On this day in movie history - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957):

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

directed by Arnold Laven,

written by Lawrence Roman,

was released in the United States on September 1, 1957.
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.

Cast:

Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams, Walter Matthau, Charles McGraw, Sam Levene, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Bellaver, Nick Dennis, Joe Downing, Ned Wever, Billy M. Greene, John McNamara, Amzie Strickland, Mickey Hargitay.

Born on this day – Jan Sterling:

Jan Sterling

Actress

April 3, 1921 – March 26, 2004

Credits:

About Faces (1960); Ace in the Hole (1951); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alaska Seas (1954); Alcoa Theatre (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1961); American in Paris (1964); Appointment with Danger (1950); Baby Boom (1988); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Bonanza (1960); Bracken's World (1970); Breaking Point (1963); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Caged (1950); Cannibal Hookers (1987); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Climax! (1956–1957); Dangerous Company (1982); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Donahue (1971); Female on the Beach (1955); First Monday in October (1981); Flesh and Fury (1952); Front Row Center (1956); General Electric Theater (1960); George Jessel Show (1958); Get the Message (1964); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Gunfire (1950); Gypsy (1968); Having Babies (1976); Here's Hollywood (1960); High School Confidential! (1958); Hollywood Today (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); Johnny Belinda (1948); Kathy O' (1958); King of Diamonds (1961); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); Kraft Theatre (1958); Kung Fu (1974); Little House on the Prairie (1976); Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961); Lux Playhouse (1959); Lux Video Theatre (1955–1957); Made in America (1964); Man with the Gun (1955); Mannix (1968); Medallion Theatre (1954); Medical Center (1971); My Kidnapper, My Love (1980); Mystery Street (1950); Naked City (1961); Night Line (1964); 1984 (1956); Password (1964); Person to Person (1957); Picture This (1963); Playhouse 90 (1957); Pony Express (1953); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Pursuit (1959); Return from the Sea (1954); Rhubarb (1951); Riptide (1985); Riverboat (1959); Run for Your Life (1966); Sammy Somebody (1971); Sky Full of Moon (1952); Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957); Split Second (1953); Stage 7 (1955); Suspicion (1958); Talking Pictures (1968); Tempo (1968); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The All New Truth or Consequences (1962); The Angry Breed (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Female Animal (1958); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The George Gobel Show (1955); The Harder They Fall (1956); The High and the Mighty (1954); The Human Jungle (1954); The Incident (1967); The Incredible Hulk (1981); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); The Les Crane Show (1964); The Loretta Young Show (1957); The Mating Season (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1962–1964); The Milton Berle Show (1954); The Minx (1969); The Movie Quiz (1973–1974); The Name of the Game (1969); The Plot Thickens (1963); The Price Is Right (1964); The Road West (1967); The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950); The Star and the Story (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959–1960); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1964); The Untouchables (1960); The Vanquished (1953); The Virginian (1971); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); This Is Your Life (1954); This Is Your Life (1975); Three's Company (1976); To Tell the Truth (1963); Tycoon (1947); Union Station (1950); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Wagon Train (1959–1961); WGN-TV Salute to Chicago (1948); Women's Prison (1955); You Don't Say (1968); Your First Impression (1962); You're in the Picture (1961).

On this day in movie history - The Harder They Fall (1956 movie & novel):

The Harder They Fall

directed by Mark Robson,

written by Philip Yordan,

based on the novel by Budd Schulberg,

was released in the United States on March 31, 1956.
Music by Hugo Friedhofer.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Max Baer, Jersey Joe Walcott, Edward Andrews, Harold J. Stone, Carlos Montalbán, Luís Agrandi, Nehemiah Persoff, Felice Orlandi, Herbie Faye, Rusty Lane, Jack Albertson.

Recommended reading:

The Harder They Fall

By Budd Schulberg.

First published 1947.

Published by Ivan R. Dee.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1566631076

ISBN-13: 978-1566631075

Description:

Brilliant, witty, and amusing...the best book on fighting that I have read. – Gene Tunney.

The book will stand not only as the novel about boxing but also as a book that indirectly tells more about civilization than do most books about civilization itself. – Arthur Miller.

The quintessential novel of boxing and corruption. – USA Today.

Budd Schulberg's celebrated novel of the prize ring has lost none of its power since its first publication almost fifty years ago. Crowded with unforgettable characters, it is a relentless expose of the fight racket. A modern Samson in the form of a simple Argentine peasant is ballyhooed by an unscrupulous fight promoter and his press agent - and then betrayed and destroyed by connivers. Mr. Schulberg creates a wonderfully authentic atmosphere for this book that many critics hailed as even better than What Makes Sammy Run? The wrongs of the boxing business that the book illuminates are still with us.