On this day in movie history - Them! (1954):

Them!

directed by Gordon Douglas,

written by Ted Sherdeman and Russell Hughes,

based on a story by George Worthing Yates,

was released in the United States on June 19, 1954.
Music by Bronislau Kaper.

Cast:

James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Onslow Stevens, Sean McClory, Chris Drake, Sandy Descher, Mary Alan Hokanson, Don Shelton, Fess Parker, Olin Howland, Leonard Nimoy, John Beradino, Willis Bouchey, Booth Colman, Richard Deacon, Lawrence Dobkin, Ann Doran, William Schallert, Douglas Spencer, Dub Taylor, Dorothy Green, Harry Wilson, Dick York, Jan Merlin, Walter Coy.

Born on this day – Jill Jacobson:

Jill Jacobson

Actress

Writer

Producer

May 21, 1954 – December 8, 2024

Credits:

Actors Entertainment (2011); After the Storm (2001); An Uncommon Love (1983); Arli$$ (1999); Baby Sister (1983); Bad Georgia Road (1977); Best Performance (2018); Boredom (2015); Breaking the Silence (1992); Bulba (1981); Castle (2014); Cats Dancing on Jupiter (2011); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Days of Our Lives (1995); Etheria (2020); Excess Flesh (2015); Falcon Crest (1985–1987); Fixed (2005); Forbidden Love (1982); Freddy's Nightmares (1990); Front of the Class (2008); Ghost Whisperer (2006); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981); Hotel Vernonia (2013); House of Usher (2008); Hung (2011); I Gave at the Office (1984); Instinct to Kill (2001); Last Look (2014); Leo and Loree (1980); Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (1989); Merrily (2025); Mic Whore (2014); Murphy Brown (1994); My Sister Sam (1988); Newhart (1989–1990); Not Just Another Affair (1982); Nurse Sherri (1977); Nurses Confessions (2017); Obsessive Love (1984); Party Down (2010); Pecoima Can Wait (2014); Perfect Victims (1988); Policewoman Centerfold (1983); Quantum Leap (1989); Reality Queen! (2020); Restless Souls (1998); Sad Girl: Chlorine (2019); Sideliners (2006); Sledge Hammer! (1988); Splash (1984); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989); Strong Medicine (2001); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The Back-up Bride (2011); The Circle (2005); The Circle (2005); The Devlin Connection (1982); The Fix (2019); The Jigsaw Murders (1989); The New Gidget (1986–1987); The Perfect Marriage (2012); The Stone Boy (2015); Uncle Buck (1990); Up Yours (1979); Visage (2017); War of the Worlds (1989); Watch Out for Slick (2010); Welcome Home (2010); Who's the Boss? (1990); You Me & Her (2014).

Born on this day – Phil Wiggins:

Phil Wiggins

Blues harmonica player

May 8, 1954 – May 7, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Bluesmen (1993); Cool Down (1996); Dog Days of August (1986); Flip, Flop & Fly (1992); From Richmond to Atlanta (2000); Goin' down the Road Feelin' Bad (1998); Guitar Man (1987); Homemade (1999); Let It Roll: Bowling Green (1985); Living Country Blues USA, vol. 1 (1981); Richmond Blues (2008); Shoulder to Shoulder (2006); Somebody Told the Truth (2002); Sweet Bitter Blues (1984 / 1994); Walking Blues (1988).

Movie and television:

Blues Houseparty (1989); Matewan (1987).

Born on this day – Angela Bofill:

Angela Bofill

Singer

Songwriter

May 2, 1954 – June 13, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Angel of the Night (1979); Angie (1978); Angie / Expanded Edition (1978); Carl Anderson (1986); I Wanna Love Somebody (1993); Intuition (1988); Let Me Be the One (1984); Live from Manila (2006); Love in Slow Motion (1996); Something About You (1981); Something About You / Expanded Edition (2002); Teaser (1983); Tell Me Tomorrow (1985); The Best of Angela Bofill (1986); The Definitive Collection (1999); The Essential Angela Bofill (2014); Too Tough (1983).

Movies and television:

Body Electric (2004); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1989); Friends in Love (1983); Nina Live! (2005); Soul Train (1983); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1982); Unsung (2012).

Born on this day – Robert Carradine:

Robert Carradine

Actor

Producer

Composer

March 24, 1954 – February 23, 2026

Credits:

7-10 Split (2007); A Fish Tale (2017); A Fuller Life / Segment: The Big Red One: Zab (2013); A Part of the Family (1994); Abnormal Entertainment Presents (2011); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985); All's Fair (1989); Aloha Bobby and Rose (1975); American Christmas (2019); Americana (1981); As Is (1986); Attack of the Sabertooth (2005); Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005); Bikini Spring Break (2012); Bird of Prey (1995); Blackfish (2013); Blackout (1978); Body Bags / Segment: The Gas Station (1993); Bonanza (1971); Breakout (1998); Buy & Cell (1988); Caged Men Seeking Freedom (2023); Cannonball! (1976); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2013); Clarence (1990); Coming Home (1978); Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987); Cross (2011); Dangerous Curves (2000); Darektors Cut (2025); Dark Skies (1996); Deep Winter (2008); Desert Fiends 2 (2026); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Disney Channel Holiday (2005); Django Unchained (2012); Doomsday Device (2017); Doublecrossed (1991); Doubt (2017); Dreamweaver (2006); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Entretien avec Philippe Guedj (2024); ER (1995); Escape from L.A. (1996); Express Yourself (2001–2006); Faerie Tale Theatre (1986); Fancypants (2011); Fast Track (1997–1998); Final Sale (2011); Firestorm (1996); Footsteps (1972); Ghosts of Mars (2001); Go Ask Alice (1973); Good Day L.A. (2013); Gunfighter (1999); Heartaches (1981); Hell in the Hallways: The Making of 'Massacre at Central High' (2022); High Holiday (2021); Hilary's Roman Adventure (2004); Hoboken Hollow (2006); Home & Family (2013); Human Zoo (2020); Humanoids from the Deep (1996); I Saw What You Did (1988); Illusions (1992); Jackson County Jail (1976); James Blondes (2018); Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007); Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012); Joyride (1977); Just the Way You Are (1984); Justice (2017); K-9 (1991); King of the Nerds (2013); King of the Nerds (2013–2015); Kung Fu (1972 / 1974); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1995–1996); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005); Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (2025); Lizard Music: Keystone Cops (2022); Lizzie McGuire (2001–2020); Lizzie McGuire 2020 Cast Reunion - I Want a Bra Table Read (2020); Lizzie McGuire: Fashionably Lizzie Vol. 1 (2003); Lizzie McGuire: Growing Up Lizzie Vol. 2 (2003); Lizzie McGuire: Star Struck Vol. 3 (2004); Lizzie McGuire: Totally Crushed Vol. 4 (2004); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995); Lycanthrope (1999); Made in Hollywood (2024); Man and the Motorcycle (2020); Martian Law (1998); Massacre at Central High (1976); Mata Hari (2025); Max Keeble's Big Move (2001); Mean Streets (1973); Medinah (2023); Mommy, I Didn't Do It (2017); Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire (2000); Monster Night (2006); Monte Carlo (1986); Monte Walsh (2003); My Dog's Christmas Miracle (2011); Nash Bridges (1997–2000); Nearly Departed (2019); Night of the Living Dead (2026); Number One with a Bullet (1987); NYPD Blue (1997); Old Friends... New Friends (1980); Orca (1977); Outlaw Brothers: The Making of the Long Riders (2013); Palmer's Pick-Up (1999); Paltrocast with Darren Paltrowitz (2020); Party Nerds Pop-Cast (2025); Party Nerds Pop-Cast / Podcast Series (2025); Pay to Die  (2026); Police Story (1976); Retrosexual: The 80's (2004); Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976); Revenge of the Nerds (1984); Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987); Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992); Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994); Robot Chicken (2008); Rude Awakening (1989); Run, Joe, Run (1975); Samuel Fuller & The Big Red One (1979); Scorpio One (1998); Sex and Breakfast (2005); Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014); Shooting Gallery (2012); Sidewalks Entertainment (2014); Sirens (1995); Skate to Hell (2026); Slow Motion: Walter Hill on Sam Peckinpah (2013); Slumber Party Slaughter (2012); Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990); Sorority Shark Attack (2026); Stray Bullet (1998); Stuart Mossman: A Modern Stradivari (2010); Supercross (2005); Survival of Dana (1979); Tag: The Assassination Game (1982); Tales of the Klondike (1981); Tales of the Wild West (2019); Tfor2: the Terminator 2 Show (2021); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 13th Alley (2008); The 13th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1995); The 14th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1996); The 2nd Annual Geekie Awards (2014); The 3 Killer Pigs (2026); The 3th Annual Genie Awards (1982); The Big Red One (1980); The Carradines Together (1979); The Collector (2012); The Cowboy Killer (2026); The Cowboys (1972 / 1974); The Cowboys: Together Again (2007); The Disappearance of Christina (1993); The Driver (2026); The Effects of Magic (1998); The Fall Guy (1984); The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975); The Hitchhiker (1989); The Incident (1990); The Kid with X-ray Eyes (1999); The Killers Within (1995); The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003); The Long Riders (1980); The Magical World of Disney (1987); The Marshal (2019); The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1980); The Night They Came Home (2024); The Northfield Minnesota Raid: Anatomy of a Scene (2013); The Player (1992); The Pom Pom Girls (1976); The Practice (1997); The Pretender (1997); The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'the Big Red One' (2005); The Role That Changed My Life (2011); The Sun Also Rises (1984); The Terror Experiment (2010); The Tommyknockers (1993); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Still Life (1986); The Vegas Connection (1999); Three Days of Rain (2002); Timecop: The Berlin Decision (2003); Timothy and the Angel (1976); Today (1983); Tooth and Nail (2007); Totally Minnie (1988); UFOs: 50 Years of Denial? (1997); Unzipping Body Bags (2013); Vengeance Unlimited (1999); Vicki! (1993); Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010); Was Once a Hero (2024); Wavelength (1983); Wine Dancing (2015); Workers' Comp (2011); You and Me (1974); Young Hearts Unlimited (1998).

On this day in movie history - Blackout (1954):

Blackout

aka Murder by Proxy,

directed by Terence Fisher,

written by Richard Landau,

based on the novel Murder by Proxy by Helen Nielsen,

was released in the United States on March 19, 1954.
Music by Ivor Slaney.

Cast:

Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies, Eleanor Summerfield, Andrew Osborn, Harold Lang, Jill Melford, Alvys Maben, Michael Golden, Nora Gordon, Alfie Bass, Arnold Diamond, Norman Fisher, Ann Gow, Lindsay Hooper, Cleo Laine, Delphi Lawrence, Arthur Lovegrove, Joe Phelps, Olive Sloane.

On this day in movie history - Drive a Crooked Road (1954):

Drive a Crooked Road

directed by William Keighley,

written by Blake Edwards and Richard Quine,

based on a story by James Benson Nablo,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1954.
Music by George Duning.

Cast:

Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Kelly, Harry Landers, Jerry Paris, Paul Picerni, Dick Crockett, Irene Bolton, John Close, Richard H. Cutting, John Damler, Linda Danson, Diana Dawson, Jean Engstrom, Mike Mahoney, Peggy Maley, Patrick Miller, Mort Mills, George Paul, Jeffrey Stone, Amzie Strickland, Howard Wright.

Born on this day – Catherine O'Hara:

Catherine O'Hara

Actress

Comedian

Writer

Producer

March 4, 1954 – January 30, 2026

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); 20 to 1 (2006); 2011 Writers Guild Awards (2011); 2016 Canadian Screen Awards (2016); 2017 Canadian Screen Awards (2017); 2019 Canadian Screen Awards (2019); 2021 Golden Globe Awards (2021); 26th Annual Gemini Awards (2011); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 30 Rock (2012); 3rd Annual An Evening with Canada's Stars (2016); 82nd Golden Globe Awards (2025); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Mighty Wind (2003); A Monster in Paris (2011); A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004–2018); A Simple Twist of Fate (1994); A Terrible Tragedy: Alarming Evidence from the Making of the Film - A Woeful World (2004); A.C.O.D. (2013); ABC News Breakfast (2024–2025); Access Hollywood (2024); AFI Life Achievement Award (1997–2004); AFI Movie Club (2020); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); After Hours (1985); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1991); An Afternoon with SCTV (2026); An Audience with Adele (2021); Andrea Martin... Together Again (1989); Andrew! Alexander! (2018); Anne of Green Gables (2023); Argylle (2024); Away We Go (2009); 'Away We Go' Featurette: Never Settle (2009); Back Home Again (2021); Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (2006); Bartok the Magnificent (1999); Beetlejuice (1988); Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024); Being Canadian (2015); Best in Show (2000); Best in Show: 20th Anniversary Reunion (2019); Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell (2020); Betsy's Wedding (1990); Beyond Famous (2017); Biennale Channel (2024); Biography (1995); Bram and Alice (2002); Brother Bear 2 (2006); BuzzFeed UK (2024); Canada A.M. (2007); Canada After Dark (1978–1979); Canada's Walk of Fame (2007); Canada's Walk of Fame 2025 (2025); Canadian Screen Awards with Samantha Bee (2023); Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine (2021); CBS Mornings (2016); Celebrity Page (2020); Celebrity Poker Showdown (2005); Central Park (2022); Chicken Little (2005); Chicken Little: The Video Game (2005); CNN Showbiz Today (2000); Comic Relief (1986); Comic Relief 2006 (2006); Comic Relief '87 (1987); Coming Up Rosie (1976); Committed (2001); Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend (2020); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2009); Dave Thomas: The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood (1986); David Letterman's Holiday Film Festival / Segment: PMS (1985); Deadline Studio (2024); Dear Class of 2020 (2020); Den of Geek (2024); Dick Tracy (1990); Dish Nation (2024); Disney Dreamlight Valley (2022); Disney Speedstorm (2023); Double Negative (1980); Downey Wrote That (2025); Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (2002); Dream On (1990 / 1991); Easter Fever (1980); Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big (2000); Elemental (2023); Entertainment Tonight (2015–2025); Etalk Daily (2007); Extinct (2021); Face Off (2012); Fan des années 90 (2011); Feeding America Comedy Festival (2020); Film '07 (2007); Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards (2007); Fit to Print (1977); For Your Consideration (2006); Frankenweenie (2012); FRED: The Festival Insider (2024); Friends of Gilda (1993); From Cleveland (1980); Game 6 (2005); Gary Talks (2025); George Burns Half-Hour Comedy Hour (1985); Get Serious (1995); Glenn Martin DDS (2009–2011); GMA3: What You Need to Know (2019); Good Behavior (2008); Good Morning America (2018–2024); Harvey Beaks (2016); HBO First Look (2006–2009); Heartburn (1986); Her (2013); Hollywood Insider (2022); Home Alone (1990); Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992); Home Alone Around the World (2006); Home Alone: Deleted Scenes (2015); Home Fries (1998); Hope (1997); Humpday with Hampshire (2020); I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989); IMDb Interviews (2024); In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands (1990); Inside Comedy (2014); Inside Monster House (2006); Intergalactic Thanksgiving or Please Don't Eat the Planet (1979); It Happened That Way (2004); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2020); John Candy: Comic Spirit (2005); John Candy: I Like Me (2025); Killer Chemistry: Behind the Scenes with the Killers' Cast & Crew (2010); Killers (2010); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2020); Late Last Night (1999); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993); Late Show with David Letterman (1994); Leslie (2012); Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa (2024); Letterboxd (2024); Literally! with Rob Lowe (2020); Little Vegas (1990); Live with Kelly and Mark (2024); Love, Gilda (2018); Mad TV (2000); Made in Hollywood (2009–2013); Meet the Cast of 'Over the Hedge' (2006); Minty Comedic Arts (2024); Modern Family (2015); Modern Love (2019); Monster House (2006); Morgenmagazin (2024); Morton & Hayes (1991); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); MTV News (2006); Nissan Presents: Thrill Driver (2022); Northern Lights: Tears Are Not Enough (1985); Nostalgia Critic (2021); Nothing Personal (1980); Odd Job Jack (2004); Oh Baby (1999); Orange County (2002); Over the Hedge (2006); Pain Hustlers (2023); Penelope (2006); People: YouTube Channel (2019); Pippi Longstocking (1997); Primetime Glick (2002); Q with Jian Ghomeshi (2015); Rabbit Ears: Finn McCoul (1991); Rama's Screen (2024); Really Weird Tales / Segment: I'll Die Loving (1986); Rock & Rule (1983); Saturday Night Live (1988–1992); Schitt's Creek (2015–2020); ScreenSlam (2024); SCTV (1976–1979); SCTV Channel (1983–1984); SCTV Network (1981–1983); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Second City: First Family of Comedy (2006); Six Feet Under (2003–2005); Skylanders Academy (2016–2018); SNL50: The Anniversary Special (2025); SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025); Sofia the First (2016); Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community (2020); Speaking of Sex (2001); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Stars in the House (2020–2022); Steve Martin: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2005); Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist (2024); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2024); Surviving Christmas (2004); Tales from the Crypt (1994); Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013); Tall Tale (1995); Tavis Smiley (2006); Tears Are Not Enough (1985); Temple Grandin (2010); The 12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2007); The 13th Annual Oscar Wilde Awards (2018); The 15th Annual American Comedy Awards (2001); The 18th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2019); The 19th Annual BAFTA/LA Awards Season Tea Party (2013); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 22th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards (2018); The 22th Annual Los Angeles Film Critcs Awards (1997); The 24th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2019); The 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2020); The 26th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2021); The 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2020); The 2nd Annual Canadian Comedy Awards (2001); The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982); The 69th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon (1997); The 70th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon (1998); The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019); The 71th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards (2019); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The 73rd Annual Tony Awards (2019); The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021); The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004); The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards (2024); The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards (2025); The Addams Family (2019); The Alan Hamel Show (1979); The Best of John Candy on SCTV (1996); The Best of SCTV (1988); The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988); The Dave Thomas Comedy Show (1990); The Earthshot Prize (2022); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2018–2020); The Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (2021); The Greatest Event in Television History (2013); The Hidden Room (1993); The History of Comedy (2018); The Hour (2008–2012); The Joke's on Us: 50 Years of CBC Satire (2002); The Juice is Loose! The Making of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2024); The Kids in the Hall (2022); The Larry Sanders Show (1992); The Last Kids on Earth (2020–2021); The Last of the High Kings (1996); The Last of Us (2025); The Last Polka (1985); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2016); The Life Before This (1999); The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2018); The Making of 'Away We Go' (2009); The Mark Twain Prize: Lily Tomlin (2003); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Movie Awards (1991); The Movies (2019); The New Show (1984); The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993); The Oscars (2024); The Outer Limits (1997 / 1998); The Paper (1994); The Project (2023 / 2024); The Right Kind of Wrong (2013); The Rimshots (1976); The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003); The Second City Toronto 15th Anniversary (1988); The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980–1981); The Studio (2025); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2020); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1988–1990); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2002–2008); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2020); The View (2006); The Wayne & Shuster Comedy Special (1975); The Wayne & Shuster Show (1975); The Wayne & Shuster Superspecial (1978); The Wild Robot (2024); The Wool Cap (2004); There Goes the Neighborhood (1992); This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2013); Tiger Deluxe Talkboy Commercial (1994); 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen (2022); To My Future Assistant (2013); Today (2015–2024); Troldspejlet (1994–1999); Trying Times (1987); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2009); Vancouver 2010: XXI Olympic Winter Games (2010); Waiting for Guffman (1996); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2015–2024); WatchMojo (2014–2018); What Lives Inside (2015); When Marnie Was There (2014); Where the Wild Things Are (2009); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2020); Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1999); Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2024); Witch's Night Out (1978); World's Greatest Kids' Films (2017); WTF with Marc Maron (2013); Wyatt Earp (1994); You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way) (2025); You've Come a Long Way, Katie (1980).

On this day in movie history - Highway Dragnet (1954):

Highway Dragnet

directed by Nathan Juran,

written by Herb Meadow, Jerome Odlum, Fred Eggers and Tom Hubbard,

based on a story by U.S. Andersen and Roger Corman,

was released in the United States on February 7, 1954.
Music by Edward J. Kay.

Cast:

Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix, Reed Hadley, Mary Beth Hughes, Iris Adrian, Harry Harvey, Tom Hubbard, Frank Jenks, Murray Alper, Zon Murray, House Peters Jr., Joseph Crehan, Charles Anthony Hughes.

On this day in movie history - Crime Wave (1953):

Crime Wave

aka The City Is Dark,

directed by Andre DeToth,

was released in the United States on January 12, 1954.
Based on the short story Criminal's Mark,

by John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins,

originally published in The Saturday Evening Post (1950).

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia, Charles Bronson, Jay Novello, Ned Young, James Bell, Dub Taylor, Gayle Kellogg, Mack Chandler, Timothy Carey, Sandy Sanders, Richard Benjamin, James Hayward, Lyle Latell.