On this day in movie history - The Big Heat (1953 movie & novel):

The Big Heat

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Sydney Boehm,

based on the novel by William P. McGivern,

and the serial that ran in the Saturday Evening Post,

was released in the United States on October 14, 1953.
Music by Henry Vars.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, Dorothy Green.

Recommended reading:

The Big Heat

By William P. McGivern.

First published 1953.

Published by Ibooks.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0743452704

ISBN-13: 978-0743452700

Description:

A tough suspense novel of hero cops, cool killers and hot broads...

“A powerful story, powerfully told.” – New York Times.

MURDER WAS IN THE AIR. A COP HAD KILLED HIMSELF, AND EVERY CROOK IN TOWN KNEW THAT WOULD BE SURE TO BRING ON THE BIG HEAT. It started almost innocently when a cop committed suicide – worry over ill health, said his wife. Detective Dave Bannion wasn’t so sure, but when he started digging, he was told to lay off – fast! Instead, he turned in his badge and started stalking the city streets and bars in search of the truth where he uncovers a red-hot story of murder and corruption that would blow Philadelphia’s underworld sky high. Bannion was big, strong, and angry enough to kill, but he was only one honest man in a city full of mobsters and crooked cops. The big heat was on.

On this day in movie history - Monte Walsh (1970 movie & novel):

Monte Walsh

directed by William A. Fraker,

written by David Zelag Goodman and Lukas Heller,

based on the novel by Jack Schaefer,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1970.
Music by John Barry.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitchell Ryan, Jim Davis, G.D. Spradlin, John Hudkins, Raymond Guth, John McKee, Michael Conrad, Tom Heaton, Ted Gehring, Bo Hopkins, John McLiam, Allyn Ann McLerie, Matt Clark, Charles Tyner, Jack Colvin.

Recommended reading:

Monte Walsh

By Jack Schaefer.

First published 1963.

Published by University of New Mexico Press.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0826358578

ISBN-13: 978-0826358578

Description:

Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The novel explores the cowboy lives of Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the West changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must part ways to pursue new ways of life. Chet marries and goes on to become a successful merchant and then a politician, while Monte can only find solace in continuing the cowboy's way of life until the very end.

"Many consider Monte Walsh one of the best Westerns ever written." – True West.

Jack Schaefer was a journalist and writer known for his authentic and memorable characters set in the American West. Schaefer received the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award in 1975 and the Saddleman Award in 1986 from the Western Writers of America. His popular Western novels include Shane (1949) and Monte Walsh (1963).

On this day in television history - Lee Marvin Presents Lawbreaker (1963–1964):

Lee Marvin Presents Lawbreaker

(1963–1964)
Docudrama hosted and narrated by Lee Marvin.
Released September 10, 1963.

On this day in movie history - Point Blank (1967):

Point Blank

directed by John Boorman,

written by Alexander Jacobs, David Newhouse and Rafe Newhouse,

based on the novel The Hunter by Richard Stark,

was released in the United States on August 30, 1967.
Music by Johnny Mandel.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor, Lloyd Bochner, Michael Strong, John Vernon, Sharon Acker, James Sikking, Sandra Warner, Roberta Haynes, Kathleen Freeman, Victor Creatore, Lawrence Hauben, Susan Holloway, Sid Haig, Michael Bell, Priscilla Boyd, John McMurtry, Ron Walters, George Strattan, Nicole Rogell, Rico Cattani, Roland La Starza, Paul Bradley, Casey Brandon, George Bruggeman, George Calliga, Jerry Catron, Dick Cherney, Bud Cokes, Bonnie Dewberry, Richard Elmore, Barbara Feldon, Duke Fishman, Carey Foster, Stu Gardner, Rudy Germane, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Hickman, Chuck Hicks, George Hoagland, Harvey Karels, Joseph La Cava, Louise Lane, Ethelreda Leopold, Philo McCullough, Joseph Mell, Monty O'Grady, Andrew Orapeza, Murray Pollack, Anthony Redondo, Leoda Richards, Clark Ross, Cosmo Sardo, Jeffrey Sayre, Felix Silla, Norman Stevans, Karen Stride, Robert Strong, Tim Taylor, Sid Troy, Guy Way, Ted White, Louis Whitehill, Roseann Williams, John Zimeas.

On this day in movie history - The Killers (1964 movie & book):

The Killers

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Gene L. Coon,

based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1964.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Clu Gulager, John Cassavetes, Ronald Reagan, Claude Akins, Norman Fell, Virginia Christine, Don Haggerty, Robert Phillips, Kathleen O'Malley, Ted Jacques, Irvin Mosley, Jimmy Joyce, Burt Mustin.

Recommended reading:

The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

by Ernest Hemingway.

Published by Scribner.

Published 1998.

ASIN: 0684843323

ISBN-10: 9780684843322

ISBN-13: 978-0684843322

Description:

In this definitive collection of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s short stories, readers will delight in Hemingway’s most beloved classics such as The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Hills Like White Elephants, and A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, and will discover seven new tales published for the first time in this collection, totaling in sixty stories. This collection demonstrates Hemingway’s ability to write beautiful prose for each distinct story, with plots that range from experiences of World War II to beautifully touching moments between a father and son. For Hemingway fans, The Complete Short Stories is an invaluable treasury.

On this day in movie history - Prime Cut (1972):

Prime Cut

directed by Michael Ritchie,

written by Robert Dillon,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1972.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Janit Baldwin, William Morey, Clint Ellison, Howard Platt, Les Lannom, Eddie Egan, Therese Reinsch, Bob Wilson, Gordon Signer, Gladys Watson, Wayne Savagne.