On this day in movie history - The Maltese Falcon (1941):

The Maltese Falcon

directed and written by John Huston,

based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett,

was released in the United States on October 18, 1941.
Music by Adolph Deutsch.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan, Elisha Cook Jr., James Burke, Murray Alper, John Hamilton, Walter Huston.

On this day in movie history - Deadline for Murder (1946):

Deadline for Murder,

directed by James Tinling,

written by Irving Cummings Jr.,

was released in the United States on August 1, 1946.
Music by Rudy Schrager.

Cast:
Paul Kelly, Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, Jerome Cowan, Renee Carson, Marion Martin, Joan Blair, Eddie Marr, Matt McHugh, Jody Gilbert, Emory Parnell, John Ardell, Larry J. Blake, Tom Burton, André Charlot, Chick Collins, Lester Dorr, Jimmie Dundee, Frank Eldredge, Herbert Evans, Bruce Fernald, Cay Forester, Stewart Garner, Art Gilmore, Ernest Hilliard, Thomas E. Jackson, Eddie Kane, Mary Moore, Jack Mulhall, William Newell, Spec O’Donnell, Jimmy O’Gatty, Joey Ray, Syd Saylor, Clarence Straight, Phil Tead, Ray Teal, Lillian West, Chalky Williams, Charles Williams, Guy Zanette.

On this day in movie history - Scene of the Crime (1949):

Scene of the Crime,

directed by Roy Rowland,

written by Charles Schnee,

based on the article Smashing the Bookie Gang Marauders by John Bartlow Martin,

was released in the United States on July 28, 1949.
Music by André Previn.

Cast:
Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, John McIntire, Donald Woods, Norman Lloyd, Jerome Cowan, Tom Powers, Richard Benedict, Anthony Caruso, Robert Gist, Romo Vincent, Tom Helmore, Caleb Peterson, William Haade.

On this day in movie history - The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939):

The Gracie Allen Murder Case,

directed by Alfred E. Green,

written by Nat Perrin,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on June 2, 1939.
Music by Gerard Carbonara and Leo Shuken.

Cast:
Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, Kent Taylor, Judith Barrett, Donald MacBride, Jed Prouty, Jerome Cowan, H. B. Warner, William Demarest, Sam Lee, Al Shaw, Richard Denning, Irving Bacon, Lillian Yarbo.

On this day in movie history - The Unfaithful (1947):

The Unfaithful

directed by Vincent Sherman,

written by David Goodis and James Gunn,

based on the 1927 play The Letter by W. Somerset Maugham,

was released in the United States on January 28, 1947.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Jerome Cowan, Steven Geray, John Hoyt, Peggy Knudsen, Marta Mitrovich, Douglas Kennedy, Claire Meade, Frances Morris, Jane Harker, Heinie Conklin, Jack Mower, Leo White.