Recommended reading - The Chill (1963):

The Chill

By Ross Macdonald.

First published 1963.

Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679768076

ISBN-13: 978-0679768074

Description:

In The Chill a distraught young man hires Archer to track down his runaway bride. But no sooner has he found Dolly Kincaid than Archer finds himself entangled in two murders, one twenty years old, the other so recent that the blood is still wet. What ensues is a detective novel of nerve-racking suspense, desperately believable characters, and one of the most intricate plots ever spun by an American crime writer.

"The American private eye, immortalized by Hammett, refined by Chandler, brought to its zenith by MacDonald."

– The New York Times Book Review.

"The finest series of detective novels ever written by an American."

– The New York Times.

On this day in movie history - The Thrill of It All (1963):

The Thrill of It All,

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Carl Reiner,

based on a story by Larry Gelbart,

was released in the United States on July 17, 1963.
Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:
Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Reginald Owen, ZaSu Pitts, Elliott Reid, Alice Pearce, Kym Karath, Brian Nash, Lucy Landau, Paul Hartman, Burt Mustin, Carl Reiner.

On this day in movie history - The Great Escape (1963):

The Great Escape,

directed by John Sturges,

written by James Clavell and W. R. Burnett,

based on the book by Paul Brickhill,

was released in the United States on July 2, 1963.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton, Angus Lennie, Nigel Stock, Robert Graf, Jud Taylor, Hans Reiser, Harry Riebauer, William Russell, Robert Freitag, Ulrich Beiger, George Mikell, Lawrence Montaigne, Robert Desmond, Til Kiwe, Heinz Weiss, Tom Adams, Karl-Otto Alberty, Arthur Atkinson.

On this day in movie history - Donovan’s Reef (1963):

Donovan’s Reef,

directed by John Ford,

written by Frank S. Nugent and James Edward Grant,

based on a story by Edmund Beloin,

was released in the United States on June 12, 1963.

Music by Cyril Mockridge.

Cast:
John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden, Cesar Romero, Dick Foran, Dorothy Lamour, Marcel Dalio, Mike Mazurki, Jacqueline Malouf, Cherylene Lee, Jeffrey Byron, Edgar Buchanan, Jon Fong, John Alderson, Frank Baker, Clyde Cook, Carmen Estrabeau, Harold Fong, Dan Ford, H.W. Gim, Duke Green, Frank Hagney, Sam Harris, Tom Harris, Freda Jones, June Y. Kim, Richard Kipling, Carl M. Leviness, King Lockwood, Cliff Lyons, Mae Marsh, Michelle Mazurki, Midori, Ron Nyman, Yvonne Peattie, John Qualen, Branscombe Richmond, Chuck Roberson, Scott Seaton, Charles Seel, Leslie Sketchley, John Stafford, Sara Taft, Ralph Volkie, Aissa Wayne, Patrick Wayne, Lee Woodd.

On this day in movie history - The Terror (1963):

The Terror,

directed by Roger Corman, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Hale,

Monte Hellman, Jack Hill, Dennis Jakob and Jack Nicholson,

written by Leo Gordon, Jack Hill and Roger Corman,

was released in France on May 30, 1963.
Music by Ronald Stein.

Cast:
Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dick Miller, Dorothy Neumann, Jonathan Haze.