On this day in movie history - The Big Combo (1955):

The Big Combo,

directed by Joseph H. Lewis,

written by Philip Yordan,

was released in the United States on March 25, 1955.

Music by David Raksin.

Cast:
Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Robert Middleton, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman, Helen Walker, Jay Adler, John Hoyt, Ted de Corsia, Helene Stanton, Roy Gordon, Whit Bissell, Steve Michaell, Baynes Barron, James McCallion, Tony Michaels, Brian O'Hara, Bruce Sharpe, Michael Mark, Philip Van Zandt, Donna Drew.

Born on this day – Lee Van Cleef:

Lee Van Cleef

Actor

January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989

Credits:

High Risk (1981); Speed Zone (1989); The Commander (1988); Armed Response (1986); Jungle Raiders (1985); Code Name: Wild Geese (1984); The Master (1984); Goma-2 (1984); Escape from New York (1981); The Octagon (1980); The Hard Way (1980); The Squeeze (1978); The Perfect Killer (1977); Nowhere to Hide (1977); Vengeance (1976); God's Gun (1976); Take a Hard Ride (1975); El karate el Colt y el impostor (1974); Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973); The Grand Duel (1972); The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972); Bad Man's River (1971); Return of Sabata (1971); Captain Apache (1971); El Condor (1970); Barquero (1970); Sabata (1969); Commandos (1968); Beyond the Law (1968); Day of Anger (1967); Death Rides a Horse (1967); The Big Gundown (1967); The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966); Gunsmoke (1955); Laredo (1965); Branded (1965); For a Few Dollars More (1965); My Mother the Car (1965); The Andy Griffith Show (1960); Rawhide (1959); Destry (1964); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Laramie (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); Perry Mason (1957); The Dakotas (1962); Ripcord (1961); How the West Was Won (1962); Death Valley Days (1952); Cheyenne (1955); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Bronco (1958); The Joey Bishop Show (1961); Shotgun Slade (1959); The Twilight Zone (1959); Stagecoach West (1960); Maverick (1957); Posse from Hell (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1959); Bonanza (1959); Lawman (1958); Colt .45 (1957); Mr. Lucky (1959); The Deputy (1959); The Slowest Gun in the West (1960); Black Saddle (1959); The Untouchables (1959); The Alaskans (1959); Hotel de Paree (1959); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Riverboat (1959); Tombstone Territory (1957); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958); The Real McCoys (1957); Yancy Derringer (1958); Cimarron City (1958); Fury (1955); Ride Lonesome (1959); Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959); Northwest Passage (1958); The Witches from Another World (1958); Target (1958); Rex Allen in Frontier Doctor (1956); Zorro (1957); The Bravados (1958); State Trooper (1956); The Young Lions (1958); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Day of the Bad Man (1958); Wagon Train (1957); Trackdown (1957); Casey Jones (1957); Joe Dakota (1957); The Tin Star (1957); General Electric Theater (1953); Raiders of Old California (1957); Gun Battle at Monterey (1957); Last Stagecoach West (1957); The Lonely Man (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); China Gate (1957); The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957); The Quiet Gun (1957); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); The Sheriff of Cochise (1956); Crossroads (1955); Wire Service (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); Accused of Murder (1956); It Conquered the World (1956); Pardners (1956); Tribute to a Bad Man (1956); Studio 57 (1954); The Conqueror (1956); The Millionaire (1955); Brave Eagle (1955); The Vanishing American (1955); The Adventures of Champion (1955); A Man Alone (1955); The Naked Street (1955); Luke and the Tenderfoot (1955); The Star and the Story (1955); The Road to Denver (1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1953); I Cover the Underworld (1955); Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955); Annie Oakley (1954); City Detective (1953); TV Reader's Digest (1955); The Big Combo (1955); The Lineup (1954); Ten Wanted Men (1955); Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954); Medic (1954); The Gene Autry Show (1950); Dawn at Socorro (1954); Waterfront (1954); The Desperado (1954); Princess of the Nile (1954); Cavalcade of America (1952); The Yellow Tomahawk (1954); Arrow in the Dust (1954); Rails Into Laramie (1954); Gypsy Colt (1954); Stories of the Century (1954); Big Town (1950); The Range Rider (1951); Tumbleweed (1953); The Nebraskan (1953); Jack Slade (1953); The Lone Ranger (1949); Vice Squad (1953); Arena (1953); Space Patrol (1950); The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953); White Lightning (1953); Bandits of Corsica (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1952); The Lawless Breed (1952); Boston Blackie (1951); Kansas City Confidential (1952); Sky King (1951); Untamed Frontier (1952); High Noon (1952).

On this day in movie history - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966):

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,

directed by Sergio Leone,

written by Age & Scarpelli (aka Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli), Luciano Vincenzoni and Sergio Leone,

based on a story by Luciano Vincenzoni and Sergio Leone,

was released in Italy on December 23, 1966.
Music by Ennio Morricone.

Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè, Luigi Pistilli, Rada Rassimov, Enzo Petito, Claudio Scarchilli, John Bartha, Livio Lorenzon, Antonio Casale, Sandro Scarchilli, Benito Stefanelli, Angelo Novi, Antonio Casas, Aldo Sambrell, Al Mulock, Sergio Mendizábal, Antonio Molino Rojo, Lorenzo Robledo, Mario Brega, Richard Alagich, Chelo Alonso, Fortunato Arena, Román Ariznavarreta, Silvana Bacci, Joseph Bradley, Frank Braña, Amerigo Castrighella, Saturno Cerra, Luigi Ciavarro, William Conroy, Antonio Contreras, Domingo Contreras, Axel Darna, Tony Di Mitri, Gianni Di Segni, Alberigo Donadeo, Attilio Dottesio, Luis Fernández de Eribe, Veriano Ginesi, Jesús Guzmán, Víctor Israel, Nazzareno Natale, Ricardo Palacios, Antonio Palombi, Julio Martínez Piernavieja, Jesús Porras, Romano Puppo, Antoñito Ruiz, Aysanoa Runachagua, Enrique Santiago, José Terrón, Franco Tocci, Alfonso Veady.

On this day in movie history - For a Few Dollars More (1965):

For a Few Dollars More,

directed by Sergio Leone,

written by Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone and Sergio Donati,

based on a story by Sergio Leone and Fulvio Morsella,

was released in Italy on December 18, 1965.
Music by Ennio Morricone.

Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Mario Brega, Mara Krupp, Luigi Pistilli, Aldo Sambrell, Klaus Kinski, Benito Stefanelli, Panos Papadopoulos, Robert Camardiel, Josef Egger, Antoñito Ruiz, Tomas Blanco, Lorenzo Robledo, Dante Maggio, Werner Abrolat, Frank Braña, José Canalejas, Rosemary Dexter, Fernando Di Leo, Jesús Guzmán, Peter Lee Lawrence, Sergio Leone, Antonio Molino Rojo, Ricardo Palacios, Carlo Simi.

On this day in movie history - Kansas City Confidential (1952):

Kansas City Confidential,

directed by Phil Karlson,

written by George Bruce and Harry Essex,

based on a story by Rowland Brown and Harold Greene,

was released in the United States on November 11, 1952.
Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:
John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam, Dona Drake, Mario Siletti, Howard Negley, Carleton Young, Don Orlando, Ted Ryan, Orlando Beltran, Ray Bennett, Chet Brandenburg, Barry Brooks, Charles Cane, Edward Coch, James Conaty, Tom Dillon, George Dockstader, Paul Dubov, Paul Fierro, Eddie Foster, Dick Gordon, Tom Greenway, William Haade, Al Hill, Harry Hines, Paul Hogan, Don House, Vivi Janiss, Helen Kleeb, Paul Kruger, Mike Lally, Roger Moore, House Peters Jr., Lee Phelps, Sam Pierce, Paul Ravel, Joey Ray, Carlos Rivero, Ric Roman, Frank J. Scannell, Sam Scar, Jack Shea, Charles Sherlock, Brick Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, Phil Tead, Archie Twitchell, George D. Wallace, Kay Wiley, Jeff York.

On this day in movie history - Armed Response (1986):

Armed Response,

directed by Fred Olen Ray,

written by T.L. Lankford,

based on a story by Fred Olen Ray, T.L. Lankford and Paul Hertzberg,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1986.
Music by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker.

Cast:
David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Mako, Lois Hamilton, Ross Hagen, Brent Huff, Laurene Landon, Dick Miller, Burr DeBenning, Michael Berryman, David Goss, Dah-ve Chodan, Conan Lee, Sam Hiona, Bob Hevelone, Patrick Culliton, Richard Lee-Sung, Suzy Stokey, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kai Baker, David O'Hara, Dawn Wildsmith, Bobbie Bresee, Brad Arrington, Fox Harris, Jimmy Williams, Fred Olen Ray, Michelle Bauer, Lisa Hayward, Lauren Hertzberg, Jordan Hertzberg, Hisako Mura, Maryann Zvoleff.