On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Neighborhood Killer.

Released October 4, 1957.

Directed by Bernard Girard.

Written by Stirling Silliphant.

Based on a story by William Holder.

Music by Stanley Wilson, Buddy Bregman, Alexander Courage, Gerald Fried, Irving Gertz, Herschel Burke Gilbert, Melvyn Lenard, Lyn Murray, Herman Stein.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Grant Richards, Paul Newlan, Don Kennedy, Robert Patten, Ben Carruthers, Stafford Repp, Wally Brown, Marshall Bradford, Vici Raaf, Ralph Moody, Billy Nelson, Naomi Perry, George Sawaya.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: The Watchdog.

Released September 27, 1957.

Directed by Robert Florey.

Written by Douglas Heyes.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Peggy Webber, Paul Newlan, Gail Kobe, Anthony J. Hilder, Herbert Ellis, Alexander Campbell, Carol Hill, Sol Gorss, Harlan Warde, Olan Soule, William Bryant, Ray Walker, Robert Kennedy.

Born on this day – Michael Madsen:

Michael Madsen

Actor

Producer

Writer

September 25, 1957 – July 3, 2025

Credits:

13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); 2 Graves in the Desert (2020); 2 Hopeful Spinsters (2013); 2047: Sights of Death (2014); 24 (2010); 25 - Das Magazin (2004); 42K (2001); 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003); 45 R.P.M. (2008); 63lbs (2013); A Christmas Gamble (2024); A Cold Day in Hell (2011); A Corpse in Kensington (2025); A Hitman in London (2015); A House in the Hills (1993); A Look Behind My Boss's Daughter (2004); A Matter of Justice (2011); A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry (2008); A Night in Jail (2017); A Sierra Nevada Gunfight (2013); A Turn in the Sun (2015); A Way with Murder (2009); Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny (2012); Afghan Knights (2007); Against All Hope (1982); All In (2006); Almost Blue (1993); Almost Grown (1989); Along for the Ride (2016); Along the Roadside (2013); Amazing Racer (2009); American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (2023); American Dream (2015); American Night (2021); Amsterdam Heavy (2011); Angels Fallen (2020); Animal Precinct (2001); Arctic Dogs (2019); Arena Wars (2024); Ashley (2013); Assassins Revenge (2018); Assault on Hill 400 (2023); Ava (2025); Axe Cop (2013); Baby Snatcher (1992); Back in the Day (2016); Bad Guys (2000); Ballad of the Nightingale (1999); Balls of Steel (2005); Behind the Story: Green Lantern - First Fight (2009); Being Michael Madsen (2007); Beyond the Game (2016); Beyond the Law (1993); Beyond the Trophy (2012); Big Apple (2001); Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2012); Big Bug Man (2006); Big Time in Hollywood, FL (2015); Bikini Inception (2015); Biography (2004); Blood Behind Us (2025); Blood Red (1989); BloodRayne (2005); Blue Bloods (2012); Blue Tiger (1994); Boarding Gate (2007); Bob's Burgers (2012); Born2Race (2019); Break (2008); Brit Awards 2002 (2002); Bullets Over Hollywood (2005); Burial Ground Massacre (2021); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Canes (2006); Cash Collectors (2025); Catherine's Grove (1997); Celebrity Animal Encounters (2018); Celebrity Big Brother (2012); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2013); Charlie Buster (2025); Chasing Ghosts (2005); Choke (2001); Christian Audigier the Vif (2017); Christmas Crash (2009); Christmas Thieves (2021); Cinema mil (2005); Clear Lake, WI (2009); Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021); CobraGator (2015); Cole Younger & The Black Train (2012); Coma (2008); Comme au cinéma (2004); Concessions (2025); Conjuring: The Book of the Dead (2020); Cookbook for Southern Housewives (2025); Corruption (2010); Cosmic Radio (2007); Crash and Burn (2008); Creepshow Raw: Insomnia (2009); Cribs (2005); Crime Boss: Rockay City (2023); Crime Story (1986); Croc (2007); CSI: Miami (2010); Damon's Revenge (2022); Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha (2024); Day of Redemption (2013); Dead Connection (1994); Dead Man Running (2009); Dead on Time (2018); Death Count (2022); Death in the Desert (2015); Deep Winter (2008); Demon Pit (2022); Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016); Desperate Endeavors (2012); Detour (1998); Devil's Domain (2016); Diamond Cartel (2015); Diamond Heist (2012); Die Another Day (2002); Diner (1983); Dinner for Five (2004); DinoGator (2024); Dirty Dealing 3D (2018); Dirty Fears (2020); Dirty Little Trick (2011); Dishonored (2012); Dishonored 2 (2016); Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017); Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches (2013); Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall (2013); Donnie Brasco (1997); Driv3r (2004); Dying Is Easy (2021); Dystopia (2019); Egill: The Last Pagan (2025); Eldorado (2012); Emigratis (2016); Empire Movie Awards 2005 (2005); Empire of the Censors (1995); Entertainment Tonight (2015); Entity (2025); Evening Urgant (2013); Every Last One of Them (2021); Everything Came from Miami Vice (2025); Executive Target (1997); Explosion Jones (2017); Extreme Honor (2001); Eyes Front (2008); Fact Hunt (2016); Fait Accompli (1998); Fall: The Price of Silence (2001); Fatal Instinct (1992); Federal (2010); Film Genre (2002); Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006); Flat Out (1999); Flipped (2015); For Nothing (2025); Frankenstein (2004); Free Willy (1993); Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995); Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2003); Gabrielle (2013); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero (2006); Garbage (2012); Garlic & Gunpowder (2017); Gloves of Stone (2009); Golden Boy (2013); Grace (2022); Grand Theft Auto III (2001); Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021); Green Lantern: First Flight (2009); Grindhouse Nightmares (2017); Hangover in Death Valley (2018); Hawaii Five-0 (2014); Hell Ride (2008); Henry's Film Corner (2005); High Noon (2000); Hired Gun (2009); Hoboken Hollow (2006); Hollywood Insider (2020–2022); Hope Lost (2015); House (2008); I Love the 1990s (2001); I Love the '70s (2003); ICE Agent (2013); Iggy Azalea Feat. Rita Ora: Black Widow (2014); IGN Daily Fix (2013); Iguana (1988); I'm in Love with a Church Girl (2013); Incarnation (2022); Infected (2013); Inside Edge (1992); It Happened That Way (2004); Jacked$ (2004); Jake and the Fatman (1989); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004–2015); Joshua Tree (2011); Justin Bieber: As Long as You Love Me (2012); Kidnapped in Romania (2016); Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006); Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003); Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004); Kill Me Again (1989); Killian (2018); Kith for New Balance: Master Your Craft (2021); Klyuch salamandry (2011); L.A. Dicks (2005); L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001); Lady Psycho Killer (2015); Last Hour (2008); Last Man Club (2016); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–2000); Late Show with David Letterman (1994); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2007); Les nouveaux refus (2004); Let the Game Begin (2010); Lionhead (2013); Living & Dying (2007); Loosies (2011); Lost in the Woods (2009); Love Addict (2018); Love.com (2002); Luck of the Draw (2000); Lumberjack Man (2015); Machine (2007); Mad TV (2002); Made in Hollywood (2016); Magi (2016); Making of the 15th Raindance Film Festival (2007); Man with a Gun (1995); Master of Photography (2016); Max Dagan (2024); Megalodon (2018); Miami Vice (1984); Michael Madsen's Video Diary (Hell Ride) (2008); Midnight Movie Review (2011); Mob of the Dead (2013); Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films (2006); Money for Nothing (1993); Money to Burn (2010); Monster Mash (2024); Montana (1990); Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood (2006); Moviewatch (1994); Mr. Wonderful (2025); Mulholland Falls (1996); Music Innovation: Ennio to A.I. (2025); My Boss's Daughter (2003); Narc / Video Game (2005); Nick Le Juge Ft. Michael Madsen: Dancing on Your Grave (2019); Nishabdham (2020); No Bad Days (2008); No Clean Break (2010–2011); No Deposit (2015); No Names (2007); Nomad: The Beginning (2013); Not Another Not Another Movie (2011); Now Here (2010); Offline (2025); Oldfellas (2025); On-Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004); Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird (2024); Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019); One Bad Movie (2024); Our Family Honor (1985–1986); Our good hands (2020); Outlaw (2001); Outlaw Johnny Black (2023); Outrage: Born in Terror (2009); Papa (2018); Paulie (2013); Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003); Pet Star (2002–2005); Piranhaconda (2012); Powers (2016); Prepare to Die (2024); Pressure Point (2001); Primitiva (2019); Prince of the City (2012); Prohibition Opens the Floodgates (2006); Puppy Love (2020); Put (2009); QT8: The First Eight (2019); Quantum Leap (1989); Racing with the Moon (1984); Real Detective (2016); Real Rob (2017); Red Carpet Report (2010); Red Handed (2019); Red Line (1995); Red Prophecies (2021); Refuge from the Storm (2012); Renegade (2004); Reservoir Dogs (1992); Reservoir Dogs / Video Game (2006); Reservoir Dogs: Deleted Scenes (1992); Reservoir Dogs: Original Interviews (2002); Resurrection Road (2025); Reza Rifts (2021); Road of No Return (2009); Rock, Paper, Scissors (2017); Rotten Tomatoes (2015); Rough Draft (1998); Run Raven Run (2022); Sacred Blood (2015); Sacrifice (2000); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Saturday at the Starlight (2025); Scary Movie 4 (2006); Season of Change (1994); Seitenblicke (2004); Serbian Scars (2009); Serpent in the Bottle (2020); Shadows in the Storm (1988); Shark Season (2020); Shownieuws (2011); Sin City (2005); Sin City: The Premiere (2005); Sinatra! Eternity (2025); Sins (2012); Six Days in Paradise (2010); So You Want Michael Madsen? (2008); South of Hope Street (2024); Spatss! (2018); Special Bulletin (1983); Species (1995); Species II (1998); Species: Alternate Ending (2007); Spirit Riser (2024); St. Elsewhere (1983); Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (1998); Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films (2006); Straight Talk (1992); Strength and Honour (2007); Strip 'n Run (2000); Sundance Skippy (2010); Supreme Sanction (1999); Surface to Air (1998); Talons (2016); Tears (2002); Telltale's the Walking Dead (2014); Ten Million Throwaways (2021); Terrible Angels (2012); Terror Trap (2010); The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (2003); The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The 9th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1994); The Alternate (2000); The American Connection (2021); The American Protocol (2025); The Banksters, Madoff with America (2013); The Big Breakfast (1997); The Big I Am (2010); The Bleeding (2009); The Bond Essentials (2002); The Boonies (2016); The Brazen Bull (2010); The Broken Key (2017); The Bronx Bunny Show (2003); The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008); The Chinese American Immigrant (2025); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); The Concept: Making 'Species' (2004); The Craft of Dirty Harry (2008); The Detective (2025); The Dick Cavett Show (1992); The Dirty Kind (2018); The Discovery: Making 'Species' (2004); The Distance (2005); The Doors (1991); The End of Innocence (1990); The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (2008); The First Circle (2025); The Florentine (1999); The Forest (2011); The Game Awards 2022 (2022); The Garden Left Behind (2019); The Getaway (1994); The Ghost (2001); The Girl Gets Moe (1997); The Hateful Eight (2015); The Hitchhiker (1985); The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence (2000); The Jewels of the Salton Sea (2019); The Journey Ahead (2018); The Just (2015); The Killing Jar (2010); The Killing Time (1987); The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996); The Last Drop (2006); The Lion of Judah (2011); The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (2008); The Lost Tree (2016); The Lost Tree: EPK Featurette (2017); The Lurking Fear (2023); The Maker (1997); The Making of 'Donnie Brasco' (1997); The Making of 'Kill Bill: Volume 2' (2004); The Making of the Mob (2015–2016); The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006); The Mob Doctor (2012–2013); The Natural (1984); The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016); The Ninth Cloud (2014); The Origin: Making 'Species' (2004); The Outsiders (1990); The Playboy Morning Show (2016); The Portal (2010); The Price of Air (2000); The Real Deal (2002); The Reel Show (2013); The Role That Changed My Life (2010); The Sender (1998); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2003–2004); The Stray (2000); The Things We Carry (2025); The Tomb (2009); The Up & Adam Show (2022); The Walking Dead: Season Two / Video Game (2013); The Winner (1996); The Witching Hour (2025); The Wraith Within (2023); The Wrong Neighbor (2017); Thelma & Louise (1991); Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey (2002); Those Who Can't (2016); Through Your Eyes (2007); Tilt (2005); Tooth and Nail (2007); Top of the Pops 2 (2009); Tour of Duty (1989); Tracks (2004); Trader Games (2010); Trading Paint (2019); Trail of a Serial Killer (1997); Trailblazers (2013); Trouble Bound (1993); True Crime: Streets of LA (2003); Tubridy Tonight (2006); Turn Around Jake (2014); UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine (2006); Ultimate Target (2000); Unbelievable!!!!! (2020); Unfallen (2017); Until We Meet Again (2022); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2008); Vampires Anonymous (2003); Vengeance Unlimited (1998–1999); Vice (2008); Vigilante Diaries (2016); Visiting Uwe (2008); Waking Karma (2023); War and Remembrance (1988); WarGames (1983); Water Wars (2014); Welcome to Acapulco (2019); Welcome to America (2002); Welcome to the Big House (2006); When the Devil Rides Out (2006); Where's Angelo? (2003); Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (1994); Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021); Wyatt Earp (1994); Yakuza (2005); You Might as Well Live (2009); Zen and Now: A Dinner with David Carradine & Friends (2005); Zulu Gumball (2010).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: The Golden Look.
Released September 20, 1957.
Directed by Bernard Girard.
Written by Joel Murcott.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Bruce Gordon, Henry Brandon, Morris Ankrum, Tyler McVey, Peter Brocco, Anne Barton, Paul Hahn, Ken Lynch, David Hoffman, John Mitchum, Frank Richards.

On this day in movie history - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957):

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

directed by Arnold Laven,

written by Lawrence Roman,

was released in the United States on September 1, 1957.
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.

Cast:

Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams, Walter Matthau, Charles McGraw, Sam Levene, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Bellaver, Nick Dennis, Joe Downing, Ned Wever, Billy M. Greene, John McNamara, Amzie Strickland, Mickey Hargitay.

September in movie history - The Brothers Rico (1957):

The Brothers Rico

directed by Phil Karlson,

written by Lewis Meltzer and Ben Perry,

based on a story by Georges Simenon,

was released in the United States in September 1957.
Exact release date unknown.
Music by George Duning.

Cast:

Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates, James Darren, Argentina Brunetti, Lamont Johnson, Harry Bellaver, Paul Picerni, Paul Dubov, Rudy Bond, Richard Bakalyan, William Phipps.

September in movie history - Short Cut to Hell (1957):

Short Cut to Hell

directed by James Cagney,

written by Ted Berkman and Raphael Blau,

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

was released in the United States in September 1957.

Exact release date unknown.
Music by Irvin Talbot, Harry Sukman and Victor Young.

Cast:

William Bishop, Robert Ivers, Georgann Johnson, Yvette Vickers, Murvyn Vye, Jacques Aubuchon, Peter Baldwin, Richard Hale, Roscoe Ates, Joe Bassett, Jacqueline Beer, James Cagney, Douglas Evans, Joseph Forte, Milton Frome, John Halloran, Gail Land, Hugh Lawrence, John Lee, Danny Lewis, Mike Mahoney, Dennis McMullen, William Newell, Orangey (the cat), William Pullen, Michael Ross, Sarah Selby, Court Shepard, Douglas Spencer, Melody Starr, Ken Terrell, Russell Trent, Max Trumpower, Dick Whittinghill.

Born on this day – Lisa Blount:

Lisa Blount

Actress

Producer

July 1, 1957 – October 27, 2010

Credits:

An American Story (1992); An Officer and a Gentleman (1982); Annihilator (1986); Big John (2006); Birdseye (2002); Blind Fury (1989); Boone (1984); Box of Moonlight (1996); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); Cease Fire (1985); Chrystal (2004); Cracker: Mind Over Murder (1997); Cut and Run (1984); Dead & Buried (1981); Deodato Holocaust (2019); Femme Fatale (1991); Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story (1997); Great Balls of Fire! (1989); Greed Kills (2005); If... Dog... Rabbit (1999); In Sickness and in Health (1992); Judging Amy (2002); Judicial Consent (1995); Magnum, P.I. (1987); Moonlighting (1986); Murder Between Friends (1994); Murder Me, Murder You (1983); Murder, She Wrote (1990); Needful Things (1993); Nightflyers (1987); Out Cold (1989); Outlaw Country (2012); Picket Fences (1992); Prince of Darkness (1987); Profit (1996–1997); Radioactive Dreams (1984); Randy and the Mob (2007); September 30, 1955 (1977); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982); Slap Shot (1977); Sons and Daughters (1991); South of Reno (1988); Stalked (1994); Starman (1986); Stormin' Home (1985); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Accountant (2001); The Client (1995); The Hitchhiker (1986); The Swap (1979); Traffic (1999); Trash (2003); Unholy Matrimony (1988); What Waits Below (1984).

On this day in movie history - Sweet Smell of Success (1957):

Sweet Smell of Success

directed by Alexander Mackendrick,

written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman and Alexander Mackendrick,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1957.
Based on the novelette Tell Me About It Tomorrow! by Ernest Lehman, originally published in Cosmopolitan (1950).
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Joe Frisco, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater, David White, Chico Hamilton, Fred Katz.