On this day in movie history - Thunder Road (1958):

Thunder Road

directed by Arthur Ripley,

written by James Atlee Phillips and Walter Wise,

based on a story by Robert Mitchum,

was released in the United States on May 10, 1958.
Music by Jack Marshall.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith, Trevor Bardette, Sandra Knight, James Mitchum, Betsy Holt, Francis Koon, Randy Sparks, Mitchell Ryan, Peter Breck, Peter Hornsby, Jerry Hardin, Robert Porterfield, Charles Elledge, Charles Hendrix, Christopher Mitchum, Jack Perry, Dale Van Sickel.

Born on this day – Arthur Ripley:

Arthur Ripley

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January 12, 1897 – February 13, 1961

Credits:

A Celebrated Case (1914); A Hollywood Theme Song (1930); A Lady of Quality (1924); A Price for Folly (1915); A Wrestler's Bride (1933); A Yankee Doodle Duke (1926); All Night Long (1924); Am I Having Fun! (1936); Barnum Was Right (1929); Behind Prison Walls (1943); Blindness of Devotion (1915); Boobs in the Wood (1925); Captain of the Guard (1930); Caravan (1934); Cavalcade of America (1952–1954); Colt .45 (1959); Counsel on De Fence (1934); Courting Trouble (1932); Dance Hall Marge (1931); Dr. Rameau (1915); Edgar Hamlet (1935); Elmer Steps Out (1934); Fiddlesticks (1927); Gasoloons (1936); General Electric Theater (1953); Happy Tho' Married (1935); Heart Trouble (1928); Heart Trouble (1928); Hide-Out (1930); His Busted Trust (1916); His First Flame (1927); His Marriage Wow (1925); Hold 'er Sheriff (1931); Hold Your Temper (1943); Hooked at the Altar (1926); How to Behave (1936); How to Train a Dog (1936); Hypnotized (1932); I Met My Love Again (1938); In Conference (1931); In Love at 40 (1935); In the Dog House (1934); In-Laws Are Out (1934); Just a Bear (1931); Life's Darn Funny (1921); Long Pants (1927); Love on a Ladder (1934); Lucky Stars (1925); Monkey Business in Africa (1931); Plain Clothes (1925); Prisoner of Japan (1942); Remember When? (1925); Saturday Afternoon (1926); Scrappily Married (1940); Shannon of the Sixth (1914); Shivers (1934); Should a Mother Tell (1915); Siren of Atlantis (1949); Smith's Surprise (1927); Smith's Uncle (1926); Soldier Man (1926); South Seasickness (1935); Speed (1931); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958); The Bluffer (1930); The Bride's Mistake (1931); The Chase (1946); The Chaser (1928); The Christophers (1957); The College Vamp (1931); The Dog Doctor (1931); The Golf Specialist (1933); The Green-Eyed Monster (1916); The Jolly Jilter (1927); The Leather Necker (1935); The Pharmacist (1933); The Reel Virginian (1924); The Star and the Story (1955); The Strong Man (1926); The Third Generation (1920); The Wonderful Adventure (1915); Three Blonde Mice (1942); Three's a Crowd (1927); Thunder Road (1958); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926); Twincuplets (1940); Voice in the Wind (1944); Wandering Waistlines (1924); Waterfront (1939); Wedded Blitz (1942); Will Power (1936); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953).

On this day in movie history - The Chase (1946):

The Chase,

directed by Arthur Ripley,

written by Philip Yordan,

based on the novel The Black Path of Fear by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on November 17, 1946.
Music by Michel Michelet.

Cast:
Robert Cummings, Michèle Morgan, Steve Cochran, Lloyd Corrigan, Jack Holt, Peter Lorre, Don Wilson, Alexis Minotis, Nina Koshetz, Yolanda Lacca, James Westerfield, Jimmy Ames.