Recommended reading – An Introduction to the Detective Story (1987):

An Introduction to the Detective Story

By Leroy Lad Panek.

Published by Popular Press 1.

First edition.

Published 1987.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0879723777

ISBN-13: 978-0879723774

Description:

This book is a no-apologies introduction to Detective Fiction. It's written in an aggressive, modern English well-suited to a genre which has traditionally broken ground in terms of aggressive writing, contemporary scenarios, and tough dialogue.

On this day in movie history - The Hidden (1987):

The Hidden

directed by Jack Sholder,

written by Bob Hunt,

was released in the United States on October 30, 1987.
Music by Michael Convertino.

Cast:

Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Clarence Felder, Clu Gulager, Ed O’Ross, William Boyett, Richard Brooks, Larry Cedar, Katherine Cannon, John McCann, Chris Mulkey, Lin Shaye, James Luisi, Frank Renzulli, Duane Davis, Kristen Clayton, Whitney Reis, Joey Sagal, Jeff Levine, Mark Morante, Jill Friedman, Rick Lieberman, Joseph Whipp, Donald Willis, Beau Gibson, Joe Perce, Jason Edwards, Joy N. Houck Jr., Mary Petrie, Joey Aresco, Judy Kerr, Luce Morgan, Richard B. Whitaker, Michael Yama, Charlene White, Marc Siegler, Jack McGee, Steve Eastin, Ted White, Loren Haynes, Rachel Todd, Buckley Norris, Lenna Robinson, Cate Caplin, Joe Gilbride, Deke Anderson, Wren T. Brown, Alan Marcus, Mark Phelan, Danny Trejo, Branscombe Richmond, Charles Edward Smith, Lew Hopson, Doug Collins, Bob K. Cummings, Alonzo Brown Jr., Rick Diamond, Charlie Skeen, Robert Brown, Chris Wentzel, Jake (the Dog), Kris Gilpin, Michael Joiner, Robert Shaye.

On this day in music history - Sirius, by Clannad (1987):

The album Sirius,

by Clannad,

was released on October 26, 1987.

On this day in movie history - No Man’s Land (1987):

No Man’s Land

directed by Peter Werner,

written by Dick Wolf,

was released in the United States on October 23, 1987.
Music by Basil Poledouris.

Cast:

Charlie Sheen, D. B. Sweeney, Randy Quaid, Lara Harris, Bill Duke, R.D. Call, Arlen Dean Snyder, M. Emmet Walsh, Al Shannon, Bernie Pock, Kenny Endoso, James F. Kelly, Lori Butler, Clare Wren, George Dzundza, Linda Carol, Danitza Kingsley, Peggy McCay, Linda Shayne, Robert Pierce, Claude Earl Jones, Jan Burrell, Channing Chase, Jessica Puscas, Molly Carter, Guy Boyd, Henry G. Sanders, Gary Riley, Jenny Gago, Scott Lincoln, Tom Santo, Michael Riley, Denis Hartigan, Brad Pitt.

On this day in movie history - Barfly (1987):

Barfly

directed by Barbet Schroeder

written by Charles Bukowski

was released in the United States on October 16, 1987.

Music by Jack Baran.

Cast:

Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone, Sandy Martin, Roberta Bassin, Gloria LeRoy, Joe Unger, Harry Cohn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Joe Rice, Julie ‘Sunny’ Pearson, Donald L. Norden, Wil Albert, Hal Shafer, Zeke Manners, Pearl Shear, Rik Colitti, Michael Collins, Ronald G. Joseph, Damon Hines, Lahmard J. Tate, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Peter Conti, Vance Colvig Jr., Stacey Pickren, Leonard Termo, Gary Cox, Fritz Feld, Albert Henderson, Sandy Rose, Madalyn Carol, George Marshall Ruge, Debby Lynn Ross, Charles Bukowski, John Forker.

Recommended reading - The Movie: "Barfly" (1987):

The Movie: "Barfly"

By Charles Bukowski.

Edited by Barbet Schroeder.

Published by Black Sparrow Press.

Published in 1987.

ISBN 10: 087685708X

ISBN 13: 9780876857083

Paperback.

Description:

The screenplay of the 1987 movie, directed by Barbet Schroeder.

On this day in movie history - Someone to Watch Over Me (1987):

Someone to Watch Over Me

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by Howard Franklin,

was released in the United States on October 9, 1987.
Music by Michael Kamen.

Cast:

Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach, John Rubinstein, Andreas Katsulas, Tony DiBenedetto, James E. Moriarty, Mark Moses, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Harley Cross, Joanne Baron, Anthony Bishop, David Berman, Sharon K. Brecke, Peter Carew, Christopher Cass, Jim Paul Eilers, Suzi Gilder, Mary Gillis, Billy Kane, Helen Lambros, Jack McGee, Meg Mundy, Jeff Nielsen, Harlan Cary Poe, Marilyn Rockafellow, Helen Tran, Harvey Vernon, Mark Voland, Anthony Caso, John Corbett, Jack Couch, Louis Durra, Joey Gironda, Timothy Klein, John Sobestanovich.

On this day in music history - Heaven on Earth, by Belinda Carlisle (1987):

The album Heaven on Earth,

by Belinda Carlisle,

was released on October 5, 1987.

On this day in movie history - Slam Dance (1987):

Slam Dance

directed by Wayne Wang,

written by Don Keith Opper,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1987.
Music by Mitchell Froom.

Cast:

Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Don Keith Opper, Adam Ant, Harry Dean Stanton, John Doe, Millie Perkins, Herta Ware, Judith Barsi, Robert Beltran, Rosalind Chao, Sasha Delgado, Joshua Caceras, Marty Levy, John Currie Slade, Julian Deyer, Dennis Hayden, Marc Anthony Thompson, Lin Shaye, Michael Ennis, Lisa Niemi, Jeris Poindexter, Christopher J. Keene, Laura Campbell, Philip Granger, John Fleck, Buckley Norris, Frazer Smith, Helen Kelly, Jackie Swanson, Jordana Toback.

On this day in television history - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 - 1994):

Star Trek: The Next Generation

created by Gene Roddenberry,

was released in the United States on September 26, 1987,

and ran for seven seasons until May 23, 1994.
Music by Alexander Courage and Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Diana Muldaur, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, John de Lancie, Whoopi Goldberg, Majel Barrett, Brian Bonsall, Rosalind Chao, Denise Crosby, John de Lancie, Jonathan Del Arco, Michelle Forbes, Whoopi Goldberg, Ashley Judd, Andreas Katsulas, Barbara March, Colm Meaney, Eric Menyuk, Lycia Naff, Natalia Nogulich, Robert O'Reilly, Suzie Plakson, Dwight Schultz, Carel Struycken, Tony Todd, Gwynyth Walsh, Patti Yasutake, Ken Thorley, Daniel Davis.

On this day in movie history - Best Seller (1987):

Best Seller

directed by John Flynn,

written by Larry Cohen,

was released in the United States on September 25, 1987.
Music by Jay Ferguson.

Cast:

James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant, Allison Balson, Paul Shenar, George Coe, Anne Pitoniak, Mary Carver, Sully Boyar, Kathleen Lloyd, Charles Tyner, E. Brian Dean, Jeffrey Josephson, Edward Blackoff, Branscombe Richmond, J.P. Bumstead, William Bronder, Jenny Gago, Michael Crabtree, Clare Fields, Claudia Stenke, David Byrd, Loyda Ramos, Obaka Adedunyo, Ted Markland, Phil Hoover, David Blackwood, David Ursin, Jay Ingram, Daniel Trent, Gary Kirk, Dean Abston, David S. Cass Sr., Bill R. Mitchell, John Howard Swain, Dennis Acree, Mark Venturini, Larry Holt, Jeff Ramsey, James Winburn, Peter Stader, Hank Stone, Brian Gaffikin, Michael White, Martin West, Wally Burr, Arlin Miller, Sands Hall, Sam Baldoni, Seymour Cassel, Sydney Urshan.

On this day in movie history - The Big Town (1987):

The Big Town

directed by Ben Bolt and Harold Becker,

written by Robert Roy Pool,

based on the novel The Arm by Clark Howard,

was released in the United States on September 25, 1987.
Music by Michael Melvoin and Frank Fitzpatrick.

Cast:

Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Lee Grant, Tom Skerritt, Suzy Amis, David Marshall Grant, Don Francks, Del Close, Meg Hogarth, Cherry Jones, Alvaro D'Antonio, David James Elliott, Steve Yorke, Chris Owens, Sean McCann, Kevin Fox, Marc Strange, Don Lake, Angelo Rizacos, Chris Benson, Gary Farmer, Diego Matamoros, Sarah Polley, Kirsten Bishop, Kenneth McGregor, Viki Matthews, Cherie McGroarty, Sandy Czapiewski, Marie Siebert, Julie Conte, A.C. Peterson, Sam Malkin, Robert Morelli, Layne Coleman, Lolita Davidovich, William Colgate, William Forrest MacDonald, Len Doncheff, Michael Caruana, Richard Comar, Lubomir Mykytiuk, Robert Ramsay Collins, Errol Slue, Gerry Pearson, Hugo Dann, John Evans, J. Winston Carroll, Diane Gordon, David Berni, Robert Mavor, Robert Minkoff.

On this day in movie history - The Big Easy (1987):

The Big Easy,

directed by Jim McBride,

written by Daniel Petrie, Jr.,

was released in the United States on August 21, 1987.
Music by Brad Fiedel.

Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, John Goodman, Lisa Jane Persky, Ebbe Roe Smith, Tom O'Brien, Charles Ludlam, Grace Zabriskie, Marc Lawrence, Solomon Burke, Gailard Sartain, Jim Chimento, Edward Saint Pe, Robert Lesser, Cheryl Starbuck, Margie O'Dair, Arden Lo, Rickey Pierre, Nick Krieger, Gary Anthony Sturgis, Byron Nora, Archie Sampier, Jeff Hollis, Joy N. Houck Jr., Steve Broussard, Eliott Keener, August Krinke, John Schluter, Zephirin Hymel IV, Jack Harris, George Dureau, Patrick Frederic, Lane Trippe, Nik Hagler, Don Lutenbacher, Carol Sutton, Peter Gabb, Jim Garrison, Dave Petitjean, Buddy Quaid, Dennis Curren, Rico Wheat, Robert Kearney, Joe Catalanotto, Terrance Simien, Gene Chambers, Popp Esprite, Earl Sally, Rudy Chambers, Phillip V. Caruso, Duane Delco.

On this day in music history - Diesel and Dust, by Midnight Oil (1987):

The album Diesel and Dust,

by Midnight Oil,

was released on August 2, 1987.