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The Survival of Dana

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High school student Dana moves to the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles after her North Dakota parents get divorced and falls in with the wrong crowd.

05-29-1979
1h 36m
The Survival of Dana

Main Cast

Melissa Sue Anderson

Melissa Sue Anderson

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Melissa Sue Anderson (born September 26, 1962) is an American actress. She played the role of Mary Ingalls on the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie. She starred on the show from 1974 until 1981, leaving after Season 7, but later appeared in 2 episodes of Season 8 in late 1981. She won an Emmy Award for her performance in Which Mother Is Mine? (1979). One of her more recent performances was as First Lady Megan Hollister in the 2006 television mini-series 10.5: Apocalypse. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melissa Sue Anderson,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Robert Carradine

Robert Carradine

Robert Reed Carradine (born March 24, 1954) is an American actor. He is probably best known for portraying Lewis Skolnick in the successful Revenge of the Nerds series of comedy films and Sam McGuire on the Disney Channel sitcom Lizzie McGuire. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Carradine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

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Marion Ross

Marion Ross

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marion Ross (born October 25, 1928) is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Cunningham on the ABCtelevision series, Happy Days from 1974 to 1984.Born Marian Ross in Watertown in Carver County in southern Minnesota, the daughter of Ellen (née Hamilton) and Gordon Ross,she lived in Waconia and then moved to Willmar and eventually to Albert Lea, Minnesota.At the age of 13, she changed the spelling of her name from "Marian" to "Marion" because she thought it would look better on a marquee. After completing her sophomore year in high school, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and worked as an au pair while studying drama at the MacPhail Center for the Arts, and attending Southwest High School. A year later, her family moved to San Diego, California.She graduated from Point Loma High School in San Diego.Ross enrolled in San Diego State University,where she was named the school's most outstanding actress. After graduation in 1950, she performed in summer theater in La Jolla, California. The director was impressed by her talent, and recommended that she try for work in films.

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Michael Pataki

Michael Pataki

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michael Pataki (January 16, 1938 – April 15, 2010) was an American character actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Pataki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Judge Reinhold

Judge Reinhold

Edward Ernest "Judge" Reinhold, Jr. (born May 21, 1957) is an American actor, perhaps best known for co-starring in movies such as Beverly Hills Cop, Ruthless People, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and The Santa Clause trilogy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Judge Reinhold, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Barbara Babcock

Barbara Babcock

Barbara Babcock was born on February 27, 1937 in Fort Riley, Kansas, USA. She is an actress, known for Far and Away (1992), Space Cowboys (2000) and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993). She was previously married to Jay Sheffield.

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Gary Carlos Cervantes

Gary Carlos Cervantes

Gary Anthony "Carlos" Cervantes is an American actor best known for his role as Colonel Agustin Allende in the western action-adventure video game Red Dead Redemption.

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Frederic Forrest

Frederic Forrest

Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr. (December 23, 1936 – June 23, 2023) was an American actor. A figure of the New Hollywood movement, Forrest was best known for his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola, playing prominent roles in The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), One from the Heart (1982), and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). He was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Huston Dyer in the musical drama The Rose (1979). Forrest came to public attention for his performance in When the Legends Die (1972), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. His other film credits include The Missouri Breaks (1976), Hammett (1982), Valley Girl (1983), The Two Jakes (1990), Falling Down (1993), and All the King's Men (2006), along with the television series 21 Jump Street, Lonesome Dove, and Die Kinder. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frederic Forrest, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
Jack Starrett
Production:
Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television

Key Crew

Teleplay:
Frank Norwood
Story:
Tom Lazarus
Story:
Frank Norwood
Producer:
Marc Trabulus
Music:
Craig Safan

Locations and Languages

Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en