Born on this day – Sterling Hayden:

Sterling Hayden

Actor

Writer

March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986

Credits:

The Blue and the Gray (1982); Venom (1981); Gas (1981); 9 to 5 (1980); The Outsider (1979); Winter Kills (1979); King of the Gypsies (1978); The Godfather Saga (1977); 1900 (1976); Is It Any Wonder? (1975); Cry, Onion (1975); Deadly Strangers (1975); Banacek (1972); The Final Programme (1973); The Starlost (1973); The Long Goodbye (1973); Le grand départ (1972); The Godfather (1972); Angel's Leap (1971); Loving (1970); Ternos Caçadores (1969); Hard Contract (1969); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957); Goodyear Theatre (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957–1958); Ten Days to Tulara (1958); Terror in a Texas Town (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1958); General Electric Theater (1957); Zero Hour! (1957); Wagon Train (1957); Gun Battle at Monterey (1957); Valerie (1957); The Iron Sheriff (1957); Zane Grey Theatre (1957); Crime of Passion (1956); 5 Steps to Danger (1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); The Killing (1956); The Come On (1956); Top Gun (1955); The Last Command (1955); Shotgun (1955); The Eternal Sea (1955); Timberjack (1955); Battle Taxi (1955); Suddenly (1954); Naked Alibi (1954); Johnny Guitar (1954); Arrow in the Dust (1954); Prince Valiant (1954); Fighter Attack (1953); So Big (1953); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953); Crime Wave (1953); Take Me to Town (1953); Kansas Pacific (1953); The Star (1952); Flat Top (1952); The Golden Hawk (1952); Hellgate (1952); Denver & Rio Grande (1952); Flaming Feather (1952); Journey Into Light (1951); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Manhandled (1949); El Paso (1949); Variety Girl (1947); Blaze of Noon (1947); Bahama Passage (1941); Virginia (1941).

On this day in movie history - The Long Goodbye (1973):

The Long Goodbye

directed by Robert Altman,

written by Leigh Brackett,

based on the novel by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on March 7, 1973.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin, Jim Bouton, Warren Berlinger, Pancho Córdova, Enrique Lucero, Rutanya Alda, Jack Riley, Jerry Jones, John S. Davies, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

On this day in movie history - Crime Wave (1953):

Crime Wave

aka The City Is Dark,

directed by Andre DeToth,

was released in the United States on January 12, 1954.
Based on the short story Criminal's Mark,

by John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins,

originally published in The Saturday Evening Post (1950).

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia, Charles Bronson, Jay Novello, Ned Young, James Bell, Dub Taylor, Gayle Kellogg, Mack Chandler, Timothy Carey, Sandy Sanders, Richard Benjamin, James Hayward, Lyle Latell.