The Breaker - series. Books 1 - 3:

 

The Breaker

ISBN: 9781656281517

Description:

How do you know the one you love won’t hurt you?

Or even try to kill you?
In many cases … you don’t.

How do we choose our path and purpose in life?

What makes us who we are?
When Seth Egan starts working as a private detective, he knows he’ll make enemies.
It goes with the territory.
As Seth works on a murder case and hunts down the killers, he becomes the target.
Some people have no conscience, shame, empathy, or remorse.
To get their own way, to get what they want, to take everything, they will do anything.
Even murder.
In the end, they will drag you down to hell with them.
Sometimes, our enemies are those closest to us.

Amazon link:

https://t.co/eKFZ03giKR?amp=1

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Bad Blood

ISBN: 9798682203192

Description:

No one is paying Seth Egan for his latest case.

He keeps this one unofficial.

Pro bono publico.

Off the books.

For him, this one is personal.

A matter of bad blood.

A woman with a grudge of her own leads Seth to a place where people vanish without trace.

Money is the motive.

Greed is the motivator.

Scores that can only be settled in blood.

A dark underworld of illegal gambling, prostitution, drugs, violence and murder.

Amazon link:

 

https://t.co/e0XiS8crAr?amp=1

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Mall Maze

ISBN: 9798729917235

Description:

Friday the 13th.

Unlucky for many.

What should have been a routine adultery case ends with Seth Egan fighting for his life.

Cut off from the world.

With no way to call for help.

Trapped in a place where the walls are coming down around him.

Seth is running out of places to hide.

As chaos reigns and the city burns … the hunters close in.

Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09244XVYW/

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Themes:

Abuse by proxy, Adultery, C-PTSD, crime, detective, domestic abuse, enabler, flying monkey, gaslighting, hardboiled, heist, infidelity, murder, narcissism, narcissist, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, personality disorder, psychopath, sociopath, suspense, thriller, vigilante, violence.

Books available in hardcover, paperback and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of my books is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

What’s On?

What’s On?

A Guide to Movies and TV Shows

Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9798342696098

Paperback

ISBN-13: 9798341177307

Kindle

ASIN: B0DJTZ8T58

Back cover description:

What’s On? … is the timeless question we have all asked ourselves almost every day of our lives, as we reach for the remote control and settle in front of the TV screen.

Jack Kost, a life-long movie buff and coffee addict, offers his choice of favorite movie and television masterpieces.

Providing possible answers to the question of What’s On? with over 1,900 titles, from golden oldies and timeless classics, to more recent releases, all meticulously logged and summarized.

An invaluable and collectable go-to source for discovering new favorites and revisiting old ones.

Perfect for film enthusiasts and casual viewers alike, this guide will spark conversations, bring back memories, and help you navigate the ever-evolving world of screen entertainment.

A wealth of recommendations and insights from a passionate movie buff to enrich your viewing experience, complete with personal reminiscences and nostalgic reflections, told with a world-wise critical eye, sardonic dry wit, a healthy dose of cynicism, biting observations, and a well-founded rant here and there.

Just don’t challenge or get him started on his personal favorites, like The Shining, Point Blank, Jaws, The Exorcist, The Duellists, Romeo Is Bleeding, or The Ninth Configuration. His opinions on these and other iconic titles are as intense and unyielding as the movies themselves.

All compiled by an author who not only watched the movies, but also read the books on which they were based, did his research, drank a lot of coffee in the process, and advocates for the importance and value of reading.

A glimpse into the over-caffeinated mind of a writer with a passion for great stories.

What’s On? is a celebration of the intersection between page and screen, and a reminder that great on-screen adaptations often start with a great book and a strong cup of coffee.

Kick back, grab your coffee, and enjoy the show!

As author Jack Kost says:

“Happy viewing … and do yourself a favor … read the books.”

Slipped Masks:

Slipped Masks

ISBN: 9781719330640

Description:

I can’t call you because if he hears me talking on the phone he’ll hit me again. He scares me. I know sooner or later he’s going to kill me. I’ll text you again when I can. I love you, Casey. I’ll spend the rest of our lives proving to you how much I love you. Please come. Please save me …

With only text messages to guide him, Casey Byrne is on the hunt, racing across five states to save his ex-girlfriend, Madison.

Casey loves Madison deeply and wants desperately to save her life and rekindle their relationship.

But the closer he gets to her, the more surreal his journey becomes as the dead bodies pile up in his wake.

Clinical Lycanthropy: the delusion that a human can physically transform into a wolf.

If you were insane, would you know it?

How would you see the world if you were convinced you could transform into a wolf?

The hunter … and the hunted.

Slipped Masks is a dark neo-noir thriller about how the need for love and companionship becomes twisted into obsession, possession, jealousy, violence and murder.

A horrifying portrait of Clinical Lycanthropy.

Amazon link:

https://t.co/2Gwb135V3m

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Themes:

Sociopathy, narcissistic abuse, personality disorder, Clinical Lycanthropy, crime, murder.

Book available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of this book is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

Work in progress:

My next books are Triangulation and Stinger.

Books 4 and 5 in The Breaker series.

Set in the year 2001, the story continues from Mall Maze.

Themes:

Crime, detective, hardboiled, heist, murder, narcissism, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, psychopath, sociopath, thriller, vigilante.

 

A percentage from book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

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The Breaker is an on-going series.

I’m outlining other stand-alone thriller novels.

Several coffee table books on my photography and my wife’s artwork.

A humorous book, based on the antics of our crazy pet Ragdoll cat, entitled: It’s That F****** Cat Again!

Here’s a GIF I made of our cat, settling down for another of his daily naps:

On this day in movie history - Road to Perdition (2002):

Road to Perdition

directed by Sam Mendes,

written by David Self,

based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner,

was released in the United States on July 12, 2002.
Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Stanley Tucci, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Liam Aiken, Dylan Baker, Ciarán Hinds, David Darlow, Kerry Rossall, Anthony LaPaglia, Kevin Chamberlin, Harry Groener, JoBe Cerny.

On this day in movie history - Reign of Fire (2002):

Reign of Fire

directed by Rob Bowman,

written by Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka and Matt Greenberg,

based on a story by Gregg Chabot and Kevin Peterka,

was released in the United States on July 12, 2002.

Music by Edward Shearmur, Brad Wagner, Grant Claytor and Mad at Gravity.

Cast:

Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott Moutter, David Kennedy, Alexander Siddig, Ned Dennehy, Rory Keenan, Terence Maynard, Doug Cockle, Randall Carlton, Chris Kelly, Ben Thornton, Alice Krige, Malcolm Douglas, Dessie Gallagher, Martin Linnane, Denis Conway, Duncan Keegan, Laura Pyper, Berts Folan, Brian McGuinness, Barry Barnes, David Herlihy, Gerry O'Brien, Patrick Foy, Anne Maria McAuley, Maree Duffy, Alex Meacock, David Garrick, Andy Godbold, Conor Dean Smith, Ross Donnelly, Jack Gleeson, Sebastian Siegel.

On this day in movie history - News Is Made at Night (1939):

News Is Made at Night

directed by Alfred L. Werker,

written by John Francis Larkin,

was released in the United States on July 12, 1939.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Behind the scenes photograph:

Cast:

Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Russell Gleason, George Barbier, Eddie Collins, Minor Watson, Charles Halton, Paul Harvey, Richard Lane, Charles Lane, Betty Compson, Paul Fix, Paul Guilfoyle, Ernie Alexander, Irving Bacon, Eugene Borden, Wade Boteler, Harold Goodwin, George Guhl, J. Anthony Hughes, William Irving, Robert Emmett Keane, Alberto Morin, James C. Morton, David Newell, Jack Norton, George O'Hara, Imboden Parrish, Arthur Rankin, Jack Richardson, Harry Strang, Billy Wayne.

Born on this day – Jay Thomas:

Jay Thomas

Actor

Writer

Producer

July 12, 1948 – August 24, 2017

Credits:

101 Craziest TV Moments (2005); A Husband, a Wife and a Lover (1996); A Kiss for Jed (2011); A Smile Like Yours (1997); A Year in the Life (1987); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1997); Almost Grown (1989); American Dad! (2007–2010); American Graduate Day (2013); An Evening at the Improv (1992); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Bless This House (1995); Bobby's World (1992–1993); Bones (2015); Boston Legal (2008); C.H.U.D. (1984); Celebrity First Loves (1995); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009); Cheers (1987–1990); Circus of the Stars #16 (1991); Circus of the Stars Gives Kids the World (1993); Cold Case (2010); Copshop (2004); Cybill (1995); Dead Man's Gun (1999); Dennis Miller (2005); Desert's Edge (1997); Dirty Laundry (1996); Dragonfly (2002); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1996); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Earth Day at Walt Disney World (1995); Ed (2002); Ed Sullivan's Rock and Roll Classics: The 60s (2009); Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics (1999); Encino Woman (1996); Entertainment Tonight (2017); Explosion! (1997); Extremely Weird (1995); Family Ties (1987); Fantasy Island (1999); Freddy's Nightmares (1989); Get Real (1999); Ghost Stories (2009–2010); Ghosts and the Afterlife (2022); Gilbert Gottfried in Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2014); Goof Troop (1992); Hannity (2011); Hercules (1998–1999); Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999); Hollywood Squares (2002–2004); Horrorween (2011); Howard Stern on Demand (2007 / 2008); Hung (2011); Ink (1996–1997); Intimate Portrait (1990–2005); Jacksonville WHO? (2018); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2008); Joan of Arcadia (2004); Jocking Around (2007); Joe Piscopo Live! (1987); Katie Joplin (1999); Killing Mr. Griffin (1997); King Cake: The New Orleans Mardi Gras Story (2024); Labor Pains (2009); Last Chance (1999); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–1996); Late Show with David Letterman (1994–2014); Lauren Hutton and... (1996); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002); Legal Eagles (1986); Life Tracker (2013); Little Vegas (1990); Love & War (1992–1995); Married People (1990–1991); Master of the Game (1984); Maury (1993); Michael Jordan: Come Fly with Me (1989); Miracle Landing (1990); Monday Night Mayhem (2002); Monkey Business (1998); Mork & Mindy (1979–1981); Mork & Mindy (1980); Mr. Holland's Opus (1995); Murphy Brown (1989–1998); My Date with the President's Daughter (1998); My Sports Story (2017); Mysteries at the Museum (2010–2011); NCIS: New Orleans (2015); Newsreaders (2014); Open House (1990); Politically Incorrect (1999); PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (2015); Pyramid (2003); Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith (2006); Ray Donovan (2013–2017); Retired at 35 (2011); Rock Jocks: The FM Revolution (2002); Run of the House (2003); Sex Tax: Based on a True Story (2010); Shake It Up (2012); Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979); Snatched (2011); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Straight Talk (1992); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1991); Surfacing: AKA A Letter from My Father (2001); Talker (2011); Teacher's Pet (2004); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017); The Adventures of Ragtime (1998); The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990); The Bachelor's Baby (1996); The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch (2006); The Big Tease (1999); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002); The Fame of Our Fathers (2008); The Gig (1985); The Golden Girls (1989); The Great American Celebrity Spelling Bee (2004); The Love Boat (1981); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Park Is Mine (1985); The Pool Boys (2009); The Road to Independence (2007); The Road to Independence: The Movie (2011); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Santa Clause 2 (2002); The Santa Clause 2: Gag Reel (2003); The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006); The Simple Life (1998); The Spirit of '76 (2009); The Suzanne Somers Show (1994); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–1996); The Trials of Cate McCall (2013); The View (2005–2014); The Wild Thornberrys (1999); Total Stranger (1999); Trial by Media (2000); Two Heterosexual Men Get Ready to Go Out (2000); Ultimate Jordan (2001); Underdogs (2013); Vicki! (1992–1993); Whatever Happened To? (2008); Wheel of Fortune (1995); ...Where's Rodney? (1990); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002); Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? (2000); Why I Hate Parties (But Pretend to Love Them) (2003); Working (1997).

Born on this day – Christine McVie:

Christine McVie

Singer

Musician

Writer

July 12, 1943 — November 30, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Albatross (1977); Bare Trees (1972); Behind the Mask (1990); Christine McVie (1984); Christine Perfect (1970); Fleetwood Mac (1975); Future Games (1971); Heroes Are Hard to Find (1974); In the Meantime (2004); Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie (2017); Live (1980); Mirage (1982); Mystery to Me (1973); Penguin (1973); Rumours (1977); Songbird (2022); Tango in the Night (1987); The Dance (1997); Time (1995); Tusk (1979).

Movies, television and video:

100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll (1999); 1987 MTV Video Music Awards (1987); 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year: Fleetwood Mac (2018); 25th Annual Family Film Awards (2022); 9-1-1: Lone Star (2021); A Dog's Way Home (2019); A Family of Killers (2018); A Fine Mess (1986); A Year in Music (2019); Accepted (2006); Alias (2002); Aloha (2015); American Bandstand (1984); America's Got Talent (2019); Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2016); Atop the Fourth Wall (2011); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Bad Music Video Theatre (2021); Beat Shazam (2017–2018); Beat-Club (1971); Behind the Music (1997); Biggest Band Breakups and Make Ups (2015); Black Mass (2015); Black Monday (2021); Bob Welch and Friends: Live from the Roxy (1981); Britain's Got More Talent (2015–2018); Britain's Got Talent (2016); Chevy - EV (2022); Christine McVie: Got A Hold on Me (1984); Christine McVie: Love Will Show Us How (1984); Christine McVie: The Video Album (1984); City on a Hill (2019); Classic Albums (1997); Cold Case (2004–2007); Coronation Street (2014); Dancing on Ice (2010); Dancing with the Stars (2009); Danville 2nd Ward Young Men (2011); Dare to Be Different (2017); Definitely, Maybe (2008); Desert Island Discs (2017); Doctors (2012); EastEnders (2006–2007); Entertainment Tonight (2022); Final Score (2016); Fleetwood Mac in Concert: Mirage Tour '82 (1983); Fleetwood Mac: As Long As You Follow (1988); Fleetwood Mac: Big Love (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop (2009); Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop (Live) (1977); Fleetwood Mac: Dreams (Live) (1977); Fleetwood Mac: Everywhere (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Family Man (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Go Your Own Way (1977); Fleetwood Mac: Gold Dust Woman (1988); Fleetwood Mac: Gypsy (1982); Fleetwood Mac: Hold Me (1981); Fleetwood Mac: In the Back of My Mind (1990); Fleetwood Mac: Isn't It Midnight (1988); Fleetwood Mac: Little Lies (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Love Shines (1992); Fleetwood Mac: Man of the World (1969); Fleetwood Mac: Not That Funny (1979); Fleetwood Mac: Oh Diane (1982); Fleetwood Mac: Paper Doll (1992); Fleetwood Mac: Rhiannon (1976); Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1997); Fleetwood Mac: Sara (1979); Fleetwood Mac: Save Me (1990); Fleetwood Mac: Seven Wonders (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Silver Springs, Live (1997); Fleetwood Mac: Skies the Limit (1990); Fleetwood Mac: Tango in the Night (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Temporary One (Live) (1997); Fleetwood Mac: The Chain, Live (1997); Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (1997); Fleetwood Mac: Their Own Way (2018); Fleetwood Mac: Tusk (1979); Fleetwood Mac's Songbird: Christine McVie (2019); FM (1978); Formula 1: 2013 (2013); Formula 1: BBC Sport (2009–2015); Galactica 1980 (1980); Glastonbury 2010 (2010); Glee (2011); Good Morning Britain (2019); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017); Heart of Stone (2023); Heroes (2009); Hi havia una vegada el disc de La Marató (2009); Hilary Duff: Little Lies (2016); Hollywood Game Night (2017); Hollywood Stargirl (2022); Homecoming (2020); I, Tonya (2017); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2005); Idols (2007 / 2008); Idool 2004 (2004); Irresistible (2006); iZombie (2017); Jesus Revolution (2023); Joe Somebody (2001); Judas (2019); Knight Rider (1982–1983); Leipzig Homicide (2024); Les invincibles (2007); Let It Be Me (1995); Lost in the Woods (2021); Love Actually (2003); Love and Lemons (2013); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green (2021); Mom's Day Away (2014); Morning Joe (2021); Mr. Music (1998); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2013); NOS Uit het Leven (2022); Olive Kitteridge (2014); Our Flag Means Death (2022); Parenthood (2013); Personal Best (1982); Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Roadies (2016); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Start Me Up (2009); Rock Family Trees (1995); Rock Legends (2014); RTL DIREKT (2022); Rude Tube (2011); Sex Education (2020); Skins (2009); Slap Shot (1977); Solid Gold (1984); Sound City (2013); Sounds of Birmingham at the BBC (2022); SPF-18 (2017); Stevie Nicks: Sometimes It's A Bitch (1991); Stevie Nicks: Wild at Heart (2020); Supergirl (2017); Superstore (2015); TFI Friday (1996); The 52nd Presidential Inaugural Gala (1993); The 65th Annual Grammy Awards (2023); The '70s (2000); The Act (2019); The Americans (2015); The Beat with Ari Melber (2017); The Boy Castaways (2013); The BRITs at 40 (2020); The Bukharan (2021); The Cockfields (2019); The Dancing Man of L.A. (2021); The Drew Carey Show (1998); The End of the F***ing World (2017); The End of the Tour (2015); The Five (2022); The Fleetwood Mac Channel (2020); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2021); The Jump (2016); The Kitchen (2019); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2017); The Mick Fleetwood Story: Two Sticks and a Drum (2000); The Midnight Gang (2018); The Midnight Special (1973); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1976); The One Show (2017); The Seventies (2015); The Simpsons (1997–1999); The Story of Fleetwood Mac (2013); The Talk (2017); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017); The Voice (2012–2020); The War Room (1993); The X Factor UK (2008); The Year: 2022 (2022); Time of Our Lives (2019); Today (2014); Top Ten New York (1977); Triple Frontier (2019); UK Championship Snooker (2014); Under the Volcano (2021); Vanity Fair (2018); Victoria & Steve (2022); Wednesday (2022); Wimbledon (2017); Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022); Women in Rock (1986); Women Who Rock (2022); Younger (2016).

Born on this day – Ken Wlaschin:

Ken Wlaschin

Actor

Writer

July 12, 1934 – November 10, 2009

Credits:

Books:

Encyclopedia of American Opera (2006); Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen: A Guide to More Than 100 Years of Opera Films, Videos, and DVDs (2004); Gian Carlo Menotti on Screen: Opera, Dance and Choral Works on Film, Television and Video (1999); Opera on Screen: A Guide to 100 Years of Films and Videos (1997); Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography (2009); The Bluffer's Guide to the Cinema / aka Bluff Your Way in the Cinema (1971); The Faber Book of Movie Verse / with Philip French (1993); The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Great Movie Stars (1979); The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896-1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars (2008).

Movies and television:

Five More (1966); Jean Renoir: An Auteur to Remember (2007); Muffled Darkness (1987); Storyboard (1961); The History and Allure of Time Travel (2004); The Tramplers (1965); Valkokangas (1982).

Born on this day – Donald E. Westlake:

Donald E. Westlake

Writer

July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008

Credits:

Books:

The Phil Crawford novel series: Backstage Love (1959); What Girls Will Do (1962). The Parker novel series, writing as Richard Stark: The Hunter (aka Point Blank / Payback) (1962); The Steel Hit (aka The Man With The Getaway Face) (1963); The Outfit (1963); The Mourner (1963); The Score (aka Killtown) (1963); The Jugger (1965); The Seventh (aka The Split) (1966); The Handle (aka Run Lethal) (1966); The Rare Coin Score (1967); The Green Eagle Score (1967); The Black Ice Score (1968); The Sour Lemon Score (1969); Slayground (1971); Deadly Edge (1971); Plunder Squad (1972); Butcher's Moon (1974); Comeback (1997); Backflash (1998); Flashfire (aka Parker) (2000); Firebreak (2001); Breakout (2002); Nobody Runs Forever (2004); Ask The Parrot (2006); Dirty Money (2008). The Mitch Tobin novel series: Kinds Of Love, Kinds Of Death (1966); Murder Among Children (1967); Wax Apple (1970); A Jade In Aries (1970); Don't Lie To Me (1972). The Alan Grofield novel series, writing as Richard Stark: The Damsel (1967); The Dame (1969); The Blackbird (1969); Lemons Never Lie (1971). The Dortmunder novel series: The Hot Rock (1970); Bank Shot (1972); Jimmy The Kid (1974); Nobody's Perfect (1977); Why Me? (1983); Good Behavior (1985); Drowned Hopes (1990); Don't Ask (1993); What's The Worst That Could Happen? (1996); Bad News (2001); The Road To Ruin (2004); Watch Your Back! (2005); What's So Funny? (2007); Get Real (2009). The Sam Holt novel series: One Of Us Is Wrong (1986); I Know A Trick Worth Two Of That (1986); What I Tell You Three Times Is False (1987); The Fourth Dimension Is Death (1989). The Sara & Jack novel series: Trust Me On This (1988); Baby, Would I Lie? (1994). Stand alone Novels: Sally (1959); Man Hungry (1959); All My Lovers (1959); SO WILLING (1960); All about Annette (1960); Virgin's Summer (1960); The Wife Next Door (1960); The Mercenaries (aka The Cutie) (1960); Passion's Playthings (1961); Call Me Sinner (1961); Campus Doll (1961); Brother and Sister (1961); Killing Time (1961); Young and Innocent (1961); 361 (1962); Strange affair (1962); Killy (1963); Campus Lovers (1963); Pity Him Afterwards (1964); The Fugitive Pigeon (1965); The Busy Body (1966); Spy in the Ointment (1966); God Save the Mark (1967); Anarchaos (1967); Philip (1967); Who stole Sassi Manoon? (1968); Up Your Banners (1969); Somebody Owes Me Money (1969); Adios Scheherazade (1970); Comfort Station (1970); Ex Officio (1970); I Gave at the Office (1971); Cops and Robbers (1972); Gangway! (collaborated with Brian Garfield) (1973); Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner (1974); Brothers Keepers (1975); Two Much (1975); Dancing Aztecs (1976); Castle in the Air (1980); Kahawa (1981); A Likely Story (1984); High Adventure (1985); Humans (1992); Smoke (1995); The Ax (1997); The Hook (2000); The Scared Stiff (2001); Put a Lid on It (2002); Money for Nothing (2003); Memory (2010); The Comedy is Finished (2012); Forever and a Death (2017); Call Me a Cab (2022); Too Many Crooks (1989); Curious Facts Preceding My Execution (1968); Enough (1977); Transylvania Station (collaborated with Abby Westlake and Gahan Wilson) (1987); Tomorrow's Crimes (1989); A Good Story and Other Stories (1999); Meteor Strike (2012); Double Feature (2020); The Getaway Car (2014); Terror's Echo: Novellas from Transgressions (2005); Transgressions (2006); Transgressions, Vol. 2 (2006); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974); Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine (1979); Alfred Hitchcock's A Choice of Evils (1983); Fifty Best Mysteries (1993); The Plot Thickens (1997); The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001); Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics (2005); Price of Desire (2005).

Movies and television:

24th Street (2009); 87th Precinct (1962); A Slight Case of Murder (1999); Baby, I Got Your Money (2012); Come ti rapisco il pupo (1977); Cops and Robbers (1973); Fallen Angels (1995); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1987 / 1991); Hot Stuff (1979); Jimmy the Kid (1982 / 1998); Journey to the Unknown (1968); Le cercle du cinéma (1998); Le commissaire mène l'enquête (1963); Les Chroniques du Mea (2023); Made in U.S.A (1966); Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998); Mise à sac (1967); Mordslust (1995); Muy personal (1988); Myster Mocky présente (2007); Nulle part ailleurs (1999); Numéros de Série (1995); Ordo (2004); Parker (2013); Payback (1999); Payback: Straight Up (2006); Paybacks Are a Bitch (2007); Play Dirty (2024); Point Blank (1967); Ripley Under Ground (2005); Slayground (1983); Stepfather 3 (1992); Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989); Supertrain (1979); The Ax (2005); The Bank Shot (1974); The Busy Body (1967); The Getaway Face (1963); The Gods Must Be Daring (1997); The Grifters (1990); The Hook (2004); The Hot Rock (1972); The Hunter: A Conversation with Author Donald E. Westlake (2007); The Media Show (1990); The Outfit (1973); The Split (1968); The Stepfather (1987 / 2009); The Twin (1984); Two Much (1995); What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001); Why Me? (1990).

Born on this day – Monte Hellman:

Monte Hellman

Director

Producer

Writer

Editor

July 12, 1929 – April 20, 2021

Credits:

A Decade Under the Influence (2003); A Fistful of Dollars (1964); A Fuller Life / Segment: Vision of the Impossible (2013); A Time for Killing (1967); An Almost Perfect Affair (1979); Avalanche Express (1979); Back Door to Hell (1964); Baretta (1975); Beach Ball (1965); Beast from Haunted Cave (1959); Buffalo '66 (1998); Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965); Chambre 666 (1982); China 9, Liberty 37 (1978); Close-Up (1995–1996); Cockfighter (1974); Cordillera (1964); Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961); Danger God (2018); Dementia 13 (1963); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003); Fade to Black (1980); Family of Four (2009); Fighting Mad (1976); Film Genre (2002); Flight to Fury (1964); Footprints (2009); Godard Made in USA (2010); Grey Knight (1993); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Head (1968); Headless (2014); Heisse Ware aus Hongkong (1974); Hellman Rider (1989); I dysi (2010); Iguana (1988); Incident at Barstow (2011); Inglourious Basterds (2009); Inside the Coppola Personality (1981); Janela Indiscreta (2012–2013); Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2019); L.A. Without a Map (1998); Love, Cheat & Steal (1993); Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor (2007); Marin Blue (2009); Monte Hellman: American Auteur (1997); Next (2015); Omnibus (1994); On the Road Again: Two-Lane Blacktop Revisited (2007); Out of the Blue and into the Black (1987); Plunging on Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day (1986); Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2011); Reservoir Dogs (1992); Reservoir Dogs Revisited (2005); Reservoir Dogs: Deleted Scenes (1992); Ride in the Whirlwind (1966); Road to Nowhere (2010); RoboCop (1987); Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993); Schwarze Erdbeeren (2005); Shatter (1974); Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989); Ski Troop Attack (1960); Sodankylä Forever (2010); Someone to Love (1987); Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson (2007); Stanley's Girlfriend (2006); Strutter (2012); Sudden Death (1977); Target: Harry (1969); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); The Awakening (1980); The Big Red One (1980); The Christian Licorice Store (1971); The Greatest (1977); The Hired Hand: How Monte Hellman Almost Directed 'The Mechanic' (2017); The Killer Elite (1975); The Mechanic (1972); The Prospector (2009); The Shooting (1966); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); The Terror (1963); The Westing Game (1997); The Wild Angels (1966); The Wild Ride (1960); There Is No Direction (2005); To Have & to Hold (1996); Trapped Ashes (2006); Two-Lane Blacktop (1971); Última mirada al edén (2022); Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013); Viernes 13: La Muerte del Verano (2022); Wanderlust (2006); Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993); Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004).