On this day in movie history - Criss Cross (1949):

Criss Cross

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Daniel Fuchs,

based on the novel by Don Tracy,

was released in the United States on January 19, 1949.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Esy Morales, Tom Pedi, Percy Helton, Alan Napier, Griff Barnett, Meg Randall, Richard Long, Joan Miller, Edna Holland, John Doucette, Marc Krah, James O'Rear, John 'Skins' Miller, Jean Bane, Ralph Brooks, Dolores Castle, Michael Cisney, Corky (the Dog), Tony Curtis, Gene Evans, Sam Finn, Lee Tong Foo, Timmy Hawkins, Geraldine Jordan, George Lynn, Robert Osterloh, Garry Owen, Kenneth Patterson, Jose Portugal, Isabel Randolph, Suzanne Ridgway, Beatrice Roberts, Stephen Roberts, John Roy, Vito Scotti, Ann Staunton, Diane Stewart, Kippee Valez, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Winkler, Bud Wolfe.

Born on this day – Burt Lancaster:

Burt Lancaster

Actor

Producer

November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994

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

The Killers,

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Anthony Veiller, John Huston and Richard Brooks,

based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on August 30, 1946.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:
Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett, Virginia Christine, Jack Lambert, Charles D. Brown, Donald MacBride, Charles McGraw, William Conrad, Ernie Adams, Audley Anderson, George Anderson, Sam Ash, Frank Baker, Brooks Benedict, John Berkes, Edward Biby, Harry Brown, Phil Brown, Jack Cheatham, James Conaty, Jeff Corey, Gino Corrado, Noel Cravat, Oliver Cross, Rex Dale, Neal Dodd, Mike Donovan, Howard Freeman, Dick Gordon, Robert Haines, Michael Hale, Sam Harris, Harry Hayden, Mark Hellinger, Al Hill, George Hoagland, Jimmie Horan, Geoffrey Ingham, Kenner G. Kemp, Paul Kruger, Ethan Laidlaw, Mike Lally, Perc Launders, Nolan Leary, Vera Lewis, Jack Lomas, Therese Lyon, Frank McLure, Charles Middleton, John Miljan, Howard Negley, Garry Owen, Barbara ‘Red’ Powers, Beatrice Roberts, Wally Rose, William Ruhl, Wallace Scott, John Sheehan, Queenie Smith, Ann Staunton, Jack Tornek, John Trebach, Bill Walker, Milton Wallace, Gabrielle Windsor, Florence Wix.

On this day in movie history - Sweet Smell of Success (1957):

Sweet Smell of Success,

directed by Alexander Mackendrick,

written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman and Alexander Mackendrick,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1957.
Based on the novelette Tell Me About It Tomorrow! by Ernest Lehman, originally published in Cosmopolitan (1950).
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:
Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Joe Frisco, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater, David White, Chico Hamilton, Fred Katz.