Born on this day – Joe Spinell:

Joe Spinell

Actor

Writer

October 28, 1936 – January 13, 1989

Credits:

92 in the Shade (1975); A Question of Honor (1982); ABC Weekend Specials (1977); Big Wednesday (1978); Blood Ties (1986); Brubaker (1980); CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1981); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1988); Cops and Robbers (1973); Cruising (1980); Dead on Arrival (1978); Deadly Illusion (1987); Diamonds (1987); Dream Street (1989); Eureka (1983); Farewell, My Lovely (1975); Forbidden Zone (1980); Hollywood Harry (1985); Last Embrace (1979); Losin' It (1982); Maniac (1980); Maniac 2: Mr. Robbie (1986); Married to the Mob (1988); Melvin and Howard (1980); Monsignor (1982); Movie Madness (1982); Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976); Night Heat (1986); Night Shift (1982); Nighthawks (1981); Nightside (1980); Nunzio (1978); One Down, Two to go (1982); Operation Warzone (1988); Out of the Darkness (1985); Paradise Alley (1978); Rancho Deluxe (1975); Rapid Fire (1989); Rocky (1976); Rocky II (1979); Sorcerer (1977); Starcrash (1978); Stay Hungry (1976); Strike Force (1975); Taxi Driver (1976); The Big Score (1983); The Children of Times Square (1986); The Equalizer (1986); The First Deadly Sin (1980); The Godfather (1972); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Last Fight (1983); The Last Horror Film (1982); The Little Dragons (1979); The Messenger (1986); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Pick-up Artist (1987); The Ransom of Red Chief (1975); The Seven-Ups (1973); The Undertaker (1988); The Whoopee Boys (1986); Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (1983); Vampire (1979); Vigilante (1982); Walking the Edge (1985); Winter Kills (1979).

On this day in movie history - Out of the Darkness (1985):

Out of the Darkness

directed by Jud Taylor,

written by T. S. Cook,

was released in the United States on October 12, 1985.
Based on the true 1977 David Berkowitz case.
Music by Billy Goldenberg.

Cast:

Martin Sheen, Hector Elizondo, Matt Clark, Jennifer Salt, Eddie Egan, Robert Trebor, Val Avery, Joe Spinell, Victor Arnold, Ann Talman, Bernie McInerney, Dick Latessa, Sam McMurray, Paul Jabara, Larry Atlas, Beege Barkette, Jim Borrelli, James Canning, Jane Cronin, Gina DeAngeles, Rosemary De Angelis, Harold Guskin, Lucinda Jenney, Sugar Johnson, Eriq La Salle, Joe Lisi, John McCurry, Kate Mulligan, Pam Nahal, Antonia Rey, Vincent Russo, Ann Sachs, Lauren Sautner, John Scott Martin, Ben Siegler, Andrew Spathis, Fritz Sperberg, D.B. Sweeney, Mark Tenore, Mickey Treanor, Martin Vidnovic, Olivia Ward, Caryn West, Ed Zigo, Joseph Oliveira, Daniel Ahearn, Thomas Calabro, Joe Chiaramonte, Jude Ciccolella, Sonny Grosso, Tony D. Head, William James Kennedy, Frank Licato, Dennis O'Neill, Marvin Scott, Larry Sharp, Charlie Sheen, Filomena Spagnuolo, Valerie Swift.

On this day in movie history - Eureka (1983):

Eureka

directed by Nicolas Roeg,

written by Paul Mayersberg,

based on the book Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes? by Marshall Houts,

was released in the United States on October 5, 1984.
Inspired by the true 1943 Sir Harry Oakes murder case.
Music by Stanley Myers.

Poem quoted in final scene is a verse from Spell of the Yukon by Robert W. Service:

There’s gold, and it’s haunting and haunting;
It’s luring me on as of old;
Yet it isn’t the gold that I’m wanting
So much as just finding the gold.
It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder,
It’s the forests where silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness that fills me with peace.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire, Ed Lauter, Joe Pesci, Helena Kallianiotes, Cavan Kendall, Corin Redgrave, Joe Spinell, Frank Pesce, Michael Scott Addis, Norman Beaton, Emrys James, James Faulkner, Ann Thornton, Emma Relph, Mickey Rourke, John Vine, Tim Van Rellim, Ellis Dale, Mico Blanco Group, Aklowa Master Drummers, Lloyd Berry, Tom Heaton, Timothy Scott, Geri Dewson, Annie Kidder, Ian Tracey, Brad Sakiyama, Sandra Friesen, Raimund Stamm, Suzette Collins, Tommy Lane.

On this day in movie history - Farewell, My Lovely (1975):

Farewell, My Lovely

directed by Dick Richards,

written by David Zelag Goodman,

based on the novel by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on August 8, 1975.
Music by David Shire.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Anthony Zerbe, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack O'Halloran, Joe Spinell, Sylvester Stallone, Rainbeaux Smith, Kate Murtagh, John O'Leary, Walter McGinn, Burton Gilliam, Jim Thompson, Jimmie Archer, Ted Gehring.

On this day in movie history - Nighthawks (1981):

Nighthawks

directed by Bruce Malmuth,

written by David Shaber,

based on a story by David Shaber and Paul Sylbert,

was released in the United States on April 10, 1981.
Music by Keith Emerson.

Cast:

Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta, Nigel Davenport, Rutger Hauer, Hilary Thompson, Joe Spinell, Walter Mathews, Caesar Cordova, Charles Duval, Robert Pugh, Brian Osborne, Frederick Treves, Tony Munafo, Catherine Mary Stewart, Sue Vanner, Jamie Gillis, Obaka Adedunyo, Yvette Hawkins, Einar Perry Scott, Erle Bjornstad, Jacques Roux, Clebert Ford, Avind Harum, Jean-Pierre Stewart, Corine Lorain, Steve Daskewisz, Edward Fox, Dar Robinson, Zoya Leporska, Thomas Rosales Jr., John Shamsul Alam, Jose Angel Santana, Santo Alam, Maria Baan, Ann Pearl Gary, Carrie Klein, Gerard Murphy.

On this day in movie history - Taxi Driver (1976):

Taxi Driver

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul Schrader,

was released in the United States on February 8, 1976.

Music by Bernard Hermann.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Steven Prince, Harvey Keitel, Martin Scorsese, Harry Northup, Victor Argo, Joe Spinell, Diahnne Abbott.