On this day in movie history - Brannigan (1975):

Brannigan

directed by Douglas Hickox,

written by Christopher Trumbo, Michael Butler, William P. McGivern and William W. Norton,

based on a story by Christopher Trumbo and Michael Butler,

was released in the United States on March 26, 1975.
Music by Dominic Frontiere.

Cast:

John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, John Vernon, Daniel Pilon, John Stride, James Booth, Arthur Batanides, Ralph Meeker, Barry Dennen, Lesley-Anne Down, Pauline Delaney, Del Henney, Brian Glover, Stewart Bevan, Janette Legge, Anthony Booth, Tony Robinson, Don Henderson, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Enid Jaynes.

Born on this day – Richard Attenborough:

Richard Attenborough

Actor

Director

August 29, 1923 – August 24, 2014

On this day in movie history - The Great Escape (1963 movie & book):

The Great Escape

directed by John Sturges,

written by James Clavell and W. R. Burnett,

based on the book by Paul Brickhill,

was released in the United States on July 2, 1963.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton, Angus Lennie, Nigel Stock, Robert Graf, Jud Taylor, Hans Reiser, Harry Riebauer, William Russell, Robert Freitag, Ulrich Beiger, George Mikell, Lawrence Montaigne, Robert Desmond, Til Kiwe, Heinz Weiss, Tom Adams, Karl-Otto Alberty, Arthur Atkinson.

Recommended reading:

The Great Escape

By Paul Brickhill.

Filmed as The Great Escape (1963), directed by John Sturges.

Published by W. W. Norton & Company.

Published 1950.

ISBN-10: 0393325792

ISBN-13: 9780393325799

Description:

"One of the great true stories of the war, and one of the greatest escape narratives of all time." – San Francisco Chronicle.

"Absorbing... spine-tingling... puts the average war book so far in the shadow it's not even funny." – Dallas Times Herald.

"For sheer suspense, puts the fictioneers to shame." – Boston Globe.

"A tense, thrilling, fabulous tale." – Philadelphia Inquirer.

They were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance.

It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. It demanded the concentrated devotion and vigilance of more than six hundred men – every one of them, every minute, every hour, every day and night for more than a year.

Made into the classic 1963 war film of the same name starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough.

16 pages of photographs.

On this day in movie history - Jurassic Park (1993):

Jurassic Park

directed by Steven Spielberg,

written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp,

based on the novel by Michael Crichton,

was released in the United States on June 9, 1993.
Music by John Williams.

“… so preoccupied with whether or not they could,

that they didn’t stop to think if they should.”

– Jeff Goldblum, as Dr. Ian Malcolm.

Cast:

Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, B. D. Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Gerald R. Molen, Miguel Sandoval, Cameron Thor, Christopher John Fields, Whit Hertford, Dean Cundey, Jophery C. Brown, Tom Mishler, Greg Burson, Adrian Escober, Richard Kiley, James Berlau, Brad M. Bucklin, Laura Burnett, Michael Lantieri, Gary Rodriguez, Lata Ryan, Brian Smrz, Rip Lee Walker, Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc.

On this day in movie history - The League of Gentlemen (1960 movie & novel):

The League of Gentlemen

directed by Basil Dearden,

written by Bryan Forbes,

based on the novel by John Boland,

was released in the United Kingdom on April 7, 1960.
Music by Philip Green.

Cast:

Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Kieron Moore, Terence Alexander, Norman Bird, Robert Coote, Melissa Stribling, Nanette Newman, Lydia Sherwood, Doris Hare, David Lodge, Patrick Wymark, Gerald Harper, Brian Murray, Terence Edmond, Nigel Green, Patrick Jordan, Dinsdale Landen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Oliver Reed, Norman Rossington, Bruce Seton, Michael Corcoran.

Recommended reading:

The League of Gentlemen

By John Boland.

ASIN: B000WH36FM
Published by Beacon Envoy.
Published 1958.
Mass Market Paperback.

Ten ex-army officers. All of them cashiered. Their plan and outrageous and daring - the prize of one million pounds. The basis of the movie The League of Gentlemen (1960), directed by Basil Dearden.