" was written by Paul Playdon. The IMF is assigned to rescue rocket scientist Erich Rojak (Milton Selzer), who is being forced to cooperate with the enemy. Not only must the agents release Rojak from an impenetrable Read More

The F.B.I.: The Widow

Synopsis: Having played various crime victims in previous F.B.I. episodes, Lynda Day does an about-face as the villainess of the piece. The actress is cast as go-go dancer Joyce Carr, who after skipping Federal parole assists her two male accomplices as they murder her soldier husband for his insurance. Read More

The Way West

Actors: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Jack Elam

Synopsis: Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) enlists the help of veteran scout Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum) to lead a wagon train of settlers from Missouri to Oregon in this plodding, routine western. A scared settler accidently shoots an Indian boy who is mistaken for a wolf, prompting Summers to Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Trial

Actors: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Synopsis: Though filmed as the twelfth episode of Mission: Impossible, "The Trial" was the seventeenth to be telecast, on January 28, 1967. While visiting an Eastern European nation, Briggs is mistaken for an American tourist and arrested by public prosecutor Josef Varsh (Carroll O'Connor). It is Varsh's Read More

The F.B.I.: False Witness

Synopsis: Carol Lynley guest stars as Lynn Hallett, a troubled young woman mistakenly identified as a bank robber. Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) is certain that Lynn is innocent, but before he can prove anything the frightened girl escapes custody. Now she is the travelling companion of Mike James Read More

The F.B.I.: The Gold Card

Synopsis: The F.B.I. begins its third season as Federal Inspector Lew Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) enters a poker game where the stakes are literally life and death. Working undercover, Erskine is playing with several high-ranking Mafia officers. His purpose: to prevent the assassination of mob chieftan Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Misguided Model

Synopsis: Model Sharon Camody (Mary Ann Mobley) has an excellent chance of being hired as the spokeswoman for White Snow Soap--so long as she is able to keep her unsavory past a secret from the public. Unfortunately, Sharon is targetted for a shakedown by blackmailer Ed Grover, who subsequently turns up Read More

The Fugitive: Approach with Care

Synopsis: Now travelling under the name "Pete Allen", Kimble befriends Willie Turner (Denny Miller), a mentally challenged youth who is also on the lam from the law. To protect Willie, Kimble gets the boy a job as a carnival roustabout, but his generosity may result in his own arrest. Ultimately, the only Read More

The F.B.I.: Special Delivery

Synopsis: Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) is assigned to capture escaped bank robber-murderer Robert Charles Porter (Earl Holliman). Going undercover, Erskine quickly learns that Porter is the latest client of a gang that specialize in smuggling criminals out of the US. In the episode's thrilling Read More

The Fugitive: Echo of a Nightmare

Synopsis: After he is robbed and beaten by a gang of punks, Richard Kimble (David Janssen)--or as he is currently identifying himself, "Richard Taylor"--falls under the scrutiny of ambitious policewoman Jane Washburn (Shirley Knight). Her suspicions aroused by the fact that Kimble refuses to report the Read More

Alvarez Kelly

Actors: William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal, Victoria Shaw, Roger C. Carmel

Synopsis: William Holden stars as Alvarez Kelly in this Civil War actioner. While transporting 5,000 head of cattle to the Union forces, Holden is captured by Confederate officer Richard Widmark. Threatened with instant execution if he doesn't cooperate, Holden sets about the train the raw rebel troops to Read More

Bonanza: The Trap

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Steve Cochran

Synopsis: When her husband Booth (Steve Cochran) is murdered, Hallie Shannon (Joan Freeman) is convinced that her former sweetheart Joe Cartwright committed the dirty deed so that Joe and Hallie could be together again. Unfortunately, Booth's twin brother Buck (also Steve Cochran) is of the same opinion-and Read More

The Outer Limits: The Brain of Colonel Barham

Synopsis: In Volume 47 of a collection culled from the 1963-1965 science fiction anthology television series, a computerized form of space travel is discovered. The hitch: a human brain is required before the system can be activated. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Fate Is the Hunter

Actors: Glenn Ford, Nancy Kwan, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Jane Russell

Synopsis: Suspense builds around the investigation of a plane crash that caused 53 deaths in this dramatic adaption of Ernest K. Gann's novel. Authorities systematically eliminate probable causes, finally placing blame on the pilot, who was seen drinking before the flight. The airline's director of flight Read More

The Outer Limits: The Production and Decay of Strange Particles

Actors: George Macready, Signe Hasso, Allyson Ames, Robert Fortier

Synopsis: The reactor at the Broadridge experimental nuclear station runs out of control when two unstable elements accidentally come into contact. As Dr. Marshall (George Macready), the station director, struggles to understand what is happening, deadly radiation pours out of the reactor furnace, killing Read More

I'd Rather Be Rich

Actors: Sandra Dee, Robert Goulet, Andy Williams, Maurice Chevalier, Charlie Ruggles

Synopsis: Maurice Chevalier plays Philip Dulaine, a supposedly dying millionaire, while Sandra Dee co-stars as Cynthia, the elderly man's granddaughter. To allow Dulaine to die happy, Cynthia promises to find a husband. Actually, Dulaine is only pretending to be at death's door to get Cynthia married off. Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Bullied Bowler

Synopsis: This is one of a handful of episodes in which Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) appears only fleetingly, with the bulk of the drama handled by a "special guest attorney." While Perry is in Europe on business, fellow attorney Joe Kelly (Mike Connors) agrees to help Bill Jaris (Robert Harland), the owner Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Decadent Dean

Synopsis: Perry (Raymond Burr) visits the campus of Manzana Valley Prep School to confer with his client, Dean Aaron Stuart (Milton Selzer). Someone is working very hard to destroy Dr. Stuart's reputation, and that someone turns out to be assistant dean Tobin Wade (H.M. Wynant)--whose own reputation has Read More

Hands of a Stranger

Actors: Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey, James Stapleton, Ted Otis

Synopsis: In Hands of a Stranger, concert pianist James Stapleton loses his hands in a traffic accident. Doctor Paul Lukather grafts on a new pair of hands, which were "donated" by a murder victim. Distressed that his new extremities are radically different from his old ones, Stapleton suffers a severe Read More

Dinosaurus!

Actors: Ward Ramsey, Paul Lukather, Kristina Hanson, Alan Roberts, Gregg Martell

Synopsis: Slipping along an ill-defined track between seriousness, subtle farce, and all-out slapstick, this sci-fi comedy-drama by director Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr. (The Blob, 1958) would be entertaining enough for the moppet set and highly amusing in many spots for adults as well. What sets the ball rolling Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: The Five Books of Owen Deaver

Synopsis: During a stopover in Wyoming, Paladin saves the life of Sheriff Owen Deaver (James Olson)--only to be arrested by Deaver for gunfighting in public. Paladin soon learns that the idealistic young sheriff is the son of an old friend, a legendary lawman. Educated in Philadelphia, Owen Deaver has Read More

Drango

Actors: Jeff Chandler, John Lupton, Joanne Dru, Morris Ankrum, Ronald Howard

Synopsis: Union army major Drango (Jeff Chandler) is assigned to rebuild a ruined Georgian town in the aftermath of the Civil War. Despite his best intentions, Drango has trouble combatting the hatred and resentment of the townsfolk. In particular, Clay Allen (Ronald Howard), the hotheaded son of Judge Read More

Johnny Trouble

Actors: Ethel Barrymore, Cecil Kellaway, Carolyn Jones, Jesse White, Rand Harper

Synopsis: In this gentle, non-melodramatic drama, an elderly, wealthy widow will not leave her apartment even after her building is slated to be converted into a dormitory by the university that purchased it. She refuses to leave because she is convinced that her son, who disappeared 27 years before after Read More