On this day in movie history - For a Few Dollars More (1965):

For a Few Dollars More

directed by Sergio Leone,

written by Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone and Sergio Donati,

based on a story by Sergio Leone and Fulvio Morsella,

was released in Italy on December 18, 1965.
Music by Ennio Morricone.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Mario Brega, Mara Krupp, Luigi Pistilli, Aldo Sambrell, Klaus Kinski, Benito Stefanelli, Panos Papadopoulos, Robert Camardiel, Josef Egger, Antoñito Ruiz, Tomas Blanco, Lorenzo Robledo, Dante Maggio, Werner Abrolat, Frank Braña, José Canalejas, Rosemary Dexter, Fernando Di Leo, Jesús Guzmán, Peter Lee Lawrence, Sergio Leone, Antonio Molino Rojo, Ricardo Palacios, Carlo Simi.

Born on this day – Béatrice Macola:

Béatrice Macola

Actress

December 2, 1965 – December 13, 2001

Credits:

Spider's Game (2001); Hostage (1999); La fame e la sete (1999); La strategia della maschera (1998); Buck and the Magic Bracelet (1998); Oh mamma! (1997); Corti stellari (1997); La primavera negli occhi (1994); Cari fottutissimi amici (1994); Lo sconosciuto (1993); Schindler's List (1993); La piovra (1992); Das tätowierte Herz (1991); C'est quoi ce petit boulot? (1991); Dr. M (1990); Sindrome veneziana (1989); Quando ancora non c'erano i Beatles (1988); Mak P 100 (1988).

Born on this day – Daniel Zirilli:

Daniel Zirilli

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

November 13, 1965 – April 28, 2024

Credits:

15 to Life (2002); 20 Fingers Feat. Gillette: Short Dick Man (1995); A Stranger in Paradise (2013); Acceleration (2019); Aces (2006); Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession (2015); Bangkok Rush (2016); Beatdown (2010); Ben Ramsey's iNTERFACE (2019); Black Beauty (2015); Black Spring Break 2: The Sequel (2001); Black Spring Break: The Movie (1998); Black Warrant (2022); Blood of Redemption (2013); Border Warz (2004); Breakout (2016); Catch .44 (2011); Choices 2 (2004); Circle of Pain (2010); Clash (2006); CrossBones (2005); Crossing Point (2016); Curse of Alcatraz (2007); Devil's Knight (2003); Domino: Getto Jam (1994); Dvbbs & CMC$ feat. Gia Koka: Not Going Home (2017); End of a Gun (2016); Fast Girl (2008); For Ed Ricketts (2018); Guilty by Association (2003); Haphazard (2019); Hellhound (2024); Holiday Boyfriend (2023); Hollow Point (2019); Hot Parts (2003); House of the Rising Sun (2011); I Must Break This Podcast (2019); Invincible (2020); Isolation (2015); It's So Easy and Other Lies (2015); Larceny (2017); Latin Kingz (2003); Legendz of Rap (2005); Lizzy Borden: We Got the Power (1989); Locked Down (2010); Montell Jordan Feat. Redman: Somethin' 4 da Honeyz (Remix) (1995); Montell Jordan: Daddy's Home (1995); Nemesis (2021); Phoenix (2023); Pit Boss (2010–2012); Rap Soul of the Streets (1996); Renegades (2022); Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge (1995); Ron Hopper's Misfortune (2020); Scarface: Greatest Hits on DVD (2003); Scorched Earth (2018); Shark Lake (2015); Skee-Lo: I Wish (1995); Smokin' Stogies (2001); Suga: What's Up Star? (1995); Tha' Crib (2004); Tha Eastsidaz (2000); The Asian Connection (2016); The Best Man (2023); The Champagne Gang (2006); The Gene Generation (2007); The Grapes of Wrath: We Shall Overcome (2015); The Guest List (2022); The Lazarus Papers (2010); The Legend of Diablo (2003); The Package (2012); The Stonecutter (2007); The Sweep (2008); The Tell-Tale Heart (2016); Three (2024); Vengeance (2004); Voodoo Tailz (2002); Winner Takes All (1998); Wrong Casa (2003).

Born on this day – Ralph Eggleston:

Ralph Eggleston

Animator

Art director

Storyboard artist

Production designer

October 18, 1965 – August 28, 2022

Born on this day – Chris Penn:

Chris Penn

Actor

October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006

Credits:

13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); AFP: American Fighter Pilot (2002); After the Sunset (2004); Aftermath (2013); All the Right Moves (1983); American Pie: Beneath the Crust Vol. 2 (2003); At Close Range (1986); Beethoven's 2nd (1993); Best of Chris Isaak / Segment: Somebody's Crying (2006); Best of the Best (1989); Best of the Best II (1993); Blvd. of Broken Dreams (2007); Bread and Roses (2000); Cannes Man (1996); CBS Cares (2000–2015); Cement (2000); Charlie and the Talking Buzzard (1979); Chicago Hope (1995); Chris Isaak: Somebody's Crying (1995); Close Up (1999); Corazón de... (2006); Corky Romano (2001); CSI: Miami (2003); Dead Man's Walk (1996); Deceiver (1997); E! True Hollywood Story (2010); Empire of the Censors (1995); Entourage (2005); Everwood (2005); Faerie Tale Theatre (1987); Family Attraction (1998); Fist of the North Star (1995); Flagpole Special (1998); Footloose (1984); Footloose: A Modern Musical (2004); From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interview with Sarah Jessica Parker (2011); Future Kick (1991); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004); Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021); Holly (2006); Hollywood Lives (2009); Imaginary Crimes (1994); Jay-Z Feat. Ja Rule & Amil: Can I Get A... (1998); Josh and S.A.M. (1993); Juarez: Stages of Fear (2006); Jump! (2007); Kenny Loggins: Footloose (Version 2) (1984); King of Sorrow (2007); Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2001); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–1996); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005); Le Hard Corner (2018); Leather Jackets (1991); Let's Dance! Kevin Bacon on 'Footloose' (2011); Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993); Made in U.S.A. (1987); Madonna: Live to Tell (1986); Magnum, P.I. (1982); 'Masked & Anonymous' Exposed (2003); Masked and Anonymous (2003); Mobsters (1991); Moviewatch (1993); Mr. Devon Sawa (Aka Scott from Now and Then) (2006); Mulholland Falls (1996); Murder by Numbers (2002); Nobody's Heroes (1983); North Beach and Rawhide (1985); On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005); One Tough Cop (1998); Pale Rider (1985); Papertrail (1998); Redemption (2002); Remembering Willard (2011); Reservoir Dogs (1992); Reservoir Dogs: Deleted Scenes (1992); Reservoir Dogs: Original Interviews (2002); Return from the River Kwai (1989); Revealed with Jules Asner (2002); Rumble Fish (1983); Rush Hour (1998); Rush Hour 3 (2007); Sacred Cargo (1995); Shelter Island (2003); Short Cuts (1993); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Staunch T.V. (2018–2023); Stealing Harvard (2002); The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006); The Boys Club (1996); The Boys Club: Placebo - The Bitter End (2010); The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (2003); The Contender (2005); The Darwin Awards (2006); The Florentine (1999); The Funeral (1996); The Last Sentinel (2007); The Music of Chance (1993); The Pickle (1993); The Wild Life (1984); The Young Riders (1990); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); True Romance (1993); Under the Hula Moon (1995); VH1 Goes Inside (2004); Vice (2008); Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (1994); Will & Grace (2003).

Recommended reading - The Magician's Wife (1965):

The Magician's Wife (1965).

By James M. Cain.

Published by Carnegie Mellon University Press.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0887480187

ISBN-13: 978-0887480188

Description:

In The Magician’s Wife, Cain returns to his classic themes of lust and greed. Clay Lockwood, a business executive, falls in love with the irresistible Sally Alexis, wife of a professional magician. Their story is one of the inexorable process of “wishes coming true” – the realization of which was always, for Cain, “a terrifying concept.”

James M. Cain was born in Annapolis in 1892. He lived and worked in Hollywood for seventeen years, and spent the last years of his life in Hyattsville, Maryland. His work, especially the best-sellers The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and The Butterfly, is known to millions in this country and abroad.

Born on this day – Pamela Gidley:

Pamela Gidley

Actress

Director

Writer

July 11, 1965 – April 16, 2018

Credits:

Aberration (1997); Angel Street (1992 / 1993); Bad Love (1992); Blue Bayou (1990); Bombshell (1997); Cake Boy (2005); Celebrity Page (2018); Cherry 2000 (1987); Crime Story (1987); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2002); Disturbed (1990); Dudes (1987); Freefall (1994); Glory Days (1988); Goodbye, Casanova (2000); Highway to Hell (1991); I Just Forgot (2004); Kiss & Tell (1997); Landspeed (2002); Liar's Poker (1999); Liebestraum (1991); Luster (2002); MacGyver (1986); Mafia! (1998); Man Made (1998); Moving Through Time: Fire Walk with Me Memories (2014); Paper Hearts (1993); Permanent Record (1988); Puzzled (2001); S.F.W. (1994); Scratch the Surface (1997); Skin (2003–2005); Strange Luck (1995–1996); The Blue Iguana (1988); The Closer (2006); The Crew (1994); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Little Death (1996); The Little Vampire (2000); The Maze (1997); The Pretender (1997–2000); The Treat (1998); Thrashin' (1986); Tour of Duty (1987–1988); True Blue (2001); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014).

On this day in movie history - Mirage (1965):

Mirage,

directed by Edward Dmytryk,

written by Peter Stone,

based on the novel Fallen Angel by Walter Ericson,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1965.
Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:
Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Weston, Leif Erickson, Walter Abel, George Kennedy, Robert H. Harris, Anne Seymour, House B. Jameson, Hari Rhodes, Syl Lamont, Eileen Baral, Neil Fitzgerald, Franklin Cover.

On this day in movie history - The Sons of Katie Elder (1965):

The Sons of Katie Elder,

directed by Henry Hathaway,

written by William H. Wright, Allan Weiss and Harry Essex,

based on a story by Talbot Jennings,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1965.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:
John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer, Michael Anderson Jr., Earl Holliman, Jeremy Slate, James Gregory, Paul Fix, George Kennedy, Dennis Hopper, Sheldon Allman, John Litel, John Doucette, James Westerfield, Rhys Williams, John Qualen, Rodolfo Acosta, Strother Martin, Percy Helton, Karl Swenson.

On this day in movie history - Young Dillinger (1965):

Young Dillinger,

directed by Terry O. Morse,

written by Arthur Hoerl and Donald Zimbalist,

based on a story by Donald Zimbalist,

was released in the United States on April 28, 1965.
Music by Shorty Rogers.

Cast:
Nick Adams, Robert Conrad, John Ashley, Dan Terranova, Mary Ann Mobley, Victor Buono, John Hoyt, Anthony Caruso, Reed Hadley, Art Baker, Emile Meyer, Robert Osterloh, Gene Roth, Frank Gerstle, Wally Rose, Walter Sande, Joy Harmon, Beverly Powers, Robin Raymond, Michael Masters, Sol Gorss, Ted Knight, Harvey Gardner, Ayllene Gibbons, Helen Day Stephens, Charles Sloan, Fred Aldrich, Eddy Chandler, Paul Genge, Bert Stevens.

On this day in movie history - The Pawnbroker (1964):

The Pawnbroker,

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin,

based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant,

was released in the United States on April 20, 1965.
Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:
Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez, Thelma Oliver, Eusebia Cosme, Marketa Kimbrell, Baruch Lumet, Juano Hernández, Linda Geiser, Nancy R. Pollock, Raymond St. Jacques, Charles Dierkop, John McCurry, Warren Finnerty, Jack Ader, Marianne Kanter, Ed Morehouse, Marc Alexander, Donny Burks, Robert Dahdah, Morgan Freeman, Hilda Haynes, E.M. Margolese, Donnie Melvin, Donnell O'Brien, Reni Santoni, Bill Steele.

Born on this day – Brandon Lee:

Brandon Lee

Actor

Martial artist

February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993

On this day in movie history - Do Not Disturb (1965):

Do Not Disturb,

directed by Ralph Levy and George Marshall,

written by Richard L. Breen and Milt Rosen,

based on the play Some Other Love by William Fairchild,

was released in the United States on December 22, 1965.
Music by Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage.

Cast:
Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Hermione Baddeley, Sergio Fantoni, Reginald Gardiner, Maura McGiveney, Aram Katcher, Leon Askin, Lisa Perav, Michael Romanoff, Albert Carrier, Barbara Morrison, Dick Winslow, Raquel Welch, Britt Ekland.