Born on this day – Michael Clarke Duncan:

Michael Clarke Duncan

Actor

December 10, 1957 – September 3, 2012

Recommended reading - The Executioners by John D. MacDonald (1957):

The Executioners

By John D. MacDonald.

Filmed as:

Cape Fear (1962), directed by J. Lee Thompson,

Cape Fear (1991), directed by Martin Scorsese.

Mass Market Paperback.

First published 1957.

Published by Magnum Books.

ISBN 13: 9780417043708

ISBN 10: 0417043708

ASIN: 0417043708

Description:

For 14 years Max Cady had sworn vengeance against the man who convicted him, becoming fired by an insane obsession for revenge. Released from his years of hard Labour he made his plans for Sam Bowden's slow death.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957 - 1960):

M Squad

was released in the United States on September 20, 1957,

and ran for three seasons until June 21, 1960.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, Roscoe Ates, Joanna Barnes, Charles Bronson, Mike Connors, Russ Conway, Walter Coy, Whitney Blake, Paul Burke, James Coburn, Francis De Sales, Angie Dickinson, Joe Flynn, Alan Hale, Jr., Ron Hayes, Werner Klemperer, Robert Knapp, Tom Laughlin, Ruta Lee, DeForest Kelley, Nan Leslie, Dayton Lummis, Tyler McVey, Walter Maslow, Carole Mathews, Joyce Meadows, Sid Melton, John Mitchum, Ed Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, J. Pat O'Malley, Michael Pataki, Burt Reynolds, Don Rickles, Janice Rule, Barbara Stuart, Mary Treen, H. M. Wynant.

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.