On this day in movie history - Wolfen (1981):

Wolfen

directed by Michael Wadleigh,

written by David M. Eyre, Jr., Michael Wadleigh and Eric Roth,

based on the novel The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber,

was released in the United States on July 24, 1981.
Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan, Dick O'Neill, Dehl Berti, Peter Michael Goetz, Sam Gray, Ralph Bell, Max M. Brown, Anne Marie Pohtamo, Sarah Felder, Reginald VelJohnson, James Tolkan, John McCurry, Chris Manor, Donald Symington, Jeffery Ware, E. Brian Dean, Jeffery V. Thompson, Victor Arnold, Frank Adonis, Richard Minchenberg, Raymond Serra, Thomas Ryan, Tony Latham, David Connell, Jery Hewitt, Roy Brocksmith, Michael Wadleigh, Joaquin Rainbow, John Ferraro, Rino Thunder, Glenn Benoit, Eddy Navas, Ricky Hawkeye, Pete Dyer, Paul Skyhorse, Gordon Eagle, Javier First-Day-Of-Light, George Stonefish, Julie Evening, Jane Lind, Annie Gagen, Max Goff, Cullen Johnson, Robert L. King, Robert Moberly, Caitlin O'Heaney, Tony Stratta, William Sheridan, Linda Gary, Charles Howerton, Burr DeBenning, Corey Burton, Patricia Parris, Andre Stojka, Dan Sturkie, Mel Welles, Diane Bivens, Robert Dahdah, Daniel D. Halleck, Angel Ramirez Jr., Tom Waits.

On this day in movie history – Hustling (1975 movie & book):

Hustling

directed by Joseph Sargent,

written by Fay Kanin,

based on the 1971 series Redpants and Sugarman, published in New York Magazine, and the book by Gail Sheehy,

was released in the United States on February 22, 1975.
Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

Lee Remick, Monte Markham, Jill Clayburgh, Alex Rocco, Melanie Mayron, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Dick O'Neill, Burt Young, Paul Benedict, John Sylvester White, Allan Miller, Burke Byrnes, James Andronica, Howard Hesseman, Clifford A. Pellow, Stephen Nathan, Alex Colon, Richard Keith, Lisa Daniels, Bernie McInerney, Edward Colmans, Kathryn Janssen, Bruce Kirby, Lauren Simon, Tim Thomerson, Garry Walberg, Buck Young.

Recommended reading:

Hustling

By Gail Sheehy.

Filmed as Hustling (1975), directed by Joseph Sargent.

Mass Market Paperback.

Published by Dell.

First published 1974.

ISBN 13: 9780440138006

ISBN 10: 0440138000

ASIN: 0440138000

Description:

Hustling. Hell’s bedrooms. The blindingly real inside story of the netherworld of prostitution, the whole sordid subculture of brutal pimps, Mafia businessmen, profit-mad landlords, venal lawyers – and the women, from ghettos and suburbs, who sell their bodies on the street, at cheap hotels and expensive brothels, in the tawdry whirl of the world’s oldest profession.

“It took guts to write this book … there is a street toughness to the writing that is gripping.” – Newsday.

“A kind of Times Square peep show tour …” – Washington Post.

“realistic … brings the world of the prostitute to life, real life.” – Sacramento Bee.