Saturday, June 15, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Cars That Ate Paris (1974):


The Cars That Ate Paris,
directed and written by Peter Weir,
based on a story by Peter Weir, Keith Gow and Piers Davies,
was released at the Sydney Film Festival in Australia, on June 15, 1974.
Music by Bruce Smeaton.


Cast:
John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully, Max Gillies, Danny Adcock, Bruce Spence, Kevin Golsby, Chris Haywood, Peter Armstrong, Joe Burrow, Deryck Barnes, Edward Howell, Max Phipps, Melissa Jaffer, Tim Robertson, Herbert Nelson, Charlie Metcalfe, Frank Saba.

On this day in movie history - The Legend of Hell House (1973):


The Legend of Hell House,
directed by John Hough,
written by Richard Matheson,
based on the novel Hell House by Richard Matheson,
was released in the United States, on June 15, 1973.
Music by Delia Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson and Dudley Simpson.


Cast:
Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt, Roland Culver, Peter Bowles, Michael Gough.

On this day in movie history - The Dirty Dozen (1967):


The Dirty Dozen,
directed by Robert Aldrich,
written by Nunnally Johnson and Lukas Heller,
based on the novel, by E. M. Nathanson,
was released in the United States, on June 15, 1967.
Music by Frank De Vol.


Cast:
Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Trini López, Ralph Meeker, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker, Robert Webber, Tom Busby, Ben Carruthers, Stuart Cooper, Robert Phillips, Colin Maitland, Al Mancini, George Roubicek, Thick Wilson, Dora Reisser, Lewis Alexander, Michael Anthony, William Baskiville, Roy Beck, Cynthia Bizeray, Leo Britt, Harry Brooks Jr., Ken Buckle, Jack Carter, Alan Chuntz, Harold Coyne, Gerry Crampton, Hugh Elton, Gary Files, Suzanne Fleuret, Judith Furse, Hal Galili, Victor Gallucci, Alan Gibbs, Romo Gorrara, Willoughby Gray, Patrick Halpin, Alan Harris, Gerard Heinz, John G. Heller, George Hilsdon, John Hollis, Alf Joint, Angela Kay, Juba Kennerley, Eric Kent, John Ketteringham, Hildegard Knef, Ann Lancaster, Roy Lansford, Aileen Lewis, Dickey Luck, Richard Marner, Mark McBride, Dick Miller, John More, Lou Morgan, Norman Morris, Lionel Murton, Suzanne Owens-Duval, Joe Phelps, Edith Raye, Mike Reid, Terry Richards, Jack Ross, Gordon Ruttan, Frederick Schiller, Bunny Seaman, Michael Segal, Jack Sharp, Richard Shaw, Tony Snell, Warren Stanhope, Michael Stayner, Emile Stemmler, Michael Stevens, Bill Strange, Fred Stroud, Elliott Sullivan, John Tatham, Rocky Taylor, Burnell Tucker, Hedger Wallace, Ken Wayne, Theodore Wilhelm, Jeremy Wilkin, Fred Wood, Vicki Woolf.

Born on this day – Belinda Lee:


Belinda Lee

Actress

June 15, 1935 – March 12, 1961

Credits:

Blackout (1954); Blood Feud (1961); Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca (1959); Cabaret du soir (1958); Ce corps tant désiré (1959); Constantine and the Cross (1961); Dangerous Exile (1957); Der Satan lockt mit Liebe (1960); Elephant Gun (1958); Eyewitness (1956); Family Affair (1954); Film Fanfare (1956); Footsteps in the Fog (1955); Full Screen Ahead (1957); Ghosts of Rome (1961); Goddess of Love (1957); It Happened in '43 (1960); Joseph and His Brethren (1961); Love, the Italian Way (1960); Man of the Moment (1955); Marie of the Isles (1959); Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954); Messalina (1960); Miracle in Soho (1957); No Smoking (1955); Reflets de Cannes (1960); She Walks by Night (1959); The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954); The Big Money (1956); The Case of Canary Jones (1954); The Chasers (1959); The Gentle Touch (1956); The Nights of Lucretia Borgia (1959); The Runaway Bus (1954); The Secret Place (1957); The Swindlers (1959); Who Done It? (1956); Women of the World (1963); World by Night (1960).

Born on this day – William Newman:


William Newman

Actor

June 15, 1934 – May 27, 2015

Credits:

A Special Friendship (1987); Act of Vengeance (1986); All-American Girl (1994); American Playhouse (1989); Angel (2001); Angel Falls (1993); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: Charlie (1999); Billions for Boris (1985); Brown's Requiem (1998); Brubaker (1980); Chattahoochee (1989); Chiefs (1983); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000); Days of Our Lives (2005); Dead Man's Revenge (1994); Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992); Devil in the Flesh 2 (2000); Dharma & Greg (1999); Diagnosis Murder (1999); Dinner at Eight (1989); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1995); Eerie, Indiana (1992); Fearless (1993); For Love of the Game (1999); Funny Farm (1988); Goode Behavior (1996); Hero (1992); Homefront (1992); Jury Duty (1995); Knots Landing (1992); L.A. Doctors (1999); Leprechaun (1992); Love & War (1993); Loving (1985); Mad About You (1993); Matlock (1991); Monkey Shines (1988); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); My Name Is Earl (2006); No Easy Way (1996); One Life to Live (1983); Party of Five (1997); Philly (2001); Picket Fences (1993); Pie in the Sky (1995); Pig Sty (1995); Playing for Keeps (1986); Popular (2001); Ryan's Hope (1979); Santa with Muscles (1996); Shadow: Dead Riot (2006); Silver Bullet (1985); Something Wilder (1995); Squirm (1976); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); That's Adequate (1989); The Craft (1996); The Drew Carey Show (1996); The King of Queens (1999); The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986); The Mosquito Coast (1986); The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988); The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988); The Stand (1994); The Tick (2001–2002); Tom and Huck (1995); Touch (1997); VR.5 (1995); Women of the House (1995); Wounded Heart (1995).

Born on this day – Gloria Stroock:


Gloria Stroock

Actress

June 15, 1924 – May 5, 2024

Credits:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1977); Archie Bunker's Place (1982); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Baretta (1978); Bill Slater Show (1950); Brando (2007); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1952); City in Fear (1980); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); Holmes and Yoyo (1976); Kraft Theatre (1948); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); Mama (1955); Martin Kane (1951); McMillan & Wife (1974–1977); Missing Pieces (1991); Modern Romances (1955); NBC Presents (1949); Newsstand Theatre (1952); No Easy Way (1996); Operation Petticoat (1977–1978); Passions (1984); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Rosetti and Ryan (1977); Seed of Innocence (1980); Spotlight (1954); Starlight Theatre (1950); Studio One (1950–1955); The Competition (1980); The Day of the Locust (1975); The Girls (1950); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); The Snoop Sisters (1972); Uncommon Valor (1983); Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977).