On this day in movie history - Thieves’ Highway (1949):

Thieves’ Highway

directed by Jules Dassin,

written by A. I. Bezzerides,

based on the novel Thieves’ Market by A. I. Bezzerides,

was released in the United States on September 20, 1949.
Music by Alfred Newman and Cyril J. Mockridge.

Cast:

Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell, Joseph Pevney, Morris Carnovsky, Tamara Shayne, Kasia Orzazewski, Norbert Schiller, Hope Emerson, Walter Baldwin, Robert Bice, Howland Chamberlain, David Clarke, Roy Damron, Jules Dassin, Al Eben, Robert Foulk, Joe Haworth, Percy Helton, Ted Jordan, Frank Kreig, Saul Martell, Edwin Max, John Merton, Ann Morrison, James Nolan, David Opatoshu, Frank Richards, Maurice Samuels, Mario Siletti, Irene Tedrow, George Tyne, Dick Wessel, Harry Wilson.

On this day in movie history - Night and the City (1950):

Night and the City,

directed by Jules Dassin,

written by Austin Dempster, William E. Watts and Jo Eisinger,

based on the novel by Gerald Kersh,

was released in the United States on June 9, 1950.
Music by Benjamin Frankel and Franz Waxman.

Cast:
Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom, Aubrey Dexter, Maureen Delany, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Mike Mazurki, Ada Reeve, Charles Farrell, Ken Richmond, Edward Chapman, James Hayter, Gibb McLaughlin, Dirk Bogarde.

On this day in movie history - Rififi (1955):

Rififi,

French title: Du rififi chez les hommes,

directed by Jules Dassin,

written by Auguste Le Breton, Jules Dassin and René Wheeler,

based on the novel by Auguste Le Breton,

was released in France on April 13, 1955.
Music by Georges Auric.

Cast:
Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey, Pierre Grasset, Robert Hossein, Marcel Lupovici, Dominique Maurin, Magali Noël, Marie Sabouret, Claude Sylvain, Jules Dassin, Armandel, Alain Bouvette, Alice Garan, André Dalibert, Jacques David, Émile Genevois, Marcelle Hainia, Marcel Lesieur, Daniel Mendaille, Huguette Montréal, Lita Recio, Fernand Sardou, Jean Bellanger, Jacques Besnard, Teddy Bilis, Jenny Doria, René Hell, Gilbert Moreau, Maryse Paillet, Marcel Rouzé, Roger Rudel.

On this day in movie history - The Naked City (1948):

The Naked City,

aka Naked City,

directed by Jules Dassin,

written by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald,

based on a story by Malvin Wald,

was released in the United States on March 4, 1948.

Narrated by Mark Hellinger.

Music by Miklós Rózsa and Frank Skinner.

Cast:
Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy, Ted de Corsia, House Jameson, Anne Sargent, Adelaide Klein, Grover Burgess, Tom Pedi, Enid Markey, Walter Burke, Virginia Mullen, Mark Hellinger.