On this day in movie history - Scene of the Crime (1949):

Scene of the Crime

directed by Roy Rowland,

written by Charles Schnee,

based on the article Smashing the Bookie Gang Marauders by John Bartlow Martin,

was released in the United States on July 28, 1949.
Music by André Previn.

Cast:

Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, John McIntire, Donald Woods, Norman Lloyd, Jerome Cowan, Tom Powers, Richard Benedict, Anthony Caruso, Robert Gist, Romo Vincent, Tom Helmore, Caleb Peterson, William Haade.

Born on this day – Carol Higgins Clark:

Carol Higgins Clark

Writer

Actress

July 28, 1956 – June 12, 2023

Credits:

Books:

A Holiday Collection (2010); A Poison That Leaves No Trace: With Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle (2002); All By Myself, Alone (2017); All Through the Night (1998); As Time Goes by (2016); Burned (2005); Carol Higgins Clark Boxed Set Vol 1 (2011); Cursed (2009); Dashing Through the Snow (2008); Deck the Halls (2000); Deck the Halls / The Christmas Thief (2009); Decked (1991); Fleeced (2001); Gypped / Scammed (2012); He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2001); Hitched (2006); Iced (1994); I'll Walk Alone (2011); Jinxed (2002); Laced (2007); Mobbed (2011); Murder For Love (1996); Popped (2003); Santa Cruise (2006); Snagged (1993); The Christmas Collection (2006); The Christmas Thief (2004); The Lost Years (2012); The Lottery Winner (1994); The Plot Thickens (1997); Twanged (1997); Weep No More, My Lady (1987); Wrecked (2010); Zapped (2008).

Movies and television:

A Cry in the Night (1992); Books Equal Gifts Commercial (2008); Bouillon de culture (1999); C à vous (2011); Café Picouly (2011); Deck the Halls (2011); Deck the Halls (2011); Fatal Charm (1990); Home & Family (2013–2014); Imus in the Morning (2014); My Gal Sunday (2014); Night of the Fox (1990); Party Planner with David Tutera (2005); Secret Service (1993); Stillwatch (1987); The Cradle Will Fall (2004); The Mystery Cruise (2013); The View (2004); Tout le monde en parle (2003); Where Are the Children? (1986); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997).

Born on this day – Mike Bloomfield:

Mike Bloomfield

Blues singer

Guitarist

Composer

July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

American Hero (1982); Analine (1977); At The Bottom Line New York, 1975 (Hd Remastered Edition) (2017); Between A Hard Place And The Ground (2011); Between the Hard Place and the Ground (1979); Bloomfield Blues (2009); Bloomfield Harris (1979); Blues at the Fillmore / Electric Blue Live (2011); Blues In B-Flat (2009); Bottom Line New York, 1974 (Hd Remastered Edition) (2017); Chicago Blues Union (2006); Count Talent and the Originals (2006); Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’ (1980); Don’t Say That I Ain’t Your Man! – Essential Blues (1994); Fillmore East: The Lost Concert Tapes 12/13/68 (2003); Fillmore West 1969 (2023); Great Gifts From Heaven (2010); Greatest Moments - One Night Only (2008); If You Love These Blues, Play ‘Em as You Please (1976); I’m with You Always (2008); Initial Shock (1988); It’s Not Killing Me (1969); Junko Partner (1984); Knockin Myself Out (2006); Late At Night: McCabes, January 1, 1977 (2018); Let It Shine (Record Plant, Sausalito ‘73 KSAN Broadcast Remastered) (2020); Live at Bill Graham’s Fillmore West (1969); Live At Bottom Line Cabaret, 31 March 1974 (2015); Live At McCabe’s Guitar Workshop, January 1, 1977 (2017); Live At The Bottom Line (2022); Live at the Old Waldorf (1998); Live at the Record Plant 1973 (2017); Live from The Palms Cafe - San Francisco 1977 (2023); Live in Italy (1981); Living in the Fast Lane (1980); Michael Bloomfield (1978); Mike Bloomfield & The Electric Flag Getting Down (2021); Red Hot & Blue (1981); San Francisco Nights (2018); Solid Blues (1995); Steelyard Blues (1972); Super Session (1968); The Gospel Truth (2021); The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper (1969); The Record Plant ‘73 (2017); Timeless Blues: Mike Bloomfield (2011); Triumvirate (1973); Try It Before You Buy It (1975).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2005); And This Is Free (1965); Bad (1977); Bongo Wolf's Revenge (1970); Born in Chicago (2020); Easy Rider (1969); Festival (1967); Fillmore (1972); Horn from the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story (2017); In Concert (1973); Independent Lens (2014); Medium Cool (1969); Muscle Shoals (2013); Newport and the Great Folk Dream (2025); Rocketman (2019); Sneakers (1992); Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days (1975); Soundstage (1974); Steelyard Blues (1973); Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield (2013); The Blues (2003); The Intimate Rebels (1974); The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival (2007); The Trip (1967); Turn It Up! (2014).

Born on this day – Charles Cyphers:

Charles Cyphers

Actor

July 28, 1939 – August 4, 2024

Credits:

21 Jump Street (1988); A Force of One (1979); Aaron's Way (1988); Airwolf (1984); Alice (1978); Any Day Now (1999); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); Barnaby Jones (1973–1977); Benson (1982); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Borderline (1980); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998); California Dreams (1994); Cannon (1972–1973); Celebrity Chatter and Things that Matter with Elijah (2023); Charlie's Angels (1977); China Beach (1988); Coming Home (1978); Cool Breeze (1972); Cousin Skeeter (2001); Critical Mass (2001); Dallas (1987); Dead Calling (2006); Deadly Games (1995); Death Wish II (1982); Deatherman (2012); Dog and Cat (1977); Dragnet (1989); Elvis (1979); ER (1995); Escape from New York (1981); FBI: The Untold Stories (1993); Freddy's Nightmares (1989); Friendly Fire (1979); Gibbsville (1976); Gleaming the Cube (1989); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); Gray Lady Down (1978); Grizzly II: Revenge (1983); Halloween (1978); Halloween II (1981); Halloween Kills (2021); Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006); 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest (2003); Halloween: The Inside Story (2010); Halloween: The Shape of Horror (2006); Hardball (1994); Hart to Hart (1981); Hill Street Blues (1985–1987); Honkytonk Man (1982); Hunter's Blood (1986); Hyperion Bay (1998); JAG (1995); Jake and the Fatman (1989); Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983); Loaded Weapon 1 (1993); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Lou Grant (1979); MacArthur (1977); Mach 2 (2000); Major League (1989); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Matlock (1986); Memorial Day (1983); Methodic (2007); Murder in the First (1995); Murder One (1996); Murder, She Wrote (1991); Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1996–1998); Night Court (1988); Our House (1987); Our Town (1977); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1998); Phyllis (1976); Renegade (1993); Rituals (1984–1995); Roc (1991–1992); Roots (1977); Santa Barbara (1987); SeaQuest 2032 (1994); Seinfeld (1995); Simon & Simon (1987); Sliders (1995); Someone's Watching Me! (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1976–1979); The Betty White Show (1977–1978); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1984); The Executioner's Song (1982); The F.B.I. (1973); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Fog (1980); The George Carlin Show (1994); The George Wendt Show (1995); The Manhunter (1974); The Missiles of October (1974); The Night She Came Home!! (2013); The Onion Field (1979); The Outsiders (1990); The Quest (1982); The Secrets of Isis (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1976); The Slams (1973); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977); Truck Turner (1974); Vigilante Force (1976); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Brian May:

Brian May

Composer

Conductor

July 28, 1934 – April 25, 1997

Born on this day – Darryl Hickman:

Darryl Hickman

Actor

Writer

Television executive

Acting coach

July 28, 1931 – May 22, 2024

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Kiss for Corliss (1949); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); A Year at the Top (1977); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); Alias Nick Beal (1949); All in the Family (1978); And Now Tomorrow (1944); Annie Oakley (1954); Any Number Can Play (1949); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Baywatch (1996); Beauty and the Beast (1987); Better Living TV Theatre (1953); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); Big Town Scandal (1948); Black Gold (1947); Boogie Woogie (1945); Boys' Ranch (1946); Call My Bluff (1965); Captain Eddie (1945); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Century of Cinema (1995); Challenge of the GoBots (1984–1985); Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried (2016); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Climax! (1957); Coffins on Wheels (1941); Criminal Lawyer (1951); Crossroads - U.S.A. (1952); D.A.R.E. Yogi Bear (1989); Dangerous Years (1947); David and Goliath (1986); Destination Gobi (1953); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Emergency Squad (1940); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Final Warning (1977); Footlights Theater (1953); General Electric Theater (1957–1958); Get the Message (1964); Glamour Boy (1941); GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986); Going to Press (1942); Good Old Days (1966); Gunsmoke (1959); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Heart Burn (1942); Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944); Here's Hollywood (1961); High School U.S.A. (1983); If I Were King (1938); Inside Harvester (1952); Insight (1961); Island in the Sky (1953); Jackass Mail (1942); Joe Smith, American (1942); Johnny Shiloh (1963); Jonah (1992); Joseph and His Brothers (1990); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Kiss and Tell (1945); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); Lightning Strikes Twice (1951); Looker (1981); Love of Life (1975–1977); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Uncoupled Couple (1970); Many Rivers to Cross (1955); Margaret O'Brien in When We Were Young...: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (1989); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Mark Saber (1952); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); Maude (1977); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Men of Annapolis (1957–1958); Men of Boys Town (1941); Missing Links (1964); Mob Town (1941); Mystery Sea Raider (1940); Network (1976); New York Television Theatre (1967); Northwest Rangers (1942); Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937); Pac-Man (1983); Panic! (1957); Perry Mason (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Pole Position (1984); Prairie Law (1940); Prisoner of War (1954); Private Screenings (2006); Private Screenings (2006–2014); Public Defender (1954); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Pursuit (1958); Queen Esther (1992); Rawhide (1961–1962); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); Ricochet Romance (1954); Salty O'Rourke (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'the Tingler' (1999); Sea of Lost Ships (1953); Second Final Warning (1978); Sharky's Machine (1981); Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (1993); Sign of the Wolf (1941); Sky Commanders (1987); Sky King (1952); Snap Judgment (1967); Sneak Preview (1956); Southwest Passage (1954); Space Stars (1981); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Studio One (1958); Submarine Command (1951); Super Friends (1985); Superman (1988); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Tattletales (1976); TCM Remembers 2024 (2024); Tea and Sympathy (1956); The Ad (2009); The Americans (1961); The Biskitts (1983); The Detectives (1960); The Devil on Wheels (1947); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Easter Story (1989); The Farmer's Daughter (1940); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985–1992); The Happy Years (1950); The Human Comedy (1943); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957); The Lone Ranger (1951–1953); The Loretta Young Show (1961); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1963); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1960); The Match Game (1965–1966); The Millionaire (1959); The Miracles of Jesus (1991); The Nanny (1997–1999); The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987); The Persuader (1957); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); The Range Rider (1952); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Set-Up (1949); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Star Maker (1939); The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); The Tingler (1959); The Tragedy of King Lear (1982); The Untouchables (1959–1962); The Way of All Flesh (1940); Three Cheers for Love (1936); Two Years Before the Mast (1946); Untamed (1940); Vacation Playhouse (1963–1966); Vic (2011); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Waterfront (1954); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); What's My Line? (1968); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); Whiz Kids (1983); Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995); Wildfire (1986); World in White (1957); You Don't Say (1964–1966); Young America (1942); Young People (1940).

Born on this day – Lea Padovani:

Lea Padovani

Actress

July 28, 1920 – June 23, 1991