On this day in movie history - The Big Heat (movie & novel):

The Big Heat

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Sydney Boehm,

based on the novel by William P. McGivern,

and the serial that ran in the Saturday Evening Post,

was released in the United States on October 14, 1953.
Music by Henry Vars.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, Dorothy Green.

Recommended reading:

The Big Heat

By William P. McGivern.

First published 1953.

Published by Ibooks.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0743452704

ISBN-13: 978-0743452700

Description:

A tough suspense novel of hero cops, cool killers and hot broads...

“A powerful story, powerfully told.” – New York Times.

MURDER WAS IN THE AIR. A COP HAD KILLED HIMSELF, AND EVERY CROOK IN TOWN KNEW THAT WOULD BE SURE TO BRING ON THE BIG HEAT. It started almost innocently when a cop committed suicide – worry over ill health, said his wife. Detective Dave Bannion wasn’t so sure, but when he started digging, he was told to lay off – fast! Instead, he turned in his badge and started stalking the city streets and bars in search of the truth where he uncovers a red-hot story of murder and corruption that would blow Philadelphia’s underworld sky high. Bannion was big, strong, and angry enough to kill, but he was only one honest man in a city full of mobsters and crooked cops. The big heat was on.

On this day in movie history - Human Desire (1954):

Human Desire

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Alfred Hayes,

based on the novel La Bête humaine by Émile Zola,

was released in the United States on August 6, 1954.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Case, Peggy Maley, Diane DeLaire, Grandon Rhodes, Benjie Bancroft, Paul Brinegar, Minta Durfee, Jean Engstrom, Victor Hugo Greene, Don C. Harvey, Carl Lee, John Maxwell, John Pickard, Dan Riss, Scott Seaton, Allen D. Sewall, Dan Seymour, Olan Soule, Hal Taggart, John Zaremba.

On this day in movie history - Framed (1947):

Framed

directed by Richard Wallace,

written by Ben Maddow,

based on a story by John Patrick,

was released in the United States on May 25, 1947.
Music by Marlin Skiles.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan, Karen Morley, Jim Bannon, Stanley Andrews, Walter Baldwin, Jack Baxley, Eugene Borden, Al Bridge, Paul E. Burns, Charles Cane, David Fresco, Nacho Galindo, Martin Garralaga, Fred Graff, Robert Kellard, Philip Kieffer, Kenneth MacDonald, Cy Malis, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Gene Roth, Mabel Smaney, Art Smith, Harry Strang, William Stubbs, Sid Tomack, Michael Towne, Lillian Wells, Cecil Weston, Crane Whitley, Mel Wixon, Barbara Wooddell.

Born on this day – Glenn Ford:

Glenn Ford

Actor

May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006

On this day in movie history - Gilda (1946):

Gilda

directed by Charles Vidor,

written by Jo Eisinger, Marion Parsonnet and Ben Hecht,

based on a story by E.A. Ellington,

was released in the United States on April 25, 1946.
Music by M. W. Stoloff and Marlin Skiles.

Cast:

Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steven Geray, Joe Sawyer, Gerald Mohr, Mark Roberts, Ludwig Donath, Don Douglas, Julio Abadía, Enrique Acosta, Ed Agresti, Sam Appel, Sam Ash, Nina Bara, Edward Biby, Robert Board, Symona Boniface, Eugene Borden, Paul Bradley, Argentina Brunetti, Jack Chefe, Eduardo Ciannelli, James Conaty, Jean De Briac, Jerry De Castro, Leander De Cordova, Sayre Dearing, Jack Del Rio, Jean Del Val, Carli Elinor, Fernanda Eliscu, Herbert Evans, Nobel G. Evey, Sam Flint, Bess Flowers, Curt Furberg, Kay Garrett, Fred Godoy, Paul Gustine, Robert Haines, Sam Harris, Lew Harvey, Ed Haskett, Ted Hecht, Ernest Hilliard, Stuart Holmes, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., George Humbert, Robert Kellard, Kenner G. Kemp, Frank Leigh, George J. Lewis, Frank Leyva, Max Linder, Oscar Loraine, Wilbur Mack, Herman Marks, Alphonse Martell, Saul Martell, Frank Mayo, John Merton, Harold Miller, Ramon Munox, Forbes Murray, Ralph Navarro, J.W. Noon, Alfred Paix, Lou Palfy, Joe Palma, Albert Petit, Alexander Pollard, Albert Pollet, Soretta Raye, Paul Regas, Rosa Rey, Suzanne Ridgway, Ruth Roman, Clark Ross, Lionel Royce, Cosmo Sardo, Jeffrey Sayre, Leonardo Scavino, William Smith.

On this day in movie history - The Green Glove (1952):

The Green Glove

aka The White Road,

directed by Jack Smight,

written by Charles Bennett,

based on a story by Charles Bennett,

was released in the United States on February 28, 1952.
Narrated by John Dehner.
Music by Joseph Kosma.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Geraldine Brooks, Cedric Hardwicke, George Macready, Gaby André, Jany Holt, Roger Tréville, Juliette Gréco, Georges Tabet, Meg Lemonnier, Paul Bonifas, Jean Bretonnière, Edmond Ardisson, Maurice Bénard, Daniel Cauchy, Jacques Clancy, John Dehner, Guy Henry, Roger Legris, Frédéric O'Brady, Michel Seldow.