On this day in movie history - Nikita (1990):

Nikita

French title: La Femme Nikita,

directed and written by Luc Besson,

was released in France on February 21, 1990.

Music by Éric Serra.

Cast:

Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Laura Chéron, Jacques Boudet, Helene Aligier, Pierre-Alain de Garrigues, Patrick Pérez, Bruno Randon, Roland Blanche, Joseph Teruel, Jacques Disses, Stéphane Fey, Philippe Dehesdin, Michel Brunot, Rodolph Freytt, Pavel Slabý, Tchéky Karyo, Jean-Luc Caron, Renos Mandis, Jean-Marc Merchet, Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Leroy, Patrick Serrière, Iska Khan, Heike Fisher, Patrick Buiquangda, Eddie Gaydu, Jose Steinmann, Philippe Hernando, Gerard Touratier, Jean Bedin, Edith Perret, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean-Pierre Pauty, Michel Campa, Murray Gronwall, Pierrick Charpentier, Rafael Sultan, Hubert Gillet, Fausto Costantino, Roberto Talanno, Pétronille Moss, Eric Prat, Mia Frye, Olivier Hémon, Philippe du Janerand, Christian Gazio, Jérôme Chalou, Jean Reno, Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat, Jean Bouise, Patrick Chauveau, Maurice Antoni, Mathieu Archer, Alexis Dupuy, Michèle Amiel, Guy Van Riet, Xavier Bonastre.

On this day in movie history - The Hitcher (1986):

The Hitcher

directed by Robert Harmon,

written by Eric Red,

was released in the United States on February 21, 1986.
Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John M. Jackson, Billy Greenbush, Jack Thibeau, Armin Shimerman, Gene Davis, Jon Van Ness, Henry Darrow, Tony Epper.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 22.
Episode entitled: The Frightened Wife.
Released February 21, 1958.
Directed by Don Taylor.
Written by Irving Rubine and Rik Vollaerts.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Marian Seldes, Whitney Blake, Esther Dale, Herbert Rudley, David Lewis, Larry Kerr, Leslie Bradley, William Fawcett, Nelson Welch.

On this day in movie history - The Garden Murder Case (1936 movie & novel):

The Garden Murder Case

directed by Edwin L. Marin,

written by Bertram Millhauser,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on February 21, 1936.
Music by William Axt.

Cast:

Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume, Douglas Walton, Nat Pendleton, Gene Lockhart, H. B. Warner, Kent Smith, Grant Mitchell, Frieda Inescort, Henry B. Walthall, Jessie Ralph, Charles Trowbridge, Etienne Girardot, William Austin, Olaf Hytten.

Recommended reading:

The Garden Murder Case

By S.S. Van Dine.

# 9 in the Philo Vance mystery series.

Published by Felony & Mayhem Press.

First published 1935.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1631942050

ISBN-13: 9781631942051

Description:

In the ninth novels in the series, "The Garden Murder Case," Philo Vance investigates a murder and other suspicious events connected with the rooftop garden of the Garden’s New York penthouse, where a group friends gather to listen to the result of horse races.

According to one review, Garden runs on “passion, avarice, ambition and horse-racing.” It also runs on pure 1930s octane, because this is a classic house-party murder mystery, that staple of the Golden Age. As befitting a Philo yarn, of course, it’s a very Manhattan house-party, with an actress and a socialite on hand, and a bookie on the telephone. There’s also a losing bet on the ponies, and an ensuing suicide…but Philo, natch, is not sure just who pulled the trigger. A joy, as always, for readers who delight in Philo’s spectacular brand of awfulness – is there anyone snootier’ Snobbier’ More taken with himself’ – but also for fans of the Impossible Crime.

Born on this day – Adrian Schiller:

Adrian Schiller

Actor

February 21, 1964 – April 2024

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