Most Popular Dick Van Patten Trailers
Total trailers found: 76
07 July 1976
The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard field goals!) they start winning, and move up in the rankings, Hurrah! The competition isn't so happy.
04 September 2003
TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal.
22 December 1972
When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it.
12 June 1974
A writer and a painter decide to leave the big city and move to the country. In order to support themselves, the couple design greeting cards.
05 March 1974
A psychotic killer holds six people captive in a sorority house, each of them realizing that their captor's mind is like a defective time bomb and could go off at any moment.
22 October 2010
A foster boy is befriended by a lost dog who turns out to belong to the President of the United States.
28 July 1993
Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham.
20 October 1992
A jealous mobster chases a screenwriter, who likes his friend, from New York to the Caribbean.
24 June 1987
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue.
18 February 2004
A struggling widow vows to save her teenage daughter from a life of hardship by snaring her a wealthy husband.
15 November 1989
Burnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help an old adversary track down his one remaining loved one, his kidnapped granddaughter.
10 May 1996
The Malacicis, a hard-working Italian family recently immigrated from Florence, open a fancy restaurant in the Bronx, N.
23 November 1986
"Police Academy"-style comedy set in a military school. Two errant high-school students are ordered by a judge to spend a year at a prestigious military academy, where one of the cadets finds out who is responsible for a spate of midnight thefts.
18 October 1987
Years have passed and all the Bradfords, with the exception of Nicholas, have moved out of their Sacramento home and started their own lives.
01 September 1981
Three women start a lunch wagon business but run into stiff resistance from a competitor.
15 August 1973
Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds—ancient Rome, Medieval times and the Old West—populated by human-like androids.
23 September 1968
An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right.
21 September 2002
When Kate discovers she has a terminal illness, she persuades boyfriend Andy to visit Groom Lake, a reputed hotbed of alien activity, hoping to discover proof of life beyond this terrestrial sphere.
18 April 1973
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses.
15 October 1989
This second made-for-television reunion film finds eldest son David on the brink of marriage to a divorcee.
27 October 1997
College students on a field trip encounter terrorists planning to poison the city's water supply.
24 September 1993
Felix's daughter Edna is getting married, and his wife Gloria throws him out of the house for a few days, so that she can plan the wedding herself, without him getting in the way.
28 May 1983
A celebration of the art of animation as seen through the eyes of Walt Disney. Dick Van Patten hosts and introduces many of the artists who worked on the film, and Adriana Caselotti and Harry Stockwell, the voices of Snow White and the Prince, are reunited.
05 May 1978
A romantic comedy about various engaged couples and their families who, as wedding dates rapidly approach, are caught up in a whirlwind of emotional crises, from past loves and parental pressure to social and financial obligations.
10 November 1986
A southern bell falls for a handsome drifter with no prospects, going against her parents' wishes to marry a rich businessman.
01 January 1996
Sherman must learn how to deal with his changing family situation with the help of his good friend Corny.
15 March 1973
A funny anthology featuring various sketches about people having trouble with love and sex.
28 January 1971
Workers in an auto parts warehouse in 1933 New York City inhabit a bleak, dead-end world in the depths of the Depression where, at least, they have jobs.
14 December 1973
A dad tries to impress the daughter -- a soon-to-be college student he thinks is hanging around with a bad crowd.
22 May 1963
An axe murderer is loose in a small New England town.
19 July 1972
A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire.
08 November 1972
A charming but somewhat larcenous widow attempts to snare a rich bachelor through a lonely hearts club, but her scheme boomerangs into a deadly cat-and-mouse game.
21 March 1982
An all-star variety special saluting America.
01 January 1992
A detective assigned to protect a pop singer gets romantically involved with her twin sister after the singer is murdered.
01 January 1999
Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.
25 December 1977
A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
06 February 1975
Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged mix that ends up in Dexter's cereal box, giving him superhuman strength.
14 November 1994
When Ethan's older brother Greg is found dead, the police rule the case a suicide, but Ethan suspects foul play stemming from Greg's recent involvement with a martial arts team called the Scorpions.
01 January 1999
An amiable and benign hobo named Briefcase makes his living by claiming to be the Tooth Fairy and asking passersby to fund his business.
21 September 1979
A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up, ultimately, by a homicidal maniac.
29 September 2000
In the idyllic suburban distopia of Orange, the affable but clueless Paul agrees to be a drug courier for Mr.
29 June 1982
Joe, who has been pushing drugs at his high school, expands his business to include the ski team. Rick, one of Joe's new customers, has some apparent improvement in his skiing, until, despite the intervention of Bill, he endures a serious injury.
25 November 1987
Jay Leno hosts "Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour," a one hour special featuring a humorous look at the American family.
01 November 2009
Sarah Collins is considering an abortion. Before she makes her final decision, she is presented with three visions causing her to think about the impact on her future.
07 March 2006
Actors remember the great Fred MacMurray.
21 June 1972
A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace-- the local hippies, cops, drunks and bowlers must all face the Blob!
17 December 1976
School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel.
01 July 1976
In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.
07 December 1982
Andy Williams' Early New England Christmas
24 January 1971
A blacksmith and an amateur gunslinger embark on journey through the west together but soon separate and have surreal experiences of their own.
01 March 1988
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr.
08 October 1972
An old-fashioned western lawman coming to grips with the "modern technology" of the 20th century. He teams up with college-educated criminologist to solve a tricky mystery.
15 December 2009
A short documentary exploring the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Mel Brooks and the role it played in the production of "High Anxiety.
01 January 1989
A great comedy about how to win at tennis by playing dirty.
17 December 1976
Wilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog.
21 March 1971
A cocky high school student thinks nothing of using the people around him to satisfy his self-centered needs, until someone in his life gets pregnant.
01 November 1985
Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night.
03 May 2005
A tribute to the late John Candy from the cast of Spaceballs.
01 January 1988
Workout designed for partners.
07 March 2006
Featurette with Dick Van Patten and Tim Conway on the making of The Shaggy D.A..