Monday, March 31, 2025

On this day in movie history - W. C. Fields and Me (1976):


W. C. Fields and Me

directed by Arthur Hiller,
written by Bob Merrill,
based on the book by Carlotta Monti and Cy Rice,
was released in the United States on March 31, 1976.
Music by Henry Mancini.


Cast:

Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley, Jack Cassidy, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar, Paul Stewart, Billy Barty, Allan Arbus, Milt Kamen, Louis Zorich, Andrew Parks, Linda Purl, Selma Archerd, Paul Barselou, John Bleifer, Buff Brady, Donald Briggs, Mathilda Calnan, Frank De Vol, Eddie Firestone, Jacques Foti, John Furlong, Jack Griffin, Bob Harks, Crane Jackson, Jimmy Joyce, George Loros, Patch Mackenzie, Paul Mantee, Mary McLain, Victor Millan, Carlotta Monti, Judith Novgrod, Gerald Peters, Leoda Richards, Hank Rolike, Clay Tanner, Elizabeth Thompson, Kenneth Tobey, William Wintersole, Steffen Zacharias, Bill Zuckert.

On this day in movie history - Police Python 357 (1976):


Police Python 357

aka The Case Against Ferro,
directed by Alain Corneau,
written by Alain Corneau and Daniel Boulanger,
based on the novel The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing,
was released in France on March 31, 1976.
Music by Georges Delerue.


Cast:

Yves Montand, François Périer, Simone Signoret, Stefania Sandrelli, Mathieu Carrière, Vadim Glowna, Claude Bertrand, Gabriel Doulcet, Alice Reichen, Tony Rödel, Georges-Fréderic Dehlen, Serge Marquand, Stéphane Macha, Roger Muni, Malvina Penne, Michel Ruhl, Franz Sauer, Daniel Breton.

On this day in movie history - Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960):


Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

directed by Charles Walters,
written by Isobel Lennart,
based on the novel by Jean Kerr,
was released in the United States on March 31, 1960.
Music by David Rose.


Cast:

Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, Jack Weston, John Harding, Margaret Lindsay, Carmen Phillips, Mary Patton, Charles Herbert, Stanley Livingston, Flip Mark, Baby Gellert.

On this day in movie history - The Harder They Fall (1956):


The Harder They Fall

directed by Mark Robson,
written by Philip Yordan,
based on the novel by Budd Schulberg,
was released in the United States on March 31, 1956.
Music by Hugo Friedhofer.


Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Max Baer, Jersey Joe Walcott, Edward Andrews, Harold J. Stone, Carlos Montalbán, Luís Agrandi, Nehemiah Persoff, Felice Orlandi, Herbie Faye, Rusty Lane, Jack Albertson.