Recommended reading - A Clockwork Orange (1962):

A Clockwork Orange

By Anthony Burgess.

Filmed in 1971 by Stanley Kubrick.

First published 1962.

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0393341763

ISBN-13: 978-0393341768

Description:

One of Esquire's 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time.

“A brilliant novel.… [A] savage satire on the distortions of the single and collective minds.” – New York Times.

In Anthony Burgess’s influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends’ intense reaction against their society. Dazzling and transgressive, A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, and Burgess’s introduction, “A Clockwork Orange Resucked.”

On this day in movie history - Le Doulos (1962):

Le Doulos

aka The Finger Man,

directed and written by Jean-Pierre Melville,

based on the novel by Pierre Lesou,

was released in Italy on December 13, 1962.
Music by Paul Misraki.

Cast:

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre, Marcel Cuvelier, Philippe March, Fabienne Dali, Monique Hennessy, Carl Studer, Christian Lude, Jacques De Leon, Jack Leonard, Paulette Breil, Philippe Nahon, Charles Bayard, Daniel Crohem, Charles Bouillaud, Michel Piccoli.

Born on this day – Ray Garton:

Ray Garton

Writer

December 2, 1962 – April 21, 2024

Credits:

Books, including titles published as Joseph Locke:

1-900-Killer (1994); 411 (1998); All That Glitters (1998); Been There, Done That (1998); Bestial (2009); Biofire (1996); Can't Hardly Wait (1998); Crawlers! (2005); Crucifax / aka Crucifax Autumn (1988); Cut Corners (2015); Cut Corners Volume 1 (2012); Cut Corners Volume 3 (2017); Dark Channel (1992); Darklings (1985); Deadly Relations (1994); Game Over (1993); Good Burger (1997); Hocus Pocus! (1997); Invaders from Mars (1986); Invitation Only (2012); Kill the Teacher's Pet (1991); Kiss of Death (1992); Lights, Camera, Action! (1998); Live Girls (1987); Lot Lizards (1991); Loveless (2011); Meds (2011); Methods of Madness (1990); Murder Was My Alibi (2010); Nids (2006); Night Life (2005); No Place Like Home (2008); No Shelter (2024); Petrified (1992); Pieces of Hate (1996); Ravenous (2008); Resurrecting Ravana (1999); Scissors (2004); Seductions (1984); Serpent Girl / aka Cemetery Dance (2008); Sex and Violence in Hollywood (2001); Shackled (1997); Slivers of Bone (2008); Sunny Pines (2023); The Folks (2001); The Girl in the Basement (2010); The Loveliest Dead (2005); The Man in the Palace Theater (2012); The Man Who Killed Halloween (2014); The New Neighbor (1991); The Nightmares on Elm Street Part 4 (1989); The Nightmares on Elm Street Part 5 (1989); The Teacher (1993); The Troll Bride (1998); Trade Secrets (1990); Trailer Park Noir (2011); Unearthed (2016); Vampire Heart (1994); Vengeance (1994); Vortex (2016); Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth (2016); Warlock (1989); Website (1997); Zombie Love (2003).

Documentary and movie:

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); The Profane Exhibit (2013).

Recommended reading – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962):

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

By Ken Kesey.

Paperback.

First published 1962.

Published by Picador.

ISBN 13: 9780774033442

ISBN 10: 0774033444

ASIN: 0774033444

Description:

An international bestseller and the basis for the hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of the defining works of the 1960s.

In this classic novel, Ken Kesey’s hero is Randle Patrick McMurphy, a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the world of a mental hospital and takes over. A lusty, life-affirming fighter, McMurphy rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Nurse Ratched. He promotes gambling in the ward, smuggles in wine and women, and openly defies the rules at every turn. But this defiance, which starts as a sport, soon develops into a grim struggle, an all-out war between two relentless opponents: Nurse Ratched, backed by the full power of authority, and McMurphy, who has only his own indomitable will. What happens when Nurse Ratched uses her ultimate weapon against McMurphy provides the story’s shocking climax.

Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in an Oregon State mental hospital with a strict and unbending routine, unopposed by her patients, who remain cowed by mind-numbing medication and the threat of electric shock therapy. But her regime is disrupted by the arrival of McMurphy – the swaggering, fun-loving trickster with a devilish grin who resolves to oppose her rules on behalf of his fellow inmates. His struggle is seen through the eyes of Chief Bromden, a seemingly mute half-Indian patient who understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them imprisoned. Ken Kesey's extraordinary first novel is an exuberant, ribald and devastatingly honest portrayal of the boundaries between sanity and madness.

“BRILLIANT!” – Time.

Born on this day – Atsuko Tanaka:

Atsuko Tanaka

Voice actress

Narrator

November 14, 1962 – August 20, 2024

Among her many roles, she is known as the voice of the character Major Kusanagi Motoko, in the Ghost in the Shell series.

Credits:

3-Nen D-Gumi Glass no Kamen (2016); 7th Dragon 2020-II (2013); A Certain Scientific Railgun (2009–2010); A.I.C.O. Incarnation (2018); ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. (2017); Advancer Tina (1997); Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004–2005); Agent Aika (1997–1999); Akasaka (2008); Angelique (2004–2005); Anime-Gataris (2017); Another Code: Recollection (2024); Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match (2011); Armored Core: For Answer (2008); Armored Core: Formula Front (2004); Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020); Assault Gunners (2012); Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland (2011); Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland (2009); AWOL: Absent Without Leave (1998); Azur Lane (2017); Bang Brave Bang Bravern (2024); Batman Ninja (2018); Battle Programmer Shirase (2003–2004); Bayonetta (2009); Bayonetta 2 (2014); Bayonetta 3 (2022); Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (2023); Bayonetta: Bloody Fate (2013); Berserk (1998); Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Holy Demon War (2004); Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017); Black Butler: Public School Arc (2024); Black Jack (1993–2018); Blade (2011); Boku no Natsuyasumi 2: Umi no Bouken-hen (2002); Bokura no Kazoku (2005); Bread of Happiness (2012); Bubu Chacha (1999); Buddy Mission Bond (2021); Busou Shinki (2012); Call of Duty: Mobile (2022); Campione! (2012); Carnival Phantasm (2011); Chaos Rings Omega (2011); Chicken Race (2013); Chieri and Cherry (2015); Cowboy Bebop (1999); Cutie Honey Universe (2018); Daemon X Machina (2019); Darcrows (2003); Demon Gaze (2014); Demons' Score (2012); Destiny of the Shrine Maiden (2004); Detective Conan: The Scarlet Alibi (2021); Detective Pikachu (2016); Detroit: Become Human (2023); Devil May Cry 4 (2008); Devil May Cry 5 (2019); Devil May Cry: The Animated Series (2007); Devilman: Crybaby (2018); Devil's Third (2015); Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006); Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy (2011); Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (2018); Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia (2017); Dissidia: Final Fantasy (2008); DokiDoki! PreCure (2013–2014); Dokyusei II (1995); Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles ~Animal Adventure~ (2012); Dragon's Crown (2013); Epidemic (1995); Ergo Proxy (2006); Fate/Grand Carnival (2021); Fate/Grand Order (2015); Fate/stay night (2004); Fate/stay night (2006); Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower (2017); Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] (2014–2015); Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel (2017); Final Fantasy Type-0 (2011); Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (2015); Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (2012); Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (2015); Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood (2017); Fire Emblem: Awakening (2012); Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2023–2024); Fullmetal Alchemist 3: The Girl Who Succeeds God (2005); Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011); Gallery Fake (2005); Garo: Vanishing Line (2017); Gekijouban Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010); Ghost in the Shell (1995); Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008); Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004); Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Solid State Society 3D (2011); Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 (2020); Ghost in the Shell: Production Report (1995); Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006); Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 - Sustainable War (2021); Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 the Last Human (2023); Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online (2017); Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006); Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (2005); Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005); Gintama (2011); Girl Friend BETA (2014); Glasslip (2014); God Eater (2015–2016); God Eater Prologue (2009); God Eater: Resurrection (2015); Gods Eater Burst (2010); Golgo 13 (2008); Guardian Tales (2020); Gundam Reconguista in G (2014–2015); Halo Legends / Segment: The Package (2010); Hatenkô yûgi (2008); Heart Cocktail Again (2003); Hermes: Winds of Love (1997); Hoop Days (2003); Hoshi no Samidare (2022); Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds (2007); I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018); Ikki tousen (2010); JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2013); JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (2013); JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R (2022); JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven (2015); Jujutsu Kaisen (2020–2023); Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash (2024); Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007–2008); Jump Force (2019); Kamen No Maid Guy (2008); Kimi to Fit Boxing (2021); Knight's & Magic (2017); Knights of Sidonia (2014); Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars (2021); Kobo-chan (1993); Kôdo eiji komandâzu: Tsugu mono tsugareru mono (2005); Kokoro Connect (2012); Kyûketsuki Sugu Shinu (2023); Last Cloudia (2019); Legend of Himiko (1999); Les Miserables: Shoujo Cosette (2007); Light of the River (2009); Listeners (2020); Lupin III (2015); Lupin III: Angel Tactics (2005); Lupin III: Voyage to Danger (1993); Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012); Macross 7: The Galaxy Is Calling Me! (1995); Magic Kyun! Renaissance (2016); Magic User's Club! (1996); Magical Circle Guru Guru (1994–1995); Magical Warfare (2014); Mahô no stêji fanshî Rara (1998); Mahô shôjo tai Arusu (2004); Mahou Sentai Magiranger (2005); Make My Day (2023); Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000); Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011); Master Keaton (1999); Master of Mosquiton '99 (1997–1998); Mazinkaiser SKL (2010–2011); Megami Paradise (1995); Mighty No. 9 (2016); Mirage of Blaze: Rebels of the River Edge (2004); Mirror's Edge: Catalyst (2016); Mister Mosquito (2002); Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2015–2017); Mobile Suit V Gundam (1993–1994); Monster (2004–2005); My Sexual Harassment (1994–1995); Namco X Capcom (2005); Naruto SD: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals (2012); Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 (2009); Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Impact (2011); Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (2010); Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (2013); Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (2016); Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (2012); Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution (2014); Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker (2018); Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections (2023); Naruto: Shippuden (2009–2016); NieR (2010); NieR Replicant: ver.1.22474487139... (2021); NieR: Reincarnation (2021); Nioh (2017); Noein: To Your Other Self (2005–2006); Nyankoi! (2009); Ogenki Clinic Adventures (1991); Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny (2002); Oninaki (2019); OVA Utawarerumono: Bôrô no komoriuta (2009); Ozuma (2012); Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn (2015 / 2016); Parasyte: The Maxim (2014–2015); Persona 5 Tactica (2023); Persona 5 Tactica: Repaint Your Heart Challenge Pack (2023); Philosoma (1995); Piano no mori (2007); Pokémon (2006–2011); POP TEAM EPIC TV Special (2019); Princess Lover! (2009); Princess Minerva (1995); Professor Layton and the Curious Village (2007); Project Sylpheed (2006); Project X Zone 2 (2015); Psycho Diver: Soul Siren (1997); Psycho-Pass (2019); Psycho-Pass: Providence (2023); Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye (2009); Queen's Blade Unlimited (2018–2020); Queen's Blade: Beautiful Warriors (2010–2011); Queen's Blade: Rebellion (2012); Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin (2009); RahXephon (2002); Rapid Angel (1998); Reideen: The Superior (1996); Reign of the Seven Spellblades (2023); Reign: The Conqueror (1997–2000); Reverse: 1999 (2023); Rifurein rabu: Anata ni aitai (1997); Ryuu ga gotoku Online (2018); S.A: Supesharu ê (2008); SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions (2019); Sand Land (2024); Shadowverse: Champion's Battle (2020); Shattered Angels (2007); Shin Megami Tensei IV (2013); Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (2024); Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 (2018); Shonen onmyoji (2007); Sleep tight my baby, cradled in the sky (2014); SoniAni: Super Sonico the Animation (2014); Soulcalibur Legends (2007); Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection (2009); Star Ocean: Anamnesis (2016); Star Ocean: Second Evolution (2008); Star Ocean: The Second Story R (2023); Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (2006–2007); Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Fight for the Future (1999); Street Fighter V (2016); Street Fighter X Tekken (2012); Summer Ski Jumping (2015); Summon Night X: Tears Crown (2009); Super Doll Lika-chan (1998); Super Robot Wars: Original Generation: The Animation (2005); Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014); Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014); Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018); Tales of Arise (2021); Tales of Innocence (2007); Tales of Innocence R (2012); Tales of the Rays: Last Cradle (2020); Tari Tari (2012); Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee (2010); The Cat Returns (2002); The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (2016); The File of Young Kindaichi 2: Murderous Deep Blue (1999); The Helpful Fox Senko-san (2019); THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS (2014); The Last of Us: Left Behind (2014); The Last Remnant (2008); The Mystery of Nonomura Hospital (1996); The Phoenix: Hagoromo Chapter (2004); The Rolling Girls (2015); The Sword of Etheria (2005); The Way of the Househusband (2021–2023); The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015); The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic (2024); Today's Menu for the Emiya Family (2018); Tomb Raider II (1997); Top Runner (2004); Trigun (1998); Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011); Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014); Utawarerumono (2006); Utawarerumono Mask of Truth (2022–2023); Utawarerumono: The False Faces (2015–2016); Valkyria Chronicles (2008); Valkyria Chronicles (2009); Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (2006); Variable Geo (1996); Varukirî purofairu: Toga o seou mono (2008); Virtua Fighter (1995–1996); Way of the Samurai 4 (2011); When Seagulls Cry (2009); Wolf's Rain (2003); WXIII: Patlabor (2001); Yakuza 3 (2009); Yakuza Kiwami (2016); YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master (2024); Your Lie in April (2014–2015); Yukikaze (2002–2005); Zen'koku Seifuku Bishoujou Grand Prix: Find Love (1997).

On this day in movie history - Tower of London (1962):

Tower of London

directed by Roger Corman,

written by Leo Gordon, F. Amos Powell and James B. Gordon,

based on a story by Leo Gordon and F. Amos Powell,

was released in the United States on October 24, 1962.
Music by Michael Andersen.

Cast:

Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman, Robert Brown, Bruce Gordon, Joan Camden, Richard Hale, Sandra Knight, Charles Macaulay, Justice Watson, Sarah Selby, Donald Losby, Sara Taft, Eugene Mazzola, Morris Ankrum, Paul Frees, Gene Roth, Jack Tornek.

On this day in music history - The Blues Is Life, by Victoria Spivey (1962):

The album The Blues Is Life,

by Victoria Spivey,

was recorded on October 18, 1962.

On this day in movie history - Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962):

Requiem for a Heavyweight

directed by Ralph Nelson,

written by Rod Serling,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1962.

A remake of the 1956 teleplay, directed by Ralph Nelson and written by Rod Serling.
Music by Laurence Rosenthal.

Cast:

Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Stanley Adams, Madame Spivy, Cassius Clay, Val Avery, Herbie Faye, Jack Dempsey, Haystack Calhoun.

Born on this day – Kelly Preston:

Kelly Preston

Actress

October 13, 1962 – July 12, 2020

Credits:

10 to Midnight (1983); 52 Pick-Up (1986); 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1996); A Tiger's Tale (1987); About 'Return to Sender' (2006); Addicted to Love (1997); Adopted (2013); AFI Life Achievement Award (1993–1995); Amazon Women on the Moon / Titan Man (1987); Bar Hopping (2000); Battlefield Earth (2000); Battlefield Earth: Evolution & Creation (2000); Biography (2003); Blue Thunder (1984); Broken Bridges (2006); Capitol (1982); Casino Jack (2010); Celebrity Page (2018); Cheyenne Warrior (1994); CHiPs (1983); Christine (1983); Citizen Ruth (1996); Corazón de... (2006); CSI: Cyber (2016); Curdled (1996); Daddy and Them (2001); Death Sentence (2007); Dissonance (2014); Double Cross (1994); E! Live from the Red Carpet (2008); Entertainment Tonight (2006–2018); ESPY Awards (2005); Eulogy (2004); Extra (2015–2018); Fat Actress (2005); Fear Factor (2001); For Love and Honor (1983–1984); For Love of the Game (1999); From Dusk Till Dawn (1996); From Paris with Love (2010); Good Morning America (2016–2018); Gotti (2018); Hannity & Colmes (2005); Hawaii Five-O (1980); Holy Man (1998); Inside Edition (1988); Intimate Portrait (1999); Jack Frost (1998); Jerry Maguire (1996); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004); Joey (2004); Junket Whore (1998); Kirstie Alley's Big Life (2010); Larry King Live (2009); Last Call with Carson Daly (2003); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2007); Late Show with David Letterman (1996–2005); Legends Ball (2006); Little Surprises (1996); Live with Kelly and Mark (2005–2018); Lone Star (1983); Love at Stake (1987); Love Is a Gun (1994); Mad TV (2003); Made in Hollywood (2009–2010); Maroon 5: She Will Be Loved (2004); Maury (1995–1998); Medium (2008); Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983); Mischief (1985); Moving Image Salutes John Travolta (2004); Mrs. Munck (1995); Mundo VIP (1999); Not Under My Roof (2001); Nothing to Lose (1997); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Off the Rails (2021); Old Dogs (2009); Only You (1992); Oscar's Red Carpet 2008 with Regis Philbin (2008); Quincy M.E. (1983); Return to Sender (2004); Revealed with Jules Asner (2003); Riptide (1984); Run (1991); Saturday Night Live 25 (1999); Secret Admirer (1985); Séries express (2009); Sky High (2005); Sky High: Alternate Opening (2005); Sky High: Breaking Down Walls: The Stunts of Sky High (2005); SpaceCamp (1986); Spellbinder (1988); Struck (2008); Suburban Shootout (2008); Tales from the Crypt (1990); The 16th Annual CableACE Awards (1995); The 20th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (1995); The 28th Annual American Music Awards (2003); The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995); The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999); The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995); The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (2016); The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 (2017); The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The 9th Annual TV Land Awards (2011); The American Clock (1993); The Cat in the Hat (2003); The CMT Music Awards 2006 (2006); The Conversation (2012); The Daily Show (2003); The Dave Thomas Comedy Show (1990); The Doctors (2012–2013); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2004); The Experts (1989); The Insider (2014–2016); The Last Song (2010); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2012); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Montel Williams Show (2003); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2003–2005); The Perfect Bride (1991); The Reichen Show (2006); The Renegades (1983); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997–2001); The Stafford Project (2013); The Tenth Circle (2008); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1996–2013); The View (2002–2018); The Young Hollywood Awards (2006); Today (2011); Twins (1988); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007); Very Important Pennis (1996); View from the Top (2003); Waiting to Exhale (1995); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2018); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2018); Welcome to Hollywood (1998); What a Girl Wants (2003); When I Was a Girl (2001).

On this day in movie history - The Longest Day (1962):

The Longest Day

directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki,

written by Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall and Jack Seddon,

based on the book by Cornelius Ryan,

was released in the United States on October 4, 1962.
Music by Maurice Jarre.

Cast:

Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Beymer, Hans Christian Blech, Bourvil, Richard Burton, Wolfgang Büttner, Red Buttons, Pauline Carton, Sean Connery, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Fred Dur, Fabian, Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Leo Genn, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Peter Helm, Werner Hinz, Donald Houston, Jeffrey Hunter, Karl John, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Fernand Ledoux, Christian Marquand, Dewey Martin, Roddy McDowall, Michael Medwin, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Richard Münch, Edmond O'Brien, Leslie Phillips, Wolfgang Preiss, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Georges Rivière, Norman Rossington, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, George Segal, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, Robert Wagner, Richard Wattis, Stuart Whitman, Georges Wilson, John Wayne.

Recommended reading - The Zebra-Striped Hearse (1962):

The Zebra-Striped Hearse

By Ross Macdonald.

First published in 1962.

Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0375701451

ISBN-13: 978-0375701450

“Ross Macdonald gives to the detective story that accent of class that the late Raymond Chandler did.” – Chicago Tribune.

Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on a rich man's suspicious soon-to-be son-in-law. But in no time at all Ross Macdonald’s private eye is following a trail of corpses from the citrus belt to Mazatlán. And then there is the zebra-striped hearse and its crew of beautiful, sunburned surfers, whose path seems to keep crossing the son-in-law's – and Archer's – in a powerful, fast-paced novel of murder on the California coast.

“A model of his excellence…. [The Zebra-Striped Hearse] has character, statement, and style.” – The New Yorker.

On this day in movie history - Smog (1962):

Smog,

directed by Franco Rossi,

written by Franco Brusati, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa and Ugo Guerra,

based on a story by Pier Maria Pasinetti, Franco Rossi and Gian Domenico Giagni,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy, on August 25, 1962.
Music by Piero Umiliani.

Cast:
Enrico Maria Salerno, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori, Susan Spafford, Isabella Albonico, Joan Houseman, Len Lesser, Howard Koch, Fred Catania, Max Showalter, Peter Opp, Graziella Granata, Loredana Nusciak, M. Brigham, Billie Scheibner, R.E. Brigham, Helen Pallack, Bernard Judge, Dennis Diggin, Peggy Moffitt, Suzanne Reynolds, Jerry Ray, John Phillip Law.

Born on this day – Andre Braugher:

Andre Braugher

Actor

Producer

July 1, 1962 – December 11, 2023

Credits:

The Good Fight (2022); She Said (2022); American Experience (1993–2022); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021); Spirit Untamed (2021); BoJack Horseman (2017); New Girl (2016); Emily & Tim (2015); Axe Cop (2015); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011–2015); The Gambler (2014); Last Resort (2012–2013); The Baytown Outlaws (2012); House (2009–2012); Men of a Certain Age (2009–2011); Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010); Salt (2010); Miami Medical (2010); Passengers (2008); The Andromeda Strain (2008); Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007); The Mist (2007); Live! (2007); Poseidon (2006); Thief (2006); The Jury (2004); Salem's Lot (2004); Hack (2002–2004); Soldier's Girl (2003); Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002); 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002); West Point: The First 200 Years (2002); American Masters (2002); One from the Heart (2001); Gideon's Crossing (2000–2001); The Practice (2001); Jackie Chan Adventures (2000–2001); A Better Way to Die (2000); Duets (2000); Frequency (2000); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Homicide: The Movie (2000); All the Rage (1999); Love Songs (1999); Passing Glory (1999); Thick as Thieves (1999); Louisville (1998); Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1998); City of Angels (1998); Get on the Bus (1996); Primal Fear (1996); Law & Order (1996); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); Striking Distance (1993); Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (1993); Class of '61 (1993); The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990); Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990); Kojak: None So Blind (1990); Murder in Mississippi (1990); Kojak: It's Always Something (1990); Kojak: Flowers for Matty (1990); Glory (1989); Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989); Kojak: Ariana (1989).

Born on this day – Marc Rocco:

Marc Rocco

Director

June 19, 1962 - May 1, 2009

Credits:

Take (2007); The Jacket (2005); Murder in the First (1995); Teresa's Tattoo (1994); Where the Day Takes You (1992); Dream a Little Dream (1989); Scenes from the Goldmine (1987); Water (1997); Wild Riders (1971).