On this day in movie history - The Set-Up (1949):

The Set-Up,

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Art Cohn,

based on the book-length narrative poem by Joseph Moncure March,

was released in the United States on March 29, 1949.
Music by C. Bakaleinikof and Roy Webb.

Cast:
Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Percy Helton, Hal Fieberling, Darryl Hickman, Kenny O'Morrison, James Edwards, David Clarke, Phillip Pine, Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig.

On this day in movie history - Criss Cross (1949):

Criss Cross,

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Daniel Fuchs,

based on the novel by Don Tracy,

was released in the United States on January 19, 1949.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:
Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Esy Morales, Tom Pedi, Percy Helton, Alan Napier, Griff Barnett, Meg Randall, Richard Long, Joan Miller, Edna Holland, John Doucette, Marc Krah, James O'Rear, John 'Skins' Miller, Jean Bane, Ralph Brooks, Dolores Castle, Michael Cisney, Corky (the Dog), Tony Curtis, Gene Evans, Sam Finn, Lee Tong Foo, Timmy Hawkins, Geraldine Jordan, George Lynn, Robert Osterloh, Garry Owen, Kenneth Patterson, Jose Portugal, Isabel Randolph, Suzanne Ridgway, Beatrice Roberts, Stephen Roberts, John Roy, Vito Scotti, Ann Staunton, Diane Stewart, Kippee Valez, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Winkler, Bud Wolfe.