On this day in movie history - Frailty (2001):

Frailty

directed by Bill Paxton,

written by Brent Hanley,

was released in the United States on November 17, 2001.
Music by Brian Tyler.

Cast:

Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Luke Askew, Levi Kreis, Derk Cheetwood, Missy Crider, Alan Davidson, Cynthia Ettinger, Vincent Chase, Gwen McGee, Edmond Scott Ratliff, Rebecca Tilney, Blake King, Brad Berryhill, Greg Serano, Edgar L. Davis, Jim Flowers, Lance E. Nichols, John Paxton, Richard A. Bell, Chelsea Butler, Jennifer Drake, Betty Gurule, Ona Harris, Greg Bronson, Dave Power.

On this day in movie history - Sleepy Hollow (1999):

Sleepy Hollow

directed by Tim Burton,

written by Andrew Kevin Walker,

story by Kevin Yagher and Andrew Kevin Walker,

based on the short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving,

was released in the United States on November 17, 1999.
Music by Danny Elfman.

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Christopher Walken, Marc Pickering, Lisa Marie, Steven Waddington, Claire Skinner, Christopher Lee, Alun Armstrong, Mark Spalding, Jessica Oyelowo, Tony Maudsley, Peter Guinness, Nicholas Hewetson, Orlando Seale, Sean Stephens, Gabrielle Lloyd, Robert Sella, Michael Feast, Jamie Foreman, Philip Martin Brown, Sam Fior, Tessa Allen-Ridge, Cassandra Farndale, Lily Phillips, Bianca Nicholas, Paul Brightwell, Layla Alexander, Henry Allan, Kelley Costigan, Sean Cronin, Tracy Gardener, Nathanael Hopkins-Smith, Kevin Hudson, Martin Landau, Nic Main, João Costa Menezes, Stuart Walker, Allen Woodman.

On this day in movie history - Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman (1998):

Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

documentary directed and written by John Boorman,

was released in the United States on November 17, 1998.

Music by Richie Buckley.

Cast:

John Boorman, Lee Marvin, Robert Filkosky, William Hurt, Jim Jarmusch, Pamela Marvin, Harry Wilmer, Jess King, Robert James Raymond.

On this day in movie history - Saint-Ex (1996):

Saint-Ex

directed by Anand Tucker,

written by Frank Cottrell Boyce,

was released at the BFI London Film Festival in the United Kingdom on November 17, 1996.
Music by Barrington Pheloung.
Based on the life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Cast:

Bruno Ganz, Miranda Richardson, Janet McTeer, Ken Stott, Katrin Cartlidge, Brid Brennan, Eleanor Bron, Karl Johnson, Daniel Craig, Dominic Rowan, Anna Calder-Marshall, Joe Cottrell Boyce, Aidan Cottrell Boyce, Nicholas Hewetson, Alex Kingston, Lucy Abigail Kent, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Ravi Sunnak, Rosalie Crutchley, Gregory Chapman, Cris De La Rue, Michael Grey, Danny Laufer, Lance Roberts, Martin Sims, Nancy Zamit, Ruby Hodgson, Alistair Fulton, Melvin Gibbons, Steven Noble, Sam Riley, Esme Young, Curtis Cate, Madeleine Coust, André de Fonscolombe, Michel Gerez, Jules Roy.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1975):

Space 1999

Season 1. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: End of Eternity.

Released November 17, 1975.

Directed by Ray Austin.

Written by Johnny Byrne.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Barry Gray.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Peter Bowles, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Anton Phillips, Nick Tate, James Smillie, Glenda Allen, Tony Allyn, Robert Atiko, Binu Balani, Sarah Bullen, Laurie Davis, Andy Dempsey, Joe Dunne, Martin Grace, Alan Harris, Raymond Harris, Judith Hepburn, Vincent Wong, Laraine Humphrys, Paul Kirby, Kathleen Mallory, Quentin Pierre, Jan Rennison, Suzanne Roquette, Colin Skeaping, Eddie Stacey, Michael Stevens, Paul Weston, Chris Williams.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1966 & 1967)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: The Menagerie: Part I.

Released November 17, 1966.

Directed by Marc Daniels, Robert Butler.

Written by Gene Roddenberry, John D.F. Black.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan, Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Malachi Throne, Majel Barrett, Peter Duryea, John Hoyt, Adam Roarke, Sean Kenney, Hagan Beggs, Julie Parrish, Bill Blackburn, Tom Curtis, Frank da Vinci, Brett Dunham, Joe Evans, Sandra Lee Gimpel, Bennie Goldberg, James Holt, Clegg Hoyt, Anthony Jochim, Bob Johnson, Jon Lormer, Tom Lupo, Ed Madden, Leonard Mudie, Eddie Paskey, Jan Reddin, Serena Sande, George Sawaya, Georgia Schmidt, Meg Wyllie.

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Journey to Babel.

Released November 17, 1967.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by D.C. Fontana.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Jane Wyatt, Mark Lenard, William O'Connell, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, John Wheeler, James X. Mitchell, Reggie Nalder, Bill Blackburn, Jerry Catron, Billy Curtis, Frank da Vinci, Jeannie Malone, Jerry Maren, Eddie Paskey, Russ Peek, Kai J. Wong.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Final Mission.

Released November 17, 1990.

Directed by Corey Allen.

Written by Kacey Arnold-Ince, Jeri Taylor, Kacey Arnold-Ince, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Nick Tate, Kim Hamilton, Mary Kohnert, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, Denise Deuschle, Randy James, Joyce Robinson.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 6. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: One Small Step.

Released November 17, 1999.

Directed by Robert Picardo.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Mike Wollaeger, Jessica Scott, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Phil Morris, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Nichole McAuley, Louis Ortiz, Pablo Soriano.

On this day in movie history - The Chase (movie & novel):

The Chase

directed by Arthur Ripley,

written by Philip Yordan,

based on the novel The Black Path of Fear by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on November 17, 1946.
Music by Michel Michelet.

Cast:

Robert Cummings, Michèle Morgan, Steve Cochran, Lloyd Corrigan, Jack Holt, Peter Lorre, Don Wilson, Alexis Minotis, Nina Koshetz, Yolanda Lacca, James Westerfield, Jimmy Ames.

Recommended reading:

The Black Path of Fear

By Cornell Woolrich.

Filmed as The Chase (1946), directed by Arthur Ripley.

ASIN: B000TZ32I8

Published by Ace.

Published 1944.

Mass Market Paperback.

Description:

The Black Path of Fear (1944) tells of a man who runs away to Havana with an American gangster's wife, followed by the vengeful husband, who kills the woman and frames her lover, leaving him a stranger in a strange land, menaced on all sides and fighting for his life.

“A fiendishly ingenious plot … thrilling episodes.” – New York Times.

Born on this day – Jack Vettriano:

Jack Vettriano

Painter

November 17, 1951 – March 1, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Man's World (2009); Fallen Angels (1999); Jack Vettriano: A Life (2004 / 2007); Lovers and Other Strangers (2003); Studio Life (2008); Women in Love (2009).

Movies and television:

Artworks Scotland (2009); Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime (2017); Breakfast (2004–2010); Breakfast with Frost (2004); Nighthawks (2014); Sunday AM (2007); The South Bank Show (2004); This Is Your Life (2001); What Do Artists Do All Day? (2013).