On this day in movie history - Them! (1954):

Them!

directed by Gordon Douglas,

written by Ted Sherdeman and Russell Hughes,

based on a story by George Worthing Yates,

was released in the United States on June 19, 1954.
Music by Bronislau Kaper.

Cast:

James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Onslow Stevens, Sean McClory, Chris Drake, Sandy Descher, Mary Alan Hokanson, Don Shelton, Fess Parker, Olin Howland, Leonard Nimoy, John Beradino, Willis Bouchey, Booth Colman, Richard Deacon, Lawrence Dobkin, Ann Doran, William Schallert, Douglas Spencer, Dub Taylor, Dorothy Green, Harry Wilson, Dick York, Jan Merlin, Walter Coy.

On this day in movie history - The Detective (1968):

The Detective

directed by Gordon Douglas,

written by Abby Mann,

based on the novel by Roderick Thorp,

was released in the United States on May 28, 1968.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman, Horace McMahon, Lloyd Bochner, William Windom, Tony Musante, Al Freeman Jr., Robert Duvall, Pat Henry, Patrick McVey, Dixie Marquis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Renée Taylor, Jim Inman, Tom Atkins, Jacqueline Bisset, Mikel Angel, Ted Beniades, Mark Dawson, James Dukas, Jan Farrand, Don Fellows, Tom Gorman, Sharon Henesy, Richard Krisher, Lou Krugman, Paul Larson, Alan Manson, Bette Midler, Earl Montgomery, Peg Murray, Lou Nelson, George Plimpton, Frank Raiter, Jilly Rizzo, Jose Rodriguez, Joe Santos, Diane Sayer, Arnold Soboloff, Philip Sterling, Stephen Wright, Peter York.

Born on this day – Gordon Douglas:

Gordon Douglas

Director

Actor

Writer

December 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993

On this day in movie history - Lady in Cement (1968):

Lady in Cement

directed by Gordon Douglas,

written by Marvin H. Albert and Jack Guss,

based on the novel by Marvin H. Albert,

was released in the United States on November 20, 1968.

Music by Hugo Montenegro.

Cast:

Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, Martin Gabel, Lainie Kazan, Pat Henry, Dan Blocker, Steve Peck, Virginia Wood, Richard Deacon, Frank Raiter, Peter Hock, Alex Stevens, Christine Todd, Mac Robbins, Tommy Uhlar, Rey Baumel, Pauly Dash, Andy Jarrell, Al Algiro, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Lanita Kent, Joe E. Lewis, Charlene Mathies, Shirley Parker, B.S. Pully, Jilly Rizzo, Chris Robinson, Coz Serrapere, Dick Sterling, Bunny Yeager.

On this day in movie history - Tony Rome (movie & novel):

Tony Rome

directed by Gordon Douglas,

written by Richard L. Breen,

based on the novel Miami Mayhem by Marvin Albert,

was released in the United States on November 10, 1967.

Music by Billy May.

Cast:

Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland, Jeffrey Lynn, Lloyd Bochner, Sue Lyon, Robert J. Wilke, Virginia Vincent, Joan Shawlee, Richard Krisher, Lloyd Gough, Babe Hart, Templeton Fox, Rocky Graziano, Elisabeth Fraser, Shecky Greene, Jeanne Cooper, Harry Davis, Stanley Ralph Ross, Rey Baumel, Sean Bersell, Tiffany Bolling, Linda Dano, Levi Forte, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Beau Jack, Deanna Lund, Norman Marlow, Jilly Rizzo, Michael Romanoff, Joe E. Ross, Carl Starling.

Recommended reading:

Miami Mayhem

By Marvin Albert.

Filmed as Tony Rome (1967), directed by Gordon Douglas.

Published 1960.

Published by Fawcett.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0449133869

ISBN-13: 978-0449133866

Description:

Miami. The city.

Rome. The man.

He’s a hard-living, hard-loving private detective, who’s been muscling through Miami’s vice longer than any punk in a baggy suit. He gets his fill of offers from women. But the brand of cruising he prefers is aboard his luxury power boat, the Straight Pass. The roads of pleasure and danger are many. But all the roads lead to Rome….

Filmed as "Tony Rome" in 1967. Then released as "Tony Rome"(1967) by the author based on the film script. It seemed a routine little job.... Just return a high-flying heiress to her worried papa. But some of a man's worst messes start out as routine little jobs. This one really hits the pedal, with a body on the floor of Tony's office, the head smashed by a bullet. The bait to catch the filler: a daisy-shaped, gold-and-diamond pin that couldn't bring enough to be worth anybody's trouble. Or worth murdering for...