On this day in movie history - Astronaut (2019):

Astronaut

directed by Shelagh McLeod,

written by Shelagh McLeod, Carolyn Saunders and Maureen Dorey,

was released in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2019.
Music by Virginia Kilbertus.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Lyriq Bent, Krista Bridges, Colm Feore, Richie Lawrence, Art Hindle, Graham Greene, Judy Marshak, Jennifer Phipps, Joan Gregson, Karen LeBlanc, Paulino Nunes, Mimi Kuzyk, Mike Taylor, Colin Mochrie, Jeff Douglas, Rhona Shekter, Anthony Bekenn, Maria Ricossa, Jason Burke, Alex Hatz, Peter Valdron, Sandra Beech, Jonathan Walton, Lori Hallier, Ryan LaPlante, Rosemary Dunmore, Chris Gleason, Shelagh McLeod, Joanna O’Malley, Brendan Stevenson, Casie Stewart.

Born on this day – Graham Greene:

Graham Greene

Actor

Writer

Producer

June 22, 1952 – September 1, 2025

Credits:

1883 (2022); 2004 Gemini Awards (2004); 500 Nations (1995); 9B (1988); A Beachcombers Christmas (2004); A Dark Foe (2020); A Life Connected (2025); A Lobster Tale (2006); A Thief of Time (2003); Adderly (1986); Afterwards (2025); All Hat (2007); Amend: The Fight for America (2021); American Gods (2021); Antlers (2021); As You Like It (2019); Astronaut (2019); Atlantic Rim (2013); Bad Money (1999); Behind the Scenes: Die Hard - With a Vengeance (1995); Bei Shao lin (1976); Being Erica (2010–2011); Benefit of the Doubt (1993); Beyond the Barbed Wire (1998); Big Spender (2003); Big Wolf on Campus (2000); Blue Ridge (2020); Bones of Crows: The Series (2023); Bonnie (2022); Brave (2025); Breakfast with Scot (2007); Buffalo Dreams (2005); Camilla (1994); Canada: A People's History (2000–2001); Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987); Casino Jack (2010); Caution: May Contain Nuts (2012); CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival (2005); Celebrating Greatness: Canada's Walk of Fame Special (2021); Christmas in the Clouds (2001); Chroma (2017); Circle of Life (2015); Clearcut (1991); Cooperstown (1993); Corner Gas: The Movie (2014); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000–2001); Coyote Waits (2003); Dances with Wolves (1990); Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (2003); Dead Innocent (1997); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Declaration of Independence (2003); Defiance (2013–2015); Defining Moments (2021); Desire (2000); Die Hard 3: Bruce Willis Interview (1995); Die Hard 3: Villains with a Vengeance (1995); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); Dream Makers (2006); Dreamcatcher Bios (2018); Duct Tape Forever (2002); Earth and the American Dream (1992); Echo (2023–2024); Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997–2001); Family Tree (2013); First Nation Blue (1996); First Wave (1999); Freedom: A History of US (2003); From Above (2013); Goliath (2019); Great Drives (1996); Grey Owl (1999); Gunless (2010); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995); HBO First Look (1995); Heart of the Sun (1998); Heritage Minutes (1995); Huck and the King of Hearts (1994); Ice Fall (2025); In the Echo (2002); Independence Day 2001 (2001); Into the West (2005); Jake and the Kid (1995); Javelins of Light (2025); Just Buried (2007); King Ivory (2024); L.A. Law (1991); Laws of Man (2024); Liberty Street (1995); Lily's Sacred Journey (2025); Living in Your Car (2010); Loch Ness Monster of Seattle (2022); LOL: Last One Laughing Canada (2022); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994); Longmire (2014–2017); Lost and Delirious (2001); Luna: Spirit of the Whale (2007); Magic Hour: Lost in the Barrens (1990); Maïna (2013); Man on the Train (2011); Marvel Studios: Assembled (2024); Maverick (1994); Medicine River (1993); Misery Harbour (1999); Mister Sterling (2003); Molly's Game (2017); Mosaic of Diversity: Olympic National Park (2004); Mount Royal (1988); Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (2023); Murder Sees the Light (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1992–1994); National Memorial Day Concert (2018–2020); No Reservation Required. The Life and Times of Graham Greene (2025); North (1994); North of 60 (1993); Northbound (2025); Northern Exposure (1992–1993); Numb3rs (2005); Out of the Darkness (2016); Paige Darcy: Reluctant Detective (2025); Phil the Alien (2004); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1997); Powwow Highway (1989); Project Blue Book (2019); Protectors of the Land (2025); PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1998); Punch & Judy (2002); Rain Without Thunder (1992); Read All About It! (1981); Red Dead Redemption II (2018); Reel Injun (2009); Reservation Dogs (2023); Revolution (1985); Riverdale (2018); Rocket Science (2002–2003); Royal Canadian Air Farce (1994–2001); Rugged Gold (1994); Running Brave (1983); Running Mates (2011); Sabotage (1996); Safe Harbor (1999); Savage Land (1994); Science Highway (2001); Seattle's Loch Ness: The Lake Washington Sea Monster (2012); Seeds (2024); Shadow Lake (1999); Shadow Wolves (2019); Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003); Shattered Image (1998); Shooting Gunless (2010); Skins (2002); Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries (2002); Slings and Arrows (2005); Snow Dogs (2002); Song of Hiawatha (1997); Spirit Bay (1984–1987); Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story (2005); Spirit Rider (1993); Squealer (2023); Standing on Sacred Ground: Fire and Ice / Islands of Sanctuary / Pilgrims and Tourists / Profit and Loss (2013); Stranger in Town (1998); Street Legal (1987); Sweet Summer Pow Wow (2025); Tajný agent (1974); Tales of an Urban Indian (2009); Tar (2020); Te Ata (2016); Terminal City (1998); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (1994–1997); The Being Frank Show (2010–2012); The Bird Men (2013); The Birds Who Fear Death (2024); The Broken Chain (1993); The Campbells (1986–1988); The Collector (2005); The Detour (2018); The Education of Little Tree (1997); The Frog Who Can't Ribbit (2023); The Great Detective (1979); The Great Salish Heist (2024); The Green Mile (1999); The Herd (1998); The Highest Step in the World (2002); The Hired Heart (1997); The Home Show (1992); The Last of His Tribe (1992); The Last of Us (2023); The Legend of Secret Pass (2010); The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990); The Making of 'Die Hard 3' (1995); The New Beachcombers (2002); The Outer Limits (1996); The Pathfinder (1996); The Performance (2023); The Protector (2025); The Proteus Chronicles (1998); The Red Green Show (1994–2006); The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together (2008); The Shack (2017); The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012); The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009); The War That Made America (2006); The Way West (1995); The Weekend Fix (2020); The Wild Girl (2010); The Wild West (1993); The Wolf and the Lion (2021); This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2020); This Is Wonderland (2006); Through Black Spruce (2018); Thunderheart (1992); Touched (1999); Trail of Vengeance (2025); Transamerica (2005); Trial by Fire (2000); Tulsa King (2024); Turok: Son of Stone (2008); Two Minutes to Midnight (2025); Unnatural (2015); V for Vengeance (2022); Valley of the Sun (2011); Walking the Mile (2000); Walking the Mile (Director's Cut) (2014); We Are Boats (2018); When I Find the Ocean (2006); When I Find the Ocean: Behind the Scenes (2008); Where the Spirit Lives (1989); Willatuk: The Legend of Seattle's Sea Serpent (2010); Wind River (2017); Winter's Tale (2014); Wolf Lake (2001–2002); World of Discovery (1993); Wounded (1997).

On this day in movie history - This Gun for Hire (1942 movie & novel):

This Gun for Hire

directed by Frank Tuttle,

written by Albert Maltz and W.R. Burnett,

based on the novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene,

was released in the United States on April 24, 1942.
Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Olin Howland, Roger Imhof, Pamela Blake, Frank Ferguson, Victor Kilian, Patricia Farr, Harry Shannon, Charles C. Wilson, Mikhail Rasumny, Bernadene Hayes, Mary Davenport, Chester Clute, Charles Arnt, Earle S. Dewey, Clem Bevans, Lynda Grey, Virita Campbell.

Recommended reading:

A Gun for Sale

By Graham Greene.

Introduction by Samuel Hynes.

Filmed as This Gun for Hire (1942), directed by Frank Tuttle.

Published by Penguin Publishing Group.

First published 1936.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 014303930X

ISBN-13: 978-0143039303

Description:

Raven is an ugly man dedicated to ugly deeds. His cold-blooded killing of a European Minister of War is an act of violence with chilling repercussions, not just for Raven himself but for the nation as a whole. The money he receives in payment for the murder is made up of stolen notes and when the first of these is traced, Raven becomes a man on the run. As he tracks down the agent who has been double-crossing him and attempts to elude the police, he becomes both hunter and hunted: an unwitting weapon of a strange kind of social justice. In doing so, he sets the stage for Greene’s next novel, Brighton Rock. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Samuel Hynes.

On this day in movie history - Dances with Wolves (movie & novel):

Dances with Wolves

directed by Kevin Costner,

written by Michael Blake,

based on the novel by Michael Blake,

was released in the United States on November 21, 1990.
Music by John Barry.

Cast:

Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal, Robert Pastorelli, Charles Rocket, Maury Chaykin, Jimmy Herman, Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, Michael Spears, Jason R. Lone Hill, Tony Pierce, Doris Leader Charge, Tom Everett, Larry Joshua, Kirk Baltz, Wayne Grace, Donald Hotton, Annie Costner, Conor Duffy, Elisa Daniel, Percy White Plume, John Tail, Steve Reevis, Sheldon Peters Wolfchild, Wes Studi, Buffalo Child, Clayton Big Eagle, Richard Leader Charge, Redwing Ted Nez, Marvin Holy, Raymond Newholy, David J. Fuller, Ryan White Bull, Otakuye Conroy, Maretta Big Crow, Steven Chambers, William H. Burton Jr., Bill W. Curry, Nick Thompson, Carter Hanner, Kent Hays, Robert Goldman, Frank P. Costanza, James A. Mitchell, R.L. Curtin, Justin (horse), Teddy (wolf), Buck (wolf), Michael Horton, J. Wesley Adams, Linda Allen, Bill Costner, David Rambow, William Rossman, Jim Wilson.

Recommended reading:

Dances with Wolves

By Michael Blake.

Paperback.

First published 1988.

Published by Ballantine Books.

ISBN 13: 9780449000755

ISBN 10: 0449000753

ASIN: 0449000753

Description:

Ordered to hold an abandoned army post, John Dunbar found himself alone, beyond the edge of civilization. Thievery and survival soon forced him into the Indian camp, where he began a dangerous adventure that changed his life forever.

Relive the adventure and beauty of the incredible movie, DANCES WITH WOLVES. Set in 1863, the novel follows Lieutenant John Dunbar on a magical journey from the ravages of the Civil War to the far reaches of the imperiled American frontier, a frontier he naively wants to see "before it is gone". His posting to a desolate and deserted outpost is the springboard for contact with the lords of the southern plains... the Comanche. Though he does not speak their language, has no know-ledge of their customs, and is considered a trespasser, Lieutenant Dunbar finds himself intrigued by the exotic and alien culture of the buffalo-hunting people of the plains. A simple desire to know more about his wild neighbors ignites a great adventure of transformation that culminates with the emergence of a different kind of man... a man called Dances With Wolves.