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.

On this day in movie history - The Hitcher (1986):

The Hitcher

directed by Robert Harmon,

written by Eric Red,

was released in the United States on February 21, 1986.
Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John M. Jackson, Billy Greenbush, Jack Thibeau, Armin Shimerman, Gene Davis, Jon Van Ness, Henry Darrow, Tony Epper.

Born on this day – Rutger Hauer:

Rutger Hauer

Actor

January 23, 1944 – July 19, 2019

Credits:

Break (2020); Ecstasy (2019); Iron Mask (2019); Porters (2017–2019); Kingdom Hearts III (2019); Alien: Out of the Shadows (2018); The Sonata (2018); The Sisters Brothers (2018); Corbin Nash (2018); Channel Zero (2018); Samson (2018); The Broken Key (2017); 24 Hours to Live (2017); Observer (2017); Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017); Gangsterdam (2017); Mata Hari (2016); Drawing Home (2016); Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich (2016); Cuba libre (2016); Genderness (2016); The Last Kingdom (2015); Clones (2015); WAX: We Are the X (2015); The Admiral (2015); Galavant (2015); The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015); Francesco (2014); True Blood (2013–2014); 2047: Sights of Death (2014); Wilfred (2014); The Letters (2014); Isip the Warrior (2013); I Turned Her to the Left (2013); Real Playing Game (2013); Flight of the Storks (2013); Il Futuro (2013); Metal Hurlant Chronicles (2012); Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra (2012); Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt (2012); Bachelor Trip (2012); Dracula 3D (2012); Requiem 2019 (2011); The Heineken Kidnapping (2011); The Reverend (2011); Portable Life (2011); The Cardboard Village (2011); Klyuch salamandry (2011); All for One (2011); Black Butterflies (2011); The Rite (2011); The Mill and the Cross (2011); Hobo with a Shotgun (2011); Spoon (2010); Happiness Runs (2010); Sword of War (2009); 3 (2009); Dazzle (2009); The Prince of Motor City (2008); The Rhapsody (2008); Bride Flight (2008); Magic Flute Diaries (2008); Starting Over (2007); Sweet Betty (2007); Moving McAllister (2007); Dead Tone (2007); Goal II: Living the Dream (2007); Starfish Tango (2006); Mentor (2006); Minotaur (2006); The Hunt for Eagle One (2006); The Poseidon Adventure (2005); Dracula III: Legacy (2005); Batman Begins (2005); Sin City (2005); In the Shadow of the Cobra (2004); Camera ascunsa (2004); Salem's Lot (2004); Tempesta (2004); Smallville (2003); Dracula II: Ascension (2003); Alias (2003); Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002); Warrior Angels (2002); Scorcher (2002); I banchieri di Dio (2002); The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (2001); The Room (2001); Flying Virus (2001); Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001); Lying in Wait (2001); Slow Burn (2000); Kylie Minogue: On a Night Like This (2000); The 10th Kingdom (2000); Partners in Crime (2000); New World Disorder (1999); Simon Magus (1999); Bone Daddy (1998); Merlin (1998); Tactical Assault (1998); The Ruby Ring (1997); Redline (1997); Bleeders (1997); Screen One (1997); Lexx (1997); Blast (1997); Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997); The Call of the Wild (1997); Omega Doom (1996); Crossworlds (1996); Precious Find (1996); Mr. Stitch (1995); Blood of the Innocent (1994); Fatherland (1994); The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994); Nostradamus (1994); Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994); Surviving the Game (1994); Arctic Blue (1993); Voyage (1993); Blind Side (1993); T.V. (1992); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992); Split Second (1992); Guinness: Art (1991); Beyond Justice (1991); Past Midnight (1991); Wedlock (1991); The Law of the Desert (1991); Submitting (1989); Guinness: Just a Nightmare (1989); Guinness: Sauna (1989); The Blood of Heroes (1989); Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love (1989); The Edge (1989); Blind Fury (1989); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989); The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988); Escape from Sobibor (1987); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986); The Hitcher (1986); Flesh+Blood (1985); Ladyhawke (1985); A Breed Apart (1984); The Osterman Weekend (1983); Eureka (1983); Blade Runner (1982); Inside the Third Reich (1982); Chanel Solitaire (1981); Nighthawks (1981); Spetters (1980); Duel in de diepte (1979); Grijpstra & De Gier (1979); Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf (1979); Es begann bei Tiffany (1979); Voor koningin en vaderland (1979); Mysteries (1978); Pastorale 1943 (1978); Heilige Jeanne (1978); Soldier of Orange (1977); Max Havelaar (1976); La donneuse (1976); Floris von Rosemund (1975); Cyrano de Bergerac (1975); Het jaar van de kreeft (1975); Cold Blood (1975); Katie Tippel (1975); The Wilby Conspiracy (1975); Hard to Remember (1974); Repelsteeltje (1973); Waaldrecht (1973); Turkish Delight (1973); Pathfinders (1972); Floris (1969); Monsieur Hawarden (1968).

On this day in movie history - Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987):

Wanted: Dead or Alive

directed by Gary Sherman,

written by Michael Patrick Goodman, Brian Taggert and Gary Sherman,

was released in the United States on January 16, 1987.
Music by Joe Renzetti.

Cast:

Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Robert Guillaume, Mel Harris, William Russ, Susan MacDonald, Jerry Hardin, Hugh Gillin, Robert Harper, Eli Danker, Joseph Nasser, Suzanne Wouk, Gerald Papasian, Nick Faltas, Hammam Shafie, Tyler Tyhurst, Ted White, Neil Summers, Dennis Burkley, DeeDee Rescher, Jesse Aragon, Shere Thu Thuy, Tu Ban Nguyen, Garry Scott, Tiiu Leek, Bill Smith, R.J. Miller, Charles Shapiro, David Boyle, Jeffrey Josephson, Patrick Puccinelli, James Edgcomb, Buddy Farmer, Gary Werntz, Rif Hutton, Richard Partlow, Rick Goldman, George Shannon, Ed Brodow, Patrick Gorman, Hubie Kerns Jr., Danny Costa, Greg Wayne Elam, John-Clay Scott, Jerry Gatlin, Sam Longoria.

On this day in movie history - Eureka (1983):

Eureka

directed by Nicolas Roeg,

written by Paul Mayersberg,

based on the book Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes? by Marshall Houts,

was released in the United States on October 5, 1984.
Inspired by the true 1943 Sir Harry Oakes murder case.
Music by Stanley Myers.

Poem quoted in final scene is a verse from Spell of the Yukon by Robert W. Service:

There’s gold, and it’s haunting and haunting;
It’s luring me on as of old;
Yet it isn’t the gold that I’m wanting
So much as just finding the gold.
It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder,
It’s the forests where silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness that fills me with peace.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire, Ed Lauter, Joe Pesci, Helena Kallianiotes, Cavan Kendall, Corin Redgrave, Joe Spinell, Frank Pesce, Michael Scott Addis, Norman Beaton, Emrys James, James Faulkner, Ann Thornton, Emma Relph, Mickey Rourke, John Vine, Tim Van Rellim, Ellis Dale, Mico Blanco Group, Aklowa Master Drummers, Lloyd Berry, Tom Heaton, Timothy Scott, Geri Dewson, Annie Kidder, Ian Tracey, Brad Sakiyama, Sandra Friesen, Raimund Stamm, Suzette Collins, Tommy Lane.