On this day in movie history - Night and the City (1950):

Night and the City

directed by Jules Dassin,

written by Austin Dempster, William E. Watts and Jo Eisinger,

based on the novel by Gerald Kersh,

was released in the United States on June 9, 1950.
Music by Benjamin Frankel and Franz Waxman.

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom, Aubrey Dexter, Maureen Delany, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Mike Mazurki, Ada Reeve, Charles Farrell, Ken Richmond, Edward Chapman, James Hayter, Gibb McLaughlin, Dirk Bogarde.

Born on this day – Tim Sullivan:

Tim Sullivan

Writer

Actor

Director

June 9, 1948 – November 10, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Chrysalis 5 (1979); Cold Shocks (1991); Destiny's End (1988); Dinosaurs! (1990); Glitter Street (1979); Lords of Creation (1992); Ripper! (1988); The 1983 Annual World's Best SF (1983); The Martian Viking (1991); The Parasite War (1989); The Ultimate Dracula (1991); Tropical Chills (1988); V # 10: The New England Resistance (1985); V # 13: To Conquer the Throne (1987); V # 5: The Florida Project (1985).

Movies and television:

A Passion to Kill (1999); Alien Agenda: Under the Skin / Segment: Alien Abductee Interviews (1997); Alien Force (1996); Camp Blood (2000); Camp Blood 2 (2000); Creaturealm: From the Dead / Segment: Hollywood Mortuary (1998); Deadly Scavengers (2001); Deadly Tales (1998); Demonicus (2001); Eyes of the Werewolf (1999); Hollywood Mortuary (2000); Hunting Season (2000); Ill Met by Moonlight (1994); The Dead Beat Volume 1 (1990); The Laughing Dead (1989); The Mark of Dracula (2000); The Naked Monster (2005); Twilight of the Dogs (1995); Vampyre Femmes (1999); V-World Matrix (1999).

Born on this day – Brigid Bazlen:

Brigid Bazlen

Actress

June 9, 1944 – May 25, 1989

Credits:

Days of Our Lives (1972); Bright Promise (1969); How the West Was Won (1962); King of Kings (1961); The Honeymoon Machine (1961); Too Young to Go Steady (1959); The Blue Fairy (1958); Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel (1951–1955).

Born on this day – Michel Lang:

Michel Lang

Director

Writer

June 9, 1939 – April 24, 2014

Born on this day – Joe Santos:

Joe Santos

Actor

June 9, 1931 – March 18, 2016

Credits:

A Knife for the Ladies (1974); A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975); a.k.a. Pablo (1984); Adderly (1987); Art Deco Detective (1994); Bakersfield P.D. (1993); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1974); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Beyond Suspicion (2000); Black Sheep Squadron (1978); Blade (1973); Blue Thunder (1983); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Chronic (2015); Cover Up (1984); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978); Deadline: Madrid (1988); Deadly Desire (1991); Eischied (1979); Fear City (1984); Flesh and Lace (1965); Good Cops, Bad Cops (1990); Hammerlock (2000); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985–1986); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hunter (1984–1990); Jessie (1984); Joe Forrester (1976); Kung Fu (1975); Likely Stories, Vol. 2 (1983); Lou Grant (1977); MacGyver (1986–1987); Magnum, P.I. (1986–1988); Masquerade (1984); Match Game (1978–1979); Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour (1984); Match Game PM (1979–1980); Me and Maxx (1980); Miami Vice (1988); Mindreaders (1979); Mo' Money (1992); Moonlighting Wives (1966); Murder, She Wrote (1987–1988); My Body Hungers (1967); Naked City (1963); Nightside (1973); NYPD Blue (1993); Police Story (1974–1978); Power (1980); Proximity (2001); Quantum Leap (1989); Remington Steele (1984); Revenge (1990); Room 222 (1972); Santa Barbara (1990); Shaft's Big Score! (1972); Shamus (1973); Sinatra (1992); Suburban Beat (1985); Superior Court (1986–1990); T.J. Hooker (1985); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The A-Team (1984); The Blue Knight (1973); The Detective (1968); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Education of Allison Tate (1986); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1980); The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The Man from Elysian Fields (2001); The Old Man and the Sea (1990); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); The Postman (1997); The Ratings Game (1984); The Right Way (1998); The Rockford Files (1974–1980); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996); The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (1996); The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994); The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999); The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996); The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996); The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997); The Selling of Vince D'Angelo (1983); The Sopranos (2004); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Tiger Makes Out (1967); The Twilight Zone / Segment: The Library (1986); Toma (1973); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Trial by Jury (1994); Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures (1964); Wendy Hooper, U.S. Army (1981); Zandy's Bride (1974).

Born on this day – Mona Freeman:

Mona Freeman

Actress

Painter

June 9, 1926 – May 23, 2014

Credits:

About Faces (1960); Angel Face (1952); Battle Cry (1955); Black Beauty (1946); Branded (1950 / 1966); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); Checkmate (1961); Chevron Theatre (1952); Climax! (1955–1958); Copper Canyon (1950); Copycat (1964); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Danger Signal (1945); Darling, How Could You! (1951); Dear Brat (1951); Dear Ruth (1947); Dear Wife (1949); Double Indemnity (1944); Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957); Flesh and Fury (1952); Front Row Center (1956); Frontier Justice (1958); George Jessel Show (1959); Gypsy (1965); Here Come the Waves (1944); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hold Back the Night (1956); Huk! (1956); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); I'll Bet (1965); Isn't It Romantic (1948); Johnny Ringo (1960); Jumping Jacks (1952); Junior Miss (1945); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960–1962); Lux Video Theatre (1955 / 1956); Matinee Theatre (1957); Maverick (1959–1960); Michael Shayne (1960); Mother Wore Tights (1947); National Velvet (1944); Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946); Perry Mason (1962–1965); Place the Face (1955); Playhouse 90 (1956–1958); Pursuit (1958); Riverboat (1959); Roughly Speaking (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1955–1957); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on a Sunday Afternoon (1952); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball (1952); Shadow of Fear (1955); Speaking of Animals in Going Hollywood (1949); Streets of Laredo (1949); Studio 57 (1956 / 1957); That Brennan Girl (1946); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The All New Truth or Consequences (1961); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1955–1956); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Heiress (1949); The Hollywood Collection: Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Lady from Texas (1951); The Linkletter Show (1953); The Millionaire (1960); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Princess and the Pirate (1944); The Red Skelton Hour (1958–1959); The Road to Denver (1955); The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956); The Tall Man (1961); The Way Out (1955); The World Was His Jury (1958); Thriller (1960); Thunderbirds (1952); Till We Meet Again (1944); Together Again (1944); Variety Girl (1947); Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972); Wagon Train (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1959); You Don't Say (1963–1967); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – George Axelrod (2003):

George Axelrod

Writer

Producer

Director

June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003