On this day in movie history - Sorcerer (1977):

Sorcerer

directed by William Friedkin,

written by Walon Green,

based on the novel Le Salaire de la peur (The Salary of Fear) by Georges Arnaud,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1977.

Music by Tangerine Dream.

Cast:
Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri, Peter Capell, Karl John, Friedrich von Ledebur, Chico Martínez, Joe Spinell, Rosario Almontes, Richard Holley, Anne-Marie Deschodt, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jacques François, André Falcon, Gerard Murphy, Desmond Crofton, Henry Diamond, Ray Dittrich, Frank Gio, Randy Jurgensen, Cosmo Allegretti, Nick Discenza, Frank Pesce, Tom Signorelli.

On this day in movie history - Catch-22 (1970):

Catch-22,

directed by Mike Nichols,

written by Buck Henry,

based on the novel by Joseph Heller,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1970.
Music by Richard Strauss.

Cast:
Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Orson Welles, Bob Balaban, Susanne Benton, Norman Fell, Charles Grodin, Austin Pendleton, Peter Bonerz, Jon Korkes, John Brent, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Philip Roth, Bruce Kirby, Jack Riley, Felice Orlandi, Marcel Dalio, Evi Maltagliati, Elizabeth Wilson, Richard Libertini, Liam Dunn, Olimpia Carlisi, Wendy D'Olive, Gina Rovere, Fernanda Vitobello, Seth Allen, Steve 'Bunker' de France.

On this day in movie history - The Sons of Katie Elder (1965):

The Sons of Katie Elder,

directed by Henry Hathaway,

written by William H. Wright, Allan Weiss and Harry Essex,

based on a story by Talbot Jennings,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1965.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:
John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer, Michael Anderson Jr., Earl Holliman, Jeremy Slate, James Gregory, Paul Fix, George Kennedy, Dennis Hopper, Sheldon Allman, John Litel, John Doucette, James Westerfield, Rhys Williams, John Qualen, Rodolfo Acosta, Strother Martin, Percy Helton, Karl Swenson.

On this day in movie history - The Masque of the Red Death (1964):

The Masque of the Red Death,

directed by Roger Corman,

written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1964.

Based on The Masque of the Red Death and Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe,

and Torture by Hope by Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam.
Music by David Lee.

Cast:
Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Robert Brown, Julian Burton, David Davies, Skip Martin, Gaye Brown, Verina Greenlaw, Doreen Dawn, Brian Hewlett, Sarah Brackett.

Born on this day – Adrienne Shelly:

Adrienne Shelly

Actress

Director

Writer

June 24, 1966 – November 1, 2006

Credits:

Adrienne (2021); Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991); Dead Dog (2001); Disc-Functional (2011); Downtown Film Fest (2006); Early Edition (1997); Factotum (2005); Four Tales of Two Cities / Urban Legend (1996); Grind (1997); Hexed (1993); Hexed: Featurette (1993); Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (1992); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); I'll Take You There (1999); Kalamazoo (1994); Law & Order (2000); Like Plastic (2013); Lois Lives a Little (1997); Lonely in America (1990); Opera No. 1 (1994); Oz (1998); Pretty (2011); Revolution #9 (2001); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Serious Moonlight (2009); Sleep with Me (1994); Sleeping with Strangers (1994); Spin (2011); Sudden Manhattan (1996); Teresa's Tattoo (1994); The Atlantis Conspiracy (2001); The Regulars (1997); The Road Killers (1994); The Shadows of Bob and Zelda (2000); The Unbelievable Truth (1989); The Vibrator (2007); Tiger: His Fall & Rise (2004); Trust (1990); Urban Legend (1994); Waitress (2007); Waitress: The Musical (2023); Who the Hell Is Brian D'Arcy? (2008); Why Am I in a Box? (2010); Wrestling with Alligators (1998).

Born on this day – Tim McGovern:

Tim McGovern

Visual Effects

June 24, 1955 – March 30, 2024

Credits:

A Sound of Thunder (2005); Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018); As Good as It Gets (1997); CFIC: Brilliance (1985); Dunkirk (2017); Equilibrium (2002); Feardotcom (2002); First Man (2018); Hideaway (1995); Imagining 'Total Recall' (2001); Jungle Cruise (2021); Last Action Hero (1993); Lift (2024); Look Who's Talking Now (1993); Men in Black: International (2019); Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015); Models & Skeletons: The Special Effects of Total Recall (2010); Money Train (1995); Movie Magic (1995–1996); Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014); So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993); Stigmata (1999); Supernova (2000); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016); The Making of Brilliance (1985); The Shaft (2001); The Story of Computer Graphics (1999); TIM MCGOVERN (Oscar Winner, VFX specialist) IFFI 49 (2019); Total Recall (1990); Trapped (2002); Triple Frontier (2019); Tron (1982); Virtuosity (1995).

Born on this day – Paul L. Smith:

Paul L. Smith

Actor

June 24, 1936 – April 25, 2012

Credits:

Alcohol: The Choice (1974); Alle hatten sich abgewandt (1970); All-Star Family Feud Special (1982); Barney Miller (1979); Caged Fury (1990); Carambola (1974); Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket (1975); CHiPs (1978); Conspiracy of Terror (1975); Convoy Buddies (1975); Crazy Camera (1989); Crimewave (1985); Crossing the Line (1990); D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999); Death Chase (1988); Deleted 'Dune' (2006); Desert Kickboxer (1992); Diamond Pedlars (1976); Disaster on the Coastliner (1979); Dune (1984); Emergency! (1974); Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo Auf Ibiza (2014); Exodus (1960); Eye of the Widow (1991); Fishke Goes to War (1971); Going in Style (1979); Gor (1987); Haunted Honeymoon (1986); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Hawaii Five-O (1979); Homicide (1965); I'm Healthy, I'm Alive and I'm Free (1977); Jungle Warriors (1984); Madron (1970); Masada (1981); Maverick (1994); Midnight Express (1978); Midnight Express: The Finished Film (2008); Midnight Express: The Production (2008); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); Nahtche and the General (1972); Operation Shtreimel (1984); Outlaw Force (1987); Paul Smith: The Reddest Herring (2008); Pieces (1982); Popeye (1980); Red Sonja (1985); Red Sonja Vs. Kalidor: The Making of a Misunderstanding (2010); Return of the Tiger (1977); Sadat (1983); Sonny Boy (1989); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Tel Aviv Call Girls (1972); Ten Little Indians (1989); Terminal Entry (1987); Texas Godfather (1985); The Bull Buster (1973); The Frisco Kid (1979); The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973); The Hired Gun (1989); The In-Laws (1979); The Protector (1985); The Salamander (1981); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); 21 Hours at Munich (1976); War of 20 Years (1970); We Are No Angels (1975); When I Am King (1982); Wonder Woman (1979); You're Famous (1989).