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Joanna Barnes has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1960s.
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That Darn Cat!
1965
Family · Crime

That Touch of Mink
1962
Comedy · Romance

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
Comedy · Family

North to Alaska
1960
Western · Comedy

McLintock!
1963
Western · Comedy

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
Comedy · Family

The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
Comedy · Family

Donovan's Reef
1963
Adventure · Comedy

Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.
Dir. David Swift · With Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
Dir. Morton DaCosta · With Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
Dir. Burt Kennedy · With John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel