On this day in movie history - Hustle (1975):

Hustle

directed by Robert Aldrich,

written by Steve Shagan,

was released in the United States on December 25, 1975.
Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson, Paul Winfield, Eileen Brennan, Eddie Albert, Ernest Borgnine, Colleen Brennan, Catherine Bach, Jack Carter, Robert Englund.

On this day in movie history - The Getaway (1972 movie & novel):

The Getaway

directed by Sam Peckinpah,

written by Walter Hill,

based on the novel by Jim Thompson,

was released in the United States on December 13, 1972.
Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens, Richard Bright, Jack Dodson, Dub Taylor, Bo Hopkins, Roy Jenson, John Bryson.

Recommended reading:

The Getaway

By Jim Thompson.

First published 1958.

Published by Mulholland Books.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0316403970

ISBN-13: 978-0316403979

Description:

Doc McCoy is the most skilled criminal alive. But when for the first time in Doc's long criminal career, his shot doesn't hit the mark, everything begins to fall apart. And Doc begins to realize that the perfect bank robbery isn't complete without the perfect getaway to back it up.

THE GETAWAY is the classic story of a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, where the smallest mistakes have catastrophic consequences, and shifting loyalties lead to betrayals and chaos. The basis for the classic Steve McQueen film of the same name, as well as a 1994 remake with Alec Baldwin, Thompson's novel set the bar for every heist story that followed - but as Thompson's proved time and again, nobody's ever done it better than the master.

On this day in movie history - Dillinger (1973):

Dillinger

directed and written by John Milius,

was released in the United States on June 19, 1973.
Song on opening credits: We’re in the Money, from Golddiggers of 1933.

Music by Barry De Vorzon.

Cast:

Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Geoffrey Lewis, John Ryan, Richard Dreyfuss, Steve Kanaly, John Martino, Roy Jenson, Read Morgan, Frank McRae, Ann Ault, David Dorr, Roland Bob Harris, George O. Heath, Tina Gae Johnson, Terry Leonard, Melvin Ray McGee, Phil Segura, Jerry Summers, Catherine Tambini.