On this day in movie history - The Brink’s Job (1978 movie & book):

The Brink’s Job

directed William Friedkin,

written by Walon Green,

based on the book Big Stick-Up at Brinks by Noel Behn,

was released in the United States on December 8, 1978.
Music by Richard Rodney Bennett.

Cast:

Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, Paul Sorvino, Sheldon Leonard, Gerard Murphy, Kevin O'Connor, Claudia Peluso, Patrick Hines, Malachy McCourt, Walter Klavun, Randy Jurgensen, John Brandon, Robert Prosky.

Recommended reading:

Big Stick-Up at Brinks

By Noel Behn.

First published 1976.

Published by Putnam.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0399118977

ISBN-13: 978-0399118975

Description:

A riveting and frequently hilarious insider account of one of the twentieth century’s most outrageous capers.

On the evening of January 17, 1950, armed robbers wearing Captain Marvel masks entered the Brink’s Armored Car building in Boston, Massachusetts. They walked out less than an hour later with more than $2.7 million in cash and securities. It was a brazen and expertly executed theft that captured the imaginations of millions of Americans and baffled the FBI and local law enforcement officials.

But what appeared on the surface to be the perfect crime was, in fact, the end result of a mind-boggling series of mistakes, miscalculations, and missteps. The men behind the masks were not expert bank robbers but a motley crew of small-time crooks who bumbled their way into a record-breaking payday and managed to elude the long arm of the law for six years.

New York Times bestselling author Noel Behn tape-recorded nearly one thousand hours of interviews with the surviving robbers, including motormouthed mastermind Tony Pino, a character so colorful he might have been dreamed up by a Hollywood screenwriter, to tell the uncensored story of the heist forever known as “the Great Brink’s Robbery.” Fun and suspenseful from first page to last, Behn’s true-crime classic was the basis for The Brink’s Job (1978), the Academy Award–nominated film directed by William Friedkin and starring Peter Falk and Peter Boyle.

“It had me riveted with suspense, but it also made me laugh until I got hiccups.” – Cosmopolitan.

“A King Kong of crime entertainment . . . that no movie could match . . . The Brink’s job [was] a kind of D-Day event in the annals of crime . . . Glorious.” – Kirkus Reviews.

“One minute you’re laughing your head off. The next minute you chill with fear. Crooks and crime at their best. Pure magic!” – Harold Robbins.

“The best book about criminals ever written, a rich and beautiful depiction of their lives as well as their work, a book that elevates them from moving-picture types to complete, vivid humans. Noel Behn has taken one of the most extraordinary crimes of the century and turned it into a living tapestry. It’s a wonderful book.” – Paddy Chayefsky, Academy Award–winning screenwriter of Network.

“Reads like a Hollywood screenplay, except that it really happened.” – John Barkham Reviews.

On this day in movie history - I, the Jury (1982):

I, the Jury

directed by Richard T. Heffron,

written by Larry Cohen,

based on the novel by Mickey Spillane,

was released in the United States on October 9, 1982.
Music by Bill Conti.

Cast:

Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King, Geoffrey Lewis, Paul Sorvino, Judson Scott, Barry Snider, Julia Barr, Jessica James, Frederick Downs Jr., Mary Margaret Amato, F.J. O'Neil, William G. Schilling, Robert Sevra, Don Pike, Timothy Meyers, Leigh Harris, Lynette Harris, Gwyn / Gwynn Gillis, Mike Miller, Alex Stevens, Bobbie Burns, M. Sharon Madigan, Richard Russell Ramos, Norman Blankenship, Daniel Faraldo, H. Richard Greene, Felicity Adler, Jodi Douglas, Lee H. Doyle, Cheryl Henry, Michael Fiorello, Herb Peterson, Richard Dahlia, Aaron Barsky, Ernest Harada, Larry Pine, Joe Farago, Alan Dellay, Jack Davidson, Loring Pickering, Corinne Bohrer, Bobby Astyr, Roger Caine, Michael Cullum, Samantha Fox, Linda Hamil, David Lauren, Candida Royalle, Marlene Willoughby.

On this day in movie history - The Gambler (1974):

The Gambler

directed by Karel Reisz,

written by James Toback,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1974.
Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes, Burt Young, Carmine Caridi, Vic Tayback, Steven Keats, London Lee, M. Emmet Walsh, James Woods, Carl W. Crudup, Allan Rich, Stuart Margolin, Ric Mancini, Joel Wolfe, Raymond Serra, William Andrews, Joseph Attles, Antonio Fargas, Ernest Butler, Sully Boyar, Gregory Rozakis, Starletta DuPois, Lucille Patton, Ed Kovens, Baron Wilson, Richard Foronjy, Frank Sivero, Frank Adonis, Philip Sterling, Patricia Fay, Beatrice Winde, Leon Pinkney, Alisha Fontaine, Presley Caton, Mitch Stein, Jonathan Kushner, Charles Polk, Dick Schaap, Chick Hearn, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Jerry Leon, Melanie Mayron.

On this day in movie history - Goodfellas (1990):

Goodfellas

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese,

based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi,

was released in the United States on September 21, 1990.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Chuck Low, Frank DiLeo, Henny Youngman, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Suzanne Shepherd, Debi Mazar, Margo Winkler, Welker White, Jerry Vale, Julie Garfield, Christopher Serrone, Elaine Kagan, Beau Starr, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Imperioli, Robbie (Bobby) Vinton, Johnny Williams, Daniel P. Conte, Tony Conforti, Frank Pellegrino, Ronald Maccone, Tony Sirico, Joseph D’Onofrio, Steve Forleo, Richard Dioguardi, Frank Adonis, John Manca, Joseph Bono, Katherine Wallach, Mark Jacobs, Angela Pietropinto, Marianne Leone, Marie Michaels, LoNardo, Melissa Prophet, Illeana Douglas, Susan Varon, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Clem Caserta, Samuel L. Jackson, Fran McGee, Paul Herman, Edward McDonald, Edward Hayes, Daniela Barbosa, Gina Mattia, Joel Calendrillo, Anthony Valentin, Edward D. Murphy, Michael Citriniti, Peter Hock, Erasmus C. Alfano, John Di Benedetto, Manny Alfaro, Thomas Lowry, Margaret Smith, Richard Mullally, Frank Albanese, Paul McIsaac, Bob Golub, Louis Eppolito, Tony Lip, Mikey Black, Peter Cicale, Anthony Powers, Vincent Pastore, Anthony Alessandro, Victor Colicchio, Mike Contessa, Philip Suriano, Paul Mougey, Norman Barbera, Anthony Polemeni, James Quattrochi, Lawrence Sacco, Dino Laudicina, Thomas E. Camuti, Andrew Scudiero, Irving Welzer, Jesse Kirtzman, Russell Halley, Spencer Bradley, Bob Altman, Joanna Bennett, Gayle Lewis, Gaetano Lisi, Luke Walter, Ed Deacy, Larry Silvestri, John ‘Cha Cha’ Ciarcia, Vito Picone, Janis Corsair, Frank Aquilino, Lisa D’Apolito, Michael Calandrino, Vito Antuofermo, Vito Balsamo, Peter Fain, Gaetano LoGiudice, Garry Pastore, Nicole Burdette, Stella Keitel, Dominique DeVito, Michaelangelo Graziano, Paula Kcira, Nadine Kay, Tony Ellis, Peter Onorati, Jamie De Roy, Joel Blake, H. Clay Dear, Thomas Hewson, Gene Canfield, Margaux Guerard, Violet Gaynor, Tobin Bell, Berlinda Tolbert, Nancy Cassaro, Adam Wandt, Joe Gioco, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Alyson Jones, Ruby Gaynor, Bo Dietl.

On this day in movie history - Escape Clause (1996):

Escape Clause

directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith,

written by Danilo Bach,

was released in the United States on July 14, 1996.

Music by Richard Marvin and Ken Thorne.

Cast:

Andrew McCarthy, Paul Sorvino, Connie Britton, Kate McNeil, Stan Egi, Kenneth Welsh, John Evans, Peter Donaldson, Victor A. Young, Sean Dick, Dawn Greenhalgh, Chantel Dick, Lupe Arenas, Tara Rosling, Peter Langley, Claire Rankin, Yanira Contreras, Stephen Bogaert, Roger Honeywell, Ron Hartmann, Bob Clout, Robbie Rox, Gord Mackenzie, Phillip Jarrett, Scott Wickware, John Boylan, Shawn Lawrence, Chuck Shamata, Laura Catalano, Carol Chwaiewsky, Tricia Brioux, Garnet Harding, Djanet Sears, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Linda Goranson, Julie Evans.

Born on this day – Paul Sorvino:

Paul Sorvino

Actor

Opera singer

Writer

Sculptor

April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022

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