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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

On this day in movie history - The Comancheros (1961):


The Comancheros,
directed by Michael Curtiz and John Wayne,
written by James Edward Grant and Clair Huffaker,
based on the novel by Paul I. Wellman,
was released in the United States on November 1, 1961.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.


Cast:
John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin, Michael Ansara, Patrick Wayne, Bruce Cabot, Joan O'Brien, Jack Elam, Edgar Buchanan, Henry Daniell, Richard Devon, Phil Arnold, Anne Barton, Steve Baylor, Danny Borzage, Don Brodie, Alan Carney, James J. Casino, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Jack Clinton, Dennis Cole, Booth Colman, Jackie Cubat, Gabriel Curtiz, John Dierkes, Ilana Dowding, William Fawcett, Eric Feldary, Joe Gray, Lenmana Guerin, Claude Hall, Tom Hennesy, Tom Hernández, George Holmes, Michael Jeffers, Joseph La Cava, George J. Lewis, Jon Lormer, Cliff Lyons, Casey MacGregor, John Marlin, Roger Mobley, Ralph Neff, Gregg Palmer, Thayer Roberts, Frank J. Scannell, Phil Schumacher, Bernard Sell, Leigh Snowden, Bob Steele, Lusita Triana, Ralph Volkie, Aissa Wayne, Guinn Williams, Henry Wills, Sam Wolfe, Kelly Yost.

Saturday, September 30, 2023

On this day in television history - Naked City (1958 - 1963):


Naked City,
created by Stirling Silliphant,
was released in the United States on ABC,
and ran for four seasons from September 30, 1958 – May 29, 1963.
Narrated by Herbert B. Leonard and Lawrence Dobkin.
Theme music:
This is the Naked City by George Duning,
Somewhere in the Night by Billy May,
and The Naked City Theme by Nelson Riddle.


Cast:
James Franciscus, John McIntire, Harry Bellaver, Horace McMahon, Paul Burke, Nancy Malone, Alan Alda, Michael Ansara, Ed Asner, Martin Balsam, Barbara Barrie, Orson Bean, Robert Blake, James Caan, Godfrey Cambridge, Joseph Campanella, Diahann Carroll, James Coburn, Michael Constantine, William Daniels, Sandy Dennis, Bruce Dern, David Doyle, Keir Dullea, Robert Duvall, Peter Falk, James Farentino, Peter Fonda, Conard Fowkes, Eileen Fulton, Frank Gorshin, Harry Guardino, Gene Hackman, Barbara Harris, Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Hopper, Diana Hyland, Richard Jaeckel, David Janssen, Salome Jens, Jack Klugman, Shirley Knight, Piper Laurie, Diane Ladd, Audra Lindley, Jack Lord, George Maharis, Nancy Marchand, Sylvia Miles, Vic Morrow, Barry Morse, Robert Morse, Lois Nettleton, Leslie Nielsen, Carroll O'Connor, Susan Oliver, Marisa Pavan, Suzanne Pleshette, Robert Redford, Doris Roberts, Mark Rydell, Telly Savalas, George Segal, William Shatner, Martin Sheen, Tom Simcox, Jean Stapleton, Maureen Stapleton, Rod Steiger, Mel Stuart, Rip Torn, Cicely Tyson, Brenda Vaccaro, Dick Van Patten, Jon Voight, Christopher Walken, Deborah Walley, Jack Warden, Tuesday Weld, Dick York, Luther Adler, Eddie Albert, Robert Alda, Louise Allbritton, Kirk Alyn, Richard Basehart, Theodore Bikel, Nancy Carroll, Lee J. Cobb, Gladys Cooper, Hume Cronyn, Ludwig Donath, Diana Douglas, Betty Field, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Nina Foch, Ruth Ford, Martin Gabel, Peggy Ann Garner, Vincent Gardenia, Eileen Heckart, Barnard Hughes, Kim Hunter, Sam Jaffe, Glynis Johns, Kurt Kasznar, Abbe Lane, Eugenie Leontovich, Al Lewis, Viveca Lindfors, Ross Martin, Walter Matthau, Myron McCormick, Roddy McDowall, Burgess Meredith, Jean Muir, Meg Mundy, Mildred Natwick, Cathleen Nesbitt, Jeanette Nolan, Nehemiah Persoff, Claude Rains, Eugenia Rawls, Aldo Ray, Ruth Roman, Mickey Rooney, Albert Salmi, George C. Scott, Sylvia Sidney, Jan Sterling, Beatrice Straight, Akim Tamiroff, Lawrence Tierney, Jo Van Fleet, Eli Wallach, David Wayne, Jesse White, Cara Williams, Roland Winters, Keenan Wynn.