Monday, December 25, 2023

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


Hustle,
directed by Robert Aldrich,
written by Steve Shagan,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1975.
Music by Frank De Vol.


Cast:
Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson, Paul Winfield, Eileen Brennan, Eddie Albert, Ernest Borgnine, Colleen Brennan, Catherine Bach, Jack Carter, Robert Englund.

On this day in movie history - Freebie and the Bean (1974):


Freebie and the Bean,
directed by Richard Rush,
written by Robert Kaufman,
based on a story by Floyd Mutrux,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1974.
Music by Dominic Frontiere.


Cast:
James Caan, Alan Arkin, Loretta Swit, Jack Kruschen, Alex Rocco, Mike Kellin, Paul Koslo, Valerie Harper, Linda Marsh, Christopher Morley, Maurice Argent.

On this day in movie history - Move Over, Darling (1963):


Move Over, Darling,
directed by Michael Gordon,
written by Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack, Leo McCarey, Hal Kanter and Jack Sher,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1963.
Music by Lionel Newman.


Cast:
Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark, Don Knotts, Chuck Connors, Edgar Buchanan, John Astin, Elliott Reid, Pat Harrington Jr., Alan Sues, Max Showalter, Eddie Quillan, Jack Orrison, Pami Lee, Leslie Farrell.

On this day in movie history - Paths of Glory (1957):


Paths of Glory,
directed by Stanley Kubrick,
written by Stanley Kubrick,
Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson,
based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1957.
Music by Gerald Fried.


Cast:
Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Joe Turkel, Christiane Kubrick, Jerry Hausner, Peter Capell, Emile Meyer, Bert Freed, Kem Dibbs, Timothy Carey, Fred Bell, John Stein, Harold Benedict, Leon Briggs, Paul Bös, Herbert Ellis, Wally Friedrichs, Halder Hanson, James B. Harris, Rolf Kralovitz, Ira Moore, Marshall Rainer, Roger Vagnoid.

On this day in movie history - Force of Evil (1948):


Force of Evil,
directed by Abraham Polonsky,
written by Abraham Polonsky and Ira Wolfert,
based on the novel Tucker's People by Ira Wolfert,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1948.
Music by David Raksin.


Cast:
John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor, Howland Chamberlain, Roy Roberts, Paul Fix, Stanley Prager, Barry Kelley, Beau Bridges, Paul McVey.

On this day in movie history - T-Men (1947):


T-Men,
directed by Anthony Mann,
written by John C. Higgins,
based on a story by Virginia Kellogg,
was released in the United States on December 25, 1947.
Music by Paul Sawtell.


Cast:
Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Meade, Alfred Ryder, Wallace Ford, June Lockhart, Charles McGraw, Jane Randolph, Anton Kosta, Art Smith, Herbert Heyes, Jack Overman, John Wengraf, Jim Bannon, William Malten.

Born on this day – Dick Miller:


Dick Miller

Actor

December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019