On this day in movie history - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979):

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Harold Livingston,

based on a story by Alan Dean Foster,

was released in the United States on December 6, 1979.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Persis Khambatta, Stephen Collins, Majel Barrett, Grace Lee Whitney, David Gautreaux, Mark Lenard.

On this day in movie history - Nighthawks (1981):

Nighthawks,

directed by Bruce Malmuth,

written by David Shaber,

based on a story by David Shaber and Paul Sylbert,

was released in the United States on April 10, 1981.
Music by Keith Emerson.

Cast:
Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta, Nigel Davenport, Rutger Hauer, Hilary Thompson, Joe Spinell, Walter Mathews, Caesar Cordova, Charles Duval, Robert Pugh, Brian Osborne, Frederick Treves, Tony Munafo, Catherine Mary Stewart, Sue Vanner, Jamie Gillis, Obaka Adedunyo, Yvette Hawkins, Einar Perry Scott, Erle Bjornstad, Jacques Roux, Clebert Ford, Avind Harum, Jean-Pierre Stewart, Corine Lorain, Steve Daskewisz, Edward Fox, Dar Robinson, Zoya Leporska, Thomas Rosales Jr., John Shamsul Alam, Jose Angel Santana, Santo Alam, Maria Baan, Ann Pearl Gary, Carrie Klein, Gerard Murphy.