On this day in movie history - The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974):

The Taking of Pelham 123

directed by Joseph Sargent,

written by Peter Stone,

based on the novel by John Godey,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1974.
Music by David Shire.

Cast:

Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick, Dick O'Neill, Lee Wallace, Tom Pedi, Beatrice Winde, Jerry Stiller, Nathan George, Rudy Bond, Kenneth McMillan, Doris Roberts, Julius Harris, Cynthia Belgrave, Anna Berger, Gary Bolling, Carol Cole, Alex Colon, Joe Fields, Mari Gorman, Michael Gorrin, Thomas La Fleur, María Landa, Louise Larabee, George Lee Miles, Carolyn Nelson, Eric O'Hanian, Lucy Saroyan, William Snickowski, Barry Snyder, Walter Jones, Jerry Holland, Robert Weil, Penny Krompier, Christopher Murney, Timothy Meyers, Ruth Attaway, Thomas Barbour, Marvin Silbersher, Neil Brooks Cunningham, Sal Viscuso, Tony Fasce, Burtt Harris, Gene Gross, Walter Lott, Conrad Yama, Sho Onodera, Toru Nagai, Tura Nakamura, Rowena Rollins, Joseph Attles, Willis Pinkett, Michelle Matthow, Isabella Hoopes, Bill Cobbs, Jim Pelham, Joe Seneca, Gino Gennaro, Carmine Foresta, Tony Roberts, Hy Anzell, Ines Hellendall, Jean-Paul Hellendall, Ben Lautman, Carey Loftin, James Mapes, Paul Nuckles, Jay Rasumny, Charles Silvern, Dominique St. Pierre, Dolph Sweet, Frank Ventgen.

On this day in movie history - Coogan’s Bluff (1968):

Coogan’s Bluff

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Herman Miller, Dean Riesner and Howard Rodman,

based on the novel by Herman Miller,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1968.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Tisha Sterling, Don Stroud, Betty Field, Tom Tully, Melodie Johnson, James Edwards, Rudy Diaz, David Doyle, Louis Zorich, Meg Myles, Marjorie Bennett, Seymour Cassel, John Coe, Skip Battyn, Albert Popwell, Conrad Bain, James Gavin, Albert Henderson, James McCallion, Syl Lamont, Jess Osuna, Jerry Summers, Antonia Rey, Marya Henriques.

Born on this day – Paul D'Amato:

Paul D'Amato

Actor

October 2, 1949 – February 19, 2024

Credits:

The Unusuals (2009); Light and the Sufferer (2007); The Living Wake (2007); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2005); Law & Order (1993–2002); The Opportunists (1999); Men Under Water (1998); Six Ways to Sunday (1997); Destination Anywhere (1997); Crimson Lights (1994); Dangerous Affairs (1993); American Playhouse (1988); Suspect (1987); A Case of Deadly Force (1986); F/X (1986); Murder Ink (1983); Heaven's Gate (1980); Firepower (1979); The Deer Hunter (1978); Heaven Can Wait (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Deadliest Season (1977); Slap Shot (1977); Code R (1977); Magnum Force (1973).

Stage play:

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1996).

Born on this day – Phill Niblock:

Phill Niblock

Composer

Director

Cinematographer

Producer

October 2, 1933 – January 8, 2024

Credits:

Music:

Working Touch (2022); Sound Collages (2021); Touch Five (2013); Touch Strings (2009); G2 44 +/X 2 (2006); Touch Three (2006); Disseminate (2004); The Movement of People Working (2003); Touch Food (2003); Touch Works (2000); A Young Person’s Guide to Phill Niblock (1994); Music by Phill Niblock (1993); Four Full Flutes (1990).

Movies and video:

Niblock's Sound Spectrums - Within Invisible Rivers (2019); The Movement of People Working (2003); Fluxus Replayed (1991); China (1988); The Lobotomy (1980); Sunsets (1970); Max (1967); The Magic Sun (1966).

Born on this day – Robin Hardy:

Robin Hardy

Director

Writer

Actor

October 2, 1929 – July 1, 2016

Born on this day – Moses Gunn:

Moses Gunn

Actor

October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993

Credits:

20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); 60 Millionen für Phantásien - Wie die 'unendliche Geschichte' ins Kino kam (1984); A Man Called Hawk (1989); Aaron Loves Angela (1975); Amazing Grace (1974); Amen (1989); American Playhouse (1984–1985); Amityville II: The Possession (1982); Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (1998); Assignment: Vienna (1973); Bates Motel (1987); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Brother Future (1991); Carter's Army (1970); Certain Fury (1985); Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975); Day of Absence (1971); Dixie Lanes (1988); Eagle in a Cage (1972); East Side/West Side (1964); Equal Justice (1990); Father Murphy (1981–1983); Firestarter (1984); Flag (1988); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Good Times (1977); Great Performances (1976); Haunts of the Very Rich (1972); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Heartbreak Ridge (1986); Highway to Heaven (1985); Hill Street Blues (1987); Homicide: Life on the Street (1993 / 1996); Hotel (1986); How Do Your Children Grow? (1972); If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972); John Mercer Langston (1974); Kung Fu (1973); Law of the Land (1976); Leonard Part 6 (1987); Little House on the Prairie (1977–1981); Maude (1978); McCloud (1972); Memphis (1992); Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love (1991); Movin' On (1975); Murder Times Seven (1990); N.Y.P.D. (1968); No Room for Opal (1993); Nothing But a Man (1964); Of Mice and Men (1968); Perfect Harmony (1991); Quincy, M.E. (1977); Ragtime (1981); Remember My Name (1978); Rollerball (1975); Roots (1977); Salvage 1 (1979); Shaft (1971); Shaft's Big Score! (1972); Snoops (1990); Switch (1977); Tales from the Crypt (1990); The 20th Annual Obie Awards (1975); The Contender (1980); The Cowboys (1974); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The F.B.I. (1969); The Great White Hope (1970); The Hot Rock (1972); The House of Dies Drear (1984); The Iceman Cometh (1973); The Jeffersons (1975 / 1978); The Luckiest Man in the World (1989); The Magical World of Disney (1975); The NeverEnding Story (1984); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Sheriff (1971); The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1974); The Women of Brewster Place (1989); TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004); Vega$ (1978); What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968); Wild Rovers (1971); WUSA (1970).

Born on this day – Ramona Fradon:

Ramona Fradon

Artist

Illustrator

October 2, 1926 – February 24, 2024

Credits:

Books:

1st Issue Special (1975); Adventure Comics (1938); Alter Ego (1999); Aquaman (1962); Blackhawk (1957); Bongo Comics Presents Simpsons Super Spectacular (2006); Choices (1990); Danny Fingeroth's Write Now! (2002); DC Super Stars (1976); Dignifying Science (1999); Fantastic Four (1961); Freedom Fighters (1976); Gang Busters (1947); Ghosts (1971); House of Mystery (1951); House of Secrets (1956); Invaders Now! (2010); Just Imagine Stan Lee With Scott McDaniel Creating Aquaman (2002); Metamorpho (1965); More Secret Origins Replica Edition (1999); Namora (2010); Plastic Man (1976); Plastic Man 80-Page Giant (2004); Plop! (1973); Secrets of Haunted House (1975); Secrets of Sinister House (1972); Showcase (1956); Silver Age: Doom Patrol (2000); Teen Titans (1966); The Adventures of Unemployed Man (2010); The Brave and the Bold (1955); The Super Friends (1976); The Unexpected (1968); Wonder Woman (1987); World's Finest Comics (1941).

Movies, television and video:

Aquaman (2018); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2011); Beware the Batman (2013–2014); Black Adam (2022); Dare2Draw Studio's Chat (2016); Imagine the Dreams (2019); Peacemaker (2022); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); She Makes Comics (2014); Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (2013); Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (2018); The Anti Gravity Room (1995); The Flash (2023); The Legends Behind the Comic Books (2007); Titans (2021); Wonder Woman 1984 (2020); Young Justice (2019).