On this day in movie history - Excalibur (1981):

Excalibur

directed by John Boorman,

written by Rospo Pallenberg and John Boorman,

based on the prose The Death of Arthur by Thomas Malory,

was released in the United States on April 10, 1981.
Music by Trevor Jones.

Cast:

Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Paul Geoffrey, Nicol Williamson, Robert Addie, Gabriel Byrne, Keith Buckley, Katrine Boorman, Liam Neeson, Corin Redgrave, Niall O'Brien, Patrick Stewart, Clive Swift, Ciarán Hinds, Liam O'Callaghan, Michael Muldoon, Charley Boorman, Gerard Mannix, Garrett Keogh, Emmet Bergin, Barbara Byrne, Brid Brennan, Kay McLaren, Eamon Kelly, Hilary Joyalle, Conor Lambert, Prudence Wright Holmes.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 28.

Episode entitled: The Crush Out.

Released April 10, 1959.

Directed by Virgil W. Vogel.

Written by Ric Hardman.

Music by Count Basie and Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, William Phipps, Tyler McVey, James Chandler, Robert Burton, Michael Rye, Ashley Cowan, Mike Ragan, Patricia Lloyd, Carl McIntire.

On this day in movie history - 12 Angry Men (1957):

12 Angry Men

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Reginald Rose,

based on the 1954 teleplay Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose,

was released in the United States on April 10, 1957.
Music by Kenyon Hopkins.

Cast:

Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Jack Warden, Henry Fonda, Joseph Sweeney, Ed Begley, George Voskovec, Robert Webber, Rudy Bond, Tom Gorman, James Kelly, Billy Nelson, John Savoca, Walter Stocker.

On this day in movie history - Fear in the Night (1946):

Fear in the Night

directed and written by Maxwell Shane,

based on the story Nightmare by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on April 10, 1947.
Music by Rudy Schrager.

Cast:

Paul Kelly, Kay Scott, DeForest Kelley, Ann Doran, Charles Victor, Robert Emmett Keane, Jeff York, Joey Ray, Loyette Thomson, Gladys Blake, Jack Collins, Leander De Cordova, Christian Drake, Stanley Farrar, Julia Faye, John Harmon, Michael Harvey, Stuart Holmes, Richard Keene, Janet Warren.

Born on this day – Claudette Nevins:

Claudette Nevins

Actress

April 10, 1937 – February 20, 2020

Credits:

Strong Medicine (2005); JAG (1997–2004); Without a Trace (2004); Eulogy (2004); The Agency (2001–2002); Providence (2001–2002); The District (2000); Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time (2000); Judging Amy (2000); Star Trek: Insurrection (1998); Ally McBeal (1998); Melrose Place (1992–1998); The Doyles (1997); 7th Heaven (1997); Sweet Evil (1996); ER (1996); Widow's Kiss (1996); Coach (1995); Abandoned and Deceived (1995); Thunder Alley (1994); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993); Picket Fences (1993); Civil Wars (1992); Veronica Clare (1991); Teech (1991); The Young Riders (1991); Dead Silence (1991); Child of Darkness, Child of Light (1991); The Antagonists (1991); Designing Women (1991); Sleeping with the Enemy (1991); Lifestories (1990); Dallas (1990); Free Spirit (1989); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Snoops (1989); The Karate Kid (1989); Out of This World (1988); L.A. Law (1988); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); Just in Time (1988); Trial and Error (1988); Head of the Class (1988); Jake's M.O. (1987); Hotel (1987); Brothers (1987); The Tortellis (1987); New Love, American Style (1986); Lime Street (1986); Hardcastle and McCormick (1986); There Were Times, Dear (1985); Tuff Turf (1985); Steambath (1984); Legmen (1984); The Mississippi (1984); One Day at a Time (1982–1983); Over Here, Mr. President (1983); Don't Go to Sleep (1982); Magnum, P.I. (1982); Take Your Best Shot (1982); The American Adventure (1982); Police Squad! (1982); Cassie & Co. (1982); CHiPs (1981); Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981); Hart to Hart (1981); Behind the Screen (1981); ...All the Marbles (1981); Family (1980); Knots Landing (1980); Barnaby Jones (1974–1980); The Lazarus Syndrome (1979); Shirley (1979); M*A*S*H (1979); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Married: The First Year (1979); Three's Company (1979); More Than Friends (1978); Husbands, Wives & Lovers (1978); Switch (1976–1978); The Fitzpatricks (1977); Rafferty (1977); Lou Grant (1977); The Rockford Files (1977); Husbands and Wives (1977); The Possessed (1977); The Krofft Supershow / Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (1976); Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976); The Dark Side of Innocence (1976); Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975); Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975); Harry O (1975); Archer (1975); Police Story (1973–1974); Petrocelli (1974); The Magician (1974); Mrs. Sundance (1974); The Bob Newhart Show (1973); The F.B.I. (1972); Headmaster (1970); The Unvanquished (1967); The Defenders (1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Mask (1961).

Born on this day – Delphine Seyrig:

Delphine Seyrig

Actress

Director

Writer

April 10, 1932 – October 15, 1990

Credits:

30 millions d’amis (1980); A Doll’s House (1973); A Matter of Convenience (1989); Accident (1967); Actuel 2 (1972); Alain Resnais, l’audacieux (2022); Allons au cinéma (1976); Aloïse (1975); Angry Annie (2022); Antenne 2 Midi (1982–1986); Arena (1976); Aujourd’hui la vie (1985); Autour de Jeanne Dielman (1975); Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977); BBC Play of the Month (1977); Béjart (1961); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d’Arte (2023); Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A Story (2023); Caro Michele (1976); Cinéma (1966–1967); Cinema 3 (1985); Clap (1976); Comédie (1966); Compression (2016–2024); Dans le labyrinthe de Marienbad (2005); Daughters of Darkness (1971); Delphine and Carole (2019); Delphine Seyrig, portrait d’une comète (2000); Der letzte Schrei (1975); Deux de la Vague (2010); Dim Dam Dom (1968); Dites-le avec des fleurs (1974); Documenteur (1981); Donkey Skin (1970); Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press (1984); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); El primer año (1972); El vientre de la ballena (1969); Étoiles et toiles (1983); Faces of Love (1977); Film Night (1974); Freak Orlando (1981); Golden Eighties (1986); Grain of Sand (1983); Hedda Gabler (1967); Her Venetian Name in Deserted Calcutta (1976); I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980); In and Out of Fashion (1998); India Song (1975); Inês (1974); J’aime (2007); Je t’aime, tu danses (1975); Jean Rochefort, l’irrésistible (2020); Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975); Joan of Arc of Mongolia (1989); L’année dernière à Dachau (2020); L’atelier (1974); L’écume des jours (1968); L’enjeu de l’acteur (1979); L’Exception IV (2012); L’invité du dimanche (1969); L’invité du jeudi (1980); L’Oeil du cyclone (1995); La bête dans la jungle (1990); La chanson d’un autre coeur II (2012); La chevauchée sur le lac de Constance (1974); La couleur des mots (1984); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1981); Last Year at Marienbad (1961); Le boucher, la star et l’orpheline (1975); Le chemin perdu (1980); Le cri du coeur (1974); Le dessus du panier (1978); Le jardin qui bascule (1975); Le journal d’un suicidé (1972); Le journal de 13 heures (1981–1982); Le lys dans la vallée (1970); Le troisième concerto (1963); Les effrontées: Le cinéma au féminin (2022); Les étonnements d’un couple moderne (1986); Les guerres de Coco Chanel (2019); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1976–1980); Les Trois Portugaises (1974); Letters Home (1986); Madelen, elle est tellement tout ça (2020); Maso and Miso Go Boating (1975); Mississippi Mermaid (1969); Monsieur Cinéma (1980); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Movie Night Extravaganza (2023); Mr. Freedom (1968); Muriel (1963); Normands, barbares et bâtisseurs (1979); On the Move (1979); Pete and Gladys (1960); Picture of Europe (1990); Plaisir du théâtre (1984); Pour le cinéma (1975); Pull My Daisy (1959); Qui donc a rêvé? (1965); Regards de femme (1989); Rembob’Ina (2021); Rochefort, Noiret, Marielle: les copains d’abord (2021); Sarah (1988); Sarah et le cri de la langouste (1985); Scum Manifesto - J’ai tiré sur Andy Warhol (2024); Scum Manifesto (1976); Seven Women, Seven Sins / Segment: Pride (1986); Sherlock Holmes (1954–1955); Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981); Stéphane Audran, la complice de Chabrol (2024); Stolen Kisses (1968); Tartuffe (1971); The Black Windmill (1974); The Day of the Jackal (1973); The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972); The Man of Destiny (1981); The Milky Way (1969); The Music (1967); The World of Jacques Demy (1995); Un étrange equipage (2010); Un mois à la campagne (1966); Véronique et le chat (1964); Viva Varda! (2023); Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966).