On this day in movie history - This Gun for Hire (1942 movie & novel):

This Gun for Hire

directed by Frank Tuttle,

written by Albert Maltz and W.R. Burnett,

based on the novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene,

was released in the United States on April 24, 1942.
Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Olin Howland, Roger Imhof, Pamela Blake, Frank Ferguson, Victor Kilian, Patricia Farr, Harry Shannon, Charles C. Wilson, Mikhail Rasumny, Bernadene Hayes, Mary Davenport, Chester Clute, Charles Arnt, Earle S. Dewey, Clem Bevans, Lynda Grey, Virita Campbell.

Recommended reading:

A Gun for Sale

By Graham Greene.

Introduction by Samuel Hynes.

Filmed as This Gun for Hire (1942), directed by Frank Tuttle.

Published by Penguin Publishing Group.

First published 1936.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 014303930X

ISBN-13: 978-0143039303

Description:

Raven is an ugly man dedicated to ugly deeds. His cold-blooded killing of a European Minister of War is an act of violence with chilling repercussions, not just for Raven himself but for the nation as a whole. The money he receives in payment for the murder is made up of stolen notes and when the first of these is traced, Raven becomes a man on the run. As he tracks down the agent who has been double-crossing him and attempts to elude the police, he becomes both hunter and hunted: an unwitting weapon of a strange kind of social justice. In doing so, he sets the stage for Greene’s next novel, Brighton Rock. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Samuel Hynes.

Born on this day – Sandra Dee:

Sandra Dee

Actress

April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005

Born on this day – Frances Doel:

Frances Doel

Writer

Producer

April 15, 1942 – May 26, 2025

Credits:

Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time (2000); Alien Avengers (1996); Avalanche (1978); Big Bad Mama (1974); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Black Rose of Harlem (1996); Black Scorpion (2001); Cockfighter (1974); Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Crazy Mama (1975); Cyclops (2008); Deathsport (1978); Dinocroc (2004); Dinoshark (2010); Flyin' Ryan (2003); Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Harold Robbins' Body Parts (2001); Mama Knows Best: A Retrospective - 'Big Bad Mama' Special Edition DVD (2005); Palace of the Damned (2013); Raptor (2001); Some Nudity Required (1998); Starship Troopers (1997); Stray Bullet (1998); Supergator (2007); Target: Harry (1969); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The Dark Side of Hollywood (1998); The Game of Death (2000); The Lost (2006); The Sea Wolf (1997); The Trip (1967); The Wild Racers (1968); The Young Nurses (1973).

Born on this day – Damien Thomas:

Damien Thomas

Actor

April 11, 1942 – April 18, 2025

Credits:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 1990 (1977); À l'abordage - L'aventure de pirates (2009); A.D. (1985); Beau Geste (1982); Best of British (1987); Blake's 7 (1981); Capture Anthologies: The Dimensions of Self / Segment: The Un-Gone (2011); Crisis (2003); Dempsey and Makepeace (1986); Dignity (2014); Doctors (2013); Finding Saint Francis (2015); Gone Are the Days of Summer (2013); Grave Tales (2011); Hammer Glamour (2013); Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972); House of Cards (1990); ITV Playhouse (1969); Jane Eyre (1983); Jason King (1972); Journey Into Darkness / Segment: The New People (1968); Journey to the Unknown (1968); Julius Caesar (1970); Kill List (2011); Madigan (1973); Never Let Me Go (2010); Night School (2014); Night School Fracture: The Letter (2013); Noble House (1988); Performance (1991); Pirates (1986); Poirot (1996); Rides (1993); Secret Army (1977); Sense & Sensibility (2008); Shalom Kabul (2013 / 2016); Shogun (1980); Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977); Softly Softly: Task Force (1976); Special Branch (1969–1974); Specials (1991); Spyder's Web (1972); Tempo (1966); Tenko (1984); Tenko Reunion (1985); The 4 Musketeers (2005); The Adventures of Don Quick (1970); The Ascension Agency (2009); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978); The Brittas Empire (1992); The Expert (1976); The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil (2012); The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast (2022); The King (2016); The Limehouse Golem (2016); The Long Firm (2004); The Making of an Epic: Mohammad Messenger of God (1976); The Meeting (2013); The Message (1976); The Professionals (1978); The Protectors (1973); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1988); The Talisman (1980–1981); The Un-Gone (2007); The Upper Hand (1991); The World of Hammer (1994); This Is Your Life (1985); Thundercloud (1979); Tiffany Jones (1973); Twins of Evil (1971); Utopia (2014); Van der Valk (1972); W.E. (2011); Warship (1977); Whatever After (2021); Widows (1985); Wilde Alliance (1978); Wish Me Luck (1990); Zorro (1991).

Born on this day – Douglas Trumbull:

Douglas Trumbull

Director

Writer

Inventor

Special effects supervisor

April 8, 1942 – February 7, 2022

Credits:

10th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards (2012); 2001 and Beyond (2001); 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); 2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork (2007); 2001: The Making of a Myth (2001); 2001: The Science of Futures Past (2012); Ain't It Cool with Harry Knowles (2012); Back to the Future... The Ride (1991); Big Ball (1983); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner: Convention Reel (1982); Brainstorm (1983); Candy (1968); Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future (2018); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Cyberspace (1996); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); Douglas Trumbull - Lighting the Starship Enterprise (2016); Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now (2002); Exploring 'the Tree of Life' (2011); Fantasy Film Festival (1979); Golden Eyes (2011); Gravity: Looking to the Stars - The Evolution of Space Films (2015); Greatest Sci-Fi Movies (2015); HypaSpace (2008); In Search of the Obelisk (1993); Inglorious Treksperts (2019); James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018); Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2021); Leonardo's Dream (1989); Les ateliers du rêve: les grands studios de cinéma dans le monde (1985); Let's Go (1985); Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996); Making Close Encounters (1990); Miradas 2 (2008); Movies and Stuff (2015); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); New Magic (1983); Night of Dreams (1978); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); Phenomenon Blade Runner (2021); Secret Access: UFOs on the Record (2011); Silent Running (1972); 'Silent Running': By Director Douglas Trumbull (2002); Since '45 - In the Extraordinary House of History (2017); Since '45 (1979); Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Centennial Gala (2016); Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (2022); Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007); Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Starlost (1973); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The Andromeda Strain (1971); The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film (2001); The Gate to the Mind's Eye (1993); The Gate to the Mind's Eye (1994); The History of the SF Film (1982); The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001); The Making of 'Silent Running' (1974); The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The Reality Trip (1997); The Starlost (1973); The Starlost (1973–1974); The Starlost: Deception (1980); The Tree of Life (2011); Theater of Time (1993); To Dream of Roses (1990); To the Moon and Beyond (1964); Tour of the Universe (1985); Trumbull Land (2018); Valkokangas (1984); Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007).

On this day in television history - Gang Busters (1942):

Gang Busters

serial directed by Noel Smith, Ray Taylor,

written by Al Martin, George H. Plympton, Morgan Cox, Phillips H. Lord, Victor McLeod,

based on the 1936–1957 radio series,

was released in the United States on March 31, 1942.

Music by Bernhard Kaun, Charles Henderson, Charles Previn, Clifford Vaughan, Frank Skinner, Franz Waxman, Hans J. Salter, Heinz Roemheld, Ralph Freed, Richard Hageman.

Chapter titles: The League of Murdered Men; The Death Plunge; Murder Blockade; Hangman's Noose; Man Undercover; Under Crumbling Walls; The Water Trap; Murder by Proxy; Gang Bait; Mob Vengeance; Wanted at Headquarters; The Long Chance; Law and Order.

Cast:

Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan, Robert Armstrong, Richard Davies, Joseph Crehan, George Watts, Ralf Harolde, John Gallaudet, William Haade, Victor Zimmerman, George J. Lewis, John Berkes, Pat O'Malley, Hugh Beaumont, Robert Barron, Chet Brandenburg, Kernan Cripps, Grace Cunard, Eddie Dean, William Desmond, George Eldredge, Edward Emerson, Eddie Fetherston, Eddie Foster, Art Fowler, Jack Gardner, Alan Gregg, Karl Hackett, Riley Hill, Jerry Jerome, Milton Kibbee, Ethan Laidlaw, Frank Marlowe, Charles McAvoy, Charles McMurphy, Paul McVey, Chuck Morrison, Jack Mulhall, Gene O'Donnell, Frank Penny, Jack Perrin, Stanley Price, Bob Reeves, Beatrice Roberts, Jeffrey Sayre, Charles Sherlock, Mickey Simpson, Jack C. Smith, Tom Steele, Phil Warren, Chalky Williams, Carleton Young.

Born on this day – Scott Wilson:

Scott Wilson

Actor

March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018

Credits:

A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984); All Access Pass (2014); Art of the Interview (2015); Bark! (2002); Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006); Big Stan (2007); Blue City (1986); Bonus Content (2014); Bosch (2014–2015); Bottleworld (2009); Castle Keep (1969); Chris Hardwick's All-Star Celebrity Bowling (2012); Clay Pigeons (1998); Coastlines (2002); Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (2017); Come Early Morning (2006); Comedy Is Pain (2009); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2001–2006); Damien (2016); Dead Man Walking (1995); Don't Let Go (2002); Dorfman in Love (2011); Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993); Enlightened (2011); Face Off (2014); Femme Fatale (1991); Five (2011); Flesh and Bone (1993); For Sale by Owner (2009); G.I. Jane (1997); Geronimo: An American Legend (1993); Guide Season (2002); Guys Choice Awards 2014 (2014); Hostiles (2017); In Cold Blood (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967); Inside the Walking Dead: Walker University (2014); Jesse (1988); Johnny Handsome (1989); Judge Dredd (1995); Junebug (2005); Justified (2011); Karen Sisco (2003); La ilegal (1979); Law & Order (2005); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Malone (1987); Monster (2003); Mother (1995); On the Line (1984); Open Window (2006); Our God's Brother (1997); Our Hollywood Education (1992); Pearl Harbor (2001); Puraido: Unmei no toki (1998); Pure Luck (1991); Radio Free Albemuth (2010); Robot Chicken (2017); Saving Grace B. Jones (2009); Saving Shiloh (2006); Scott Wilson: A Different Kind of Killer (2018); Shiloh (1996); Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999); Soul Survivors (1995); South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000); Talking Dead (2012–2018); Tall Tale (1995); The 17th Annual Satellite Awards (2012); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Animal (2001); The Aviator (1985); The Cross of Iberia (1990); The Debtors (1999); The Exorcist III (1990); The Grass Harp (1995); The Great Gatsby (1974); The Grissom Gang (1971); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Heartbreak Kid (2007); The Host (2006); The Jack Bull (1999); The Last Samurai (2003); The New Centurions (1972); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The OA (2016–2019); The Passover Plot (1976); The Playboy Morning Show (2014); The Right Stuff (1983); The Sensation of Sight (2006); The Sky Divers (1969); The Tracker (1988); The Twilight Zone / Quarantine (1986); The Walking Dead (2011–2018); The Walking Dead: Behind the Dead (2017); The Walking Dead: Cast and Creators Live at Paleyfest (2013); The Walking Dead: The Journey So Far (2016); The Way of the Gun (2000); The X-Files (2000); Young Guns II (1990).

Born on this day – Art Evans:

Art Evans

Actor

March 27, 1942 – December 21, 2024

Credits:

227 (1988); A Different World (1990–1991); A Fond Little Memory (1991); A Hill of Our Own (1996); A House Divided (2019); A Soldier's Story (1984); A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2022); Adventures in Babysitting (1989); After All (1999); Alien Rising (2013); Always Outnumbered (1998); Amazing Grace (1974); American Playhouse (1984); Anderson's Cross (2010); Beauty and the Baller (2017); Between Two Brothers (1982); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: They Towed My Car (1998); Big Time (1977); Bitter Harvest (1993); Boys Klub (2001); Bushwhacked (1995); CB4 (1993); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1993); Chico and the Man (1976); Christine (1983); Church (2010); City of Angels (2000); Class Reunion (1982); Claudine (1974); Deadly Rhapsody (2001); Death Wish (1974); Die Hard 2 (1990); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990); Downtown (1990); Dream On (1995); Ellen Bond Secret Agent (2018); Enos (1981); Everybody Hates Chris (2007); Family Matters (1994); First Family (1980); Forcin' the Blues (2011); Fright Night (1985); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); Gas (2004); Handsome Harry's (1985); Hill Street Blues (1981–1984); House Under Siege (2010); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979); In the Heat of the Night (1990); Interstate 60 (2002); Into the Night (1985); iSteve (2013); Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986); King (1978); L.A. Heat (1997); Last Man Standing (2011); Leadbelly (1976); Lincoln Heights (2007–2009); Long Time Gone (1986); Love That Girl! (2014); M*A*S*H (1979); Machete Joe (2010); Mad About You (1992); Maximum Security (1984); Metro (1997); Midnight Caller (1991); Minstrel Man (1977); Moe's World (1992); Mom (1990); Monk (2006); Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (1995); Murder Was the Case: The Movie / Segment: Natural Born Killaz (1995); Native Son (1986); Never Die Alone (2004); Nine to Five (1986–1988); Orphaned (2018); Performance (2008); Police Woman (1976); Pretend Time (2010); Real Husbands of Hollywood (2022); Revenge of the Nerds (1991); Roc (1994); Roddy McDowall: From Apes to Bats (2016); Roosevelt and Truman (1977); Ruthless People (1986); School Daze (1988); Seduced (1985); Shades of Ray (2008); Sisters (1972); Skag (1980); So Little Time (2001); Some Kind of Miracle (1979); Sonny Listening (2002); Stevie Wonder: Go Home (1985); Tales from the Hood (1995); Testify (2006); The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979); The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980); The Breaks (1999); The Cheapest Movie Ever Made (2000); The Cracker Factory (1979); The Fall Guy (1983); The Finishing Touch (1992); The Great White Hype (1996); The In-Laws (1979); The Main Event (1979); The Mighty Quinn (1989); The Orphan and the Dude (1975); The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022–2023); The Sarah Silverman Program. (2010); The Script (2002); The Seduction of Gina (1984); The Story of Us (1999); The Watermelon Heist (2003); The X-Files (2000); Trespass (1992); Tuff Turf (1985); Us Against Them (1997); Walker, Texas Ranger (1996); We Are Family (2012); What Is Fright Night? (2016); White of the Eye (1987); World War III (1982); Wrong Is Right (1982); Young Cesar (2007); Youngblood (1978); You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night (2016).

Born on this day – Françoise Dorléac:

Françoise Dorléac

Actress

March 21, 1942 – June 26, 1967

Credits:

4 times D (1964); Adorable Liar (1962); Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962); Billion Dollar Brain (1967); Ce soir ou jamais (1961); Chroniques de France (1966); Cinépanorama (1959); Circle of Love (1964); Cul-de-sac (1966); Behind the Screen (1966); Sun Dam Dom (1966); Discorama (1962); École des vedettes (1960); Unicef Gala (1966); Genghis Khan (1965); Big Screen (1964); Hollywood in Deblatschka Pescara (1965); Julie de Chaverny ou La double méprise (1967); The Gamberge (1962); Echoes of Cinema (1961–1962); Wolves in the Sheepfold (1960); The Little Ladies (1964); The Doors Slam (1960); The Three Hats claques (1962); Male Hunt (1964); Ni figue ni raisin (1965); Seventh art seventh box (1966); Teuf-teuf (1963); That Man from Rio (1964); The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961); The Soft Skin (1964); The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967); Tilt (1967); All the Gold in the World (1961); Where the Spies Are (1965).

Born on this day – George Armitage:

George Armitage

Director

Writer

Producer

March 2, 1942 – February 15, 2025

Credits:

Caged Heat (1974); Carrott Butts (196?); Coming Together (1970); Darktown Strutters (1975); Fighting Mad (1976); Gas-s-s-s / Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Grosse Pointe Blank (1997); Hit Man (1972); Hot Rod (1979); Joy Division (2010); Miami Blues (1990); Monty Nash (1971); Mutiny! (2021); Night Call Nurses (1972); Peyton Place (1967); Pochantonas Revenge (1975); Private Duty Nurses (1971); Tantruma (1975); The Big Bounce (2004); The Burning Bride (2025); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Late Shift (1996); Trophy (197?); Vigilante Force (1976); Von Richthofen and Brown (1971).

Born on this day – Josephine Hart:

Josephine Hart

Writer

March 1, 1942 – June 2, 2011

Books:

Catching Life By the Throat (2006); Damage (1991); Life Saving (2012); Magdalena the Sinner (1996); Oblivion (1995); Sin (1992); The Reconstructionist (2001); The Stillest Day (1998); The Truth About Love (2009); Words That Burn / poems (2008).

Movies and television:

Damage (1992); Friday Night (1993); Obsession (2023); Question Time (1995); Ruby (1998); Sunday AM (2006); The Reader (2008); Viaggio segreto (2006).

Born on this day – Oliviero Toscani:

Oliviero Toscani

Photographer

Actor

Director

Writer

February 28, 1942 – January 13, 2025

Credits:

Movies and television:

60 Minutes / Segment: Ciao Venezia (2000); Ah! Quels titres (1995); American Moon (2017); Anorexia. Storia di un'immagine (2008); Basilico - L'infinito è la in fondo (2023); Benetton: True Crime (2023); Blackboards (2000); Blood on the Carpet (2001); Camera Café (2003); Can Creativity Save the World? (2023); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2016); Closeup (2010); Closeup (2010); Corto circuito (1996); Da Clay ad Alì - La metamorfosi (2016); Daniel Pilon Chroniqueur (2016); Der radikale Gärtner - Grenzgänge in Kunst und Werbung (2009); Die Invasion der Ideen (2006); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); Eurotrash (1999); Femmefille (2014); Fotografi (2014); Il complotto di Tirana (2024); Illuminate - Oriana Fallaci (2019); Into the Image (2023); Kulturplatz (2011–2024); La Dolce Vita Grande (1973); La marche du siècle (2000); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2005); L'orfano (2002); Master of Photography (2016–2019); Maurizio Costanzo Show (1993); Meraviglie: La penisola dei tesori (2020); Milano-Roma (1998); Na plovárne (2004); Nulle part ailleurs (1996); Nulle part ailleurs. 1ère partie (2000); Oliviero Toscani, Pure Tuscany (2023); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2005); Paris-Berlin, le débat (2008); Personal Che (2007); PositivE (2021); Problema (2010); Revólver (1996); Rossotrevi - The red fountain (2018); Silenci? (2005); Stanotte a Firenze (2016); Stupefying! (2018); Surely Some Mistake (1997); The A to Z of Separating People from Their Money (1998); The Ax (2005); The Media Show (1989); Thé ou café (2005); The World's Best Sellers: The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996); Vaccini. 9 lezioni di scienza (2019); Vivement dimanche (2013); You Will Be with Us in Paradise (2019).

Born on this day – Michele Carey:

Michele Carey

Actress

February 26, 1942 – November 21, 2018

Credits:

TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); There’s Only One Elvis (2002); The Stay Awake (1988); In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro (1985); Rooster (1982); The Fall Guy (1982); Death Ray 2000 (1980); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Undercover with the KKK (1979); The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979); Starsky and Hutch (1977–1978); The Choirboys (1977); Man from Atlantis (1977); Delta County, U.S.A. (1977); Dirty Sally (1974); Adam’s Rib (1973); The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973); Savage (1973); The Norliss Tapes (1973); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1973); Love, American Style / Love and the Impressionist (1972); Elvis on Tour (1972); Gunsmoke (1972); Scandalous John (1971); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); The Animals (1970); It Takes a Thief (1970); The F.B.I. (1969); Mission: Impossible (1969); The Name of the Game (1969); Changes (1969); The Wild Wild West (1967–1969); Live a Little, Love a Little (1968); The Sweet Ride (1968); Run for Your Life (1967); T.H.E. Cat (1966); El Dorado (1966); Burke’s Law (1965); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); Wendy and Me (1965); The Spy with My Face (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964).

Born on this day – Harvey S. Laidman:

Harvey S. Laidman

Director

February 22, 1942 – January 3, 2025

Credits:

7th Heaven (1996–2004); ABC Weekend Specials (1978–1982); Airport (1970); Airwolf (1984–1985); Bums in Love (2011); California Fever (1979); Chicago Story (1981 / 1982); CHiPs (1979); Eight Is Enough (1977–1978); Eischied (1979); Falcon Crest (1982–1983); Family (1977); Flatbush (1979); For Love and Honor (1983); Game (2011); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Hernandez (1973); Hunter (1977); Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973); Jack & Me (2017); JAG (2002); Jake and the Fatman (1987–1988); Kaz (1978–1979); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Knight Rider (1983–1986); Knots Landing (1981–1982); Kojak (1978); Lou Grant (1978–1981); Magnum, P.I. (1983–1986); Matlock (1988–1994); Meathook (2025); Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1999); Most Wanted (1977); Night Shift (2011); Police Headquarters (1974); Quantum Leap (1993); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Red Sky at Morning (1971); Rescue 77 (1999); Safe Harbor (1999); Savannah (1997); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985–1987); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982); Shoot Out (1971); Showdown (1973); Silk Stalkings (1994–1995); Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give a Inch (1971); Steel Cowboy (1978); Street Hawk (1985); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982–1983); That Certain Summer (1972); The Blue Knight (1976); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972–1973); The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983–1984); The Fitzpatricks (1977); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Lazarus Syndrome (1979); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1981); The Paper Chase (1978); The Runaways (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1973); The Waltons (1973–1981); This Is the Life (1976); Today's F.B.I. (1981–1982); Tucker's Witch (1983); Walking Tall (1981); Wildside (1985).

Born on this day – Carol Lynley:

Carol Lynley

Actress

February 13, 1942 – September 3, 2019

Born on this day – Terry Jones:

Terry Jones

Comedian

Director

Historian

Actor

Writer

Member of Monty Python

February 1, 1942 – January 21, 2020

On this day in movie history - Time to Kill (1942):

Time to Kill

directed by Herbert I. Leeds,

written by Brett Halliday,

based on the novel by The High Window by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on January 22, 1943.
Music by Emil Newman, Cyril J. Mockridge and David Raksin.

Cast:

Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel, Doris Merrick, Ralph Byrd, Richard Lane, Sheila Bromley, Morris Ankrum, Ethel Griffies, James Seay, Ted Hecht, William Pawley, Syd Saylor, Lester Sharpe, Charles Williams, LeRoy Mason, George Melford.

Born on this day – Randy Boone:

Randy Boone

Actor

Singer

January 17, 1942 – August 28, 2025

Credits:

Songs:

Heart, Let's Go Out Tonight; It's So Hard To Tell Mama Goodbye; Just Waitin'; Lover Let Go; Ramblin' Rose; Tennessee Stud; The Five-Fifteen.

Movies and television:

Backtrack! (1969); Bonanza (1966); Cimarron Strip (1967–1968); Combat! (1966); Country Boy (1966); Dr. Minx (1975); Emergency! (1973); Gunsmoke (1975); Gypsy (1966); Hee Haw (1980); Highway to Heaven (1985); Hondo (1967); Hondo and the Apaches (1967); It's a Man's World (1962–1963); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Kung Fu (1975); Lassie (1973); Savages (1974); Terminal Island (1973); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Audition (2021); The Fugitive (1964); The Hanged Man (1964); The Nashville Sound (1972); The Quest (1976); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Virginian (1964–1966); The Wild Pair (1987); Wagon Train (1963); What's This Song? (1965); Where the Action Is (1966).

On this day in movie history - All Through the Night (1942):

All Through the Night

directed by Vincent Sherman,

written by Leonard Spigelgass and Edwin Gilbert,

based on a story by Leo Rosten and Leonard Spigelgass,

was released in the United States on January 10, 1942.
Music by Adolph Deutsch.
Song: All Through the Night by Arthur Schwartz and Johnny Mercer.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne, Jane Darwell, Frank McHugh, Peter Lorre, Judith Anderson, William Demarest, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Wallace Ford, Barton MacLane, Edward Brophy, Martin Kosleck, Jean Ames, Ludwig Stössel, Irene Seidner, James Burke, Ben Welden, Hans Schumm, Charles Cane, Frank Sully, Sam McDaniel, Eddy Chandler, Louis V. Arco, Emory Parnell, Henry Victor.