On this day in movie history - The Blue Knight (movie & novel):

The Blue Knight

directed by Robert Butler,

written by E. Jack Newman,

based on the novel by Joseph Wambaugh,

a four-part made-for-TV film,

was originally broadcast on NBC from November 11 – 14, 1973.
Music by Nelson Riddle.

Cast:

William Holden, Lee Remick, Joe Santos, Sam Elliott, Eileen Brennan, Vic Tayback, Anne Archer, Lucille Benson, Ja'net DuBois, Mario Roccuzzo, Jamie Farr, David Moody, Gloria LeRoy, Richard Collier, Kenneth Wolger, George DiCenzo, Raymond Guth, Emile Meyer, Ernest Esparza III, John Quade, Janit Baldwin, Arell Blanton, Helen Boll, Simmy Bow, Don Calfa, Lou Cutell, Alan Fudge, John Furlong, Stan Haze, Howard Hesseman, Randy Kirby, Jon Korkes, Arthur Malet, Karmin Murcelo, Rudy Ramos, Paul Reid Roman, Lee Weaver, Jason Wingreen, Richard 'Dub' Wright, Harry Arnie, Katharine Bard, James Beach, Nanci Beck, Norland Benson, Roxanne Bonilla, Claire Brennen, Thomas Paul Carey, Ric Carrott, Stanley Bennett Clay, Patrick Dennis-Leigh, Larry Duran, Joseph X. Flaherty, Ben Frommer, Eddra Gale, Janie Greenspun, Raven Grey Eagle, Margie Haber, Monika Henreid, Janear Hines, Jan-Minika Hughes, J.S. Johnson, Richard E. Kalk, Wayne King Sr., Dudley Knight, Maryann Krakow, Bob Lauher, Norma Lee, David Lipp, Jay W. MacIntosh, E. Jack Neuman, Douglas T. O'Dell, Tim O'Denning, Danny 'Big Black' Rey, Richard Sarradet, Jeffrey Sayre, Christopher Seitz, Ken Smedberg, Nick St. Nicholas, Michael Stearns, Jack Tesler, Russell Thorson, Tom Tolbert, Dino Washington, John Sylvester White, Clint Young.

Recommended reading:

The Blue Knight

By Joseph Wambaugh.

First published 1972.

Published by Grand Central Publishing.

Mass Market Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0446509191

ISBN-13: 978-0446509190

Description:

Ex-cop turned #1 New York Times bestselling writer Joseph Wambaugh forged a new kind of literature with his great early police procedurals. Gritty, luminous, and ultimately stunning, this novel is Wambaugh at his best – a tale of a street cop on the hardest beat of his life.

The Blue Knight.

Twenty and two. Those are the numbers turning in the mind of William "Bumper" Morgan: twenty years on the job, two days before he "pulls the pin" and walks away from it forever. But on the gritty streets of L.A., people look at Bumper like some kind of knight in armor – they've plied him with come-ons, hot tips, and the hard respect a man can't earn anywhere else. Now, with a new job and a good woman waiting for him, a kinky thief terrorizing L.A.'s choice hotels, and a tragedy looming, Bumper Morgan is about to face the only thing that can scare him: the demons that he's been hiding behind his bright and shiny badge...

“Marvelous … realistic, frightening, touching in its humanity. – Detroit Free Press.

“An extraordinary piece of craftsmanship.” – Los Angeles Times.

On this day in movie history - Kansas City Confidential (1952):

Kansas City Confidential

directed by Phil Karlson,

written by George Bruce and Harry Essex,

based on a story by Rowland Brown and Harold Greene,

was released in the United States on November 11, 1952.
Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam, Dona Drake, Mario Siletti, Howard Negley, Carleton Young, Don Orlando, Ted Ryan, Orlando Beltran, Ray Bennett, Chet Brandenburg, Barry Brooks, Charles Cane, Edward Coch, James Conaty, Tom Dillon, George Dockstader, Paul Dubov, Paul Fierro, Eddie Foster, Dick Gordon, Tom Greenway, William Haade, Al Hill, Harry Hines, Paul Hogan, Don House, Vivi Janiss, Helen Kleeb, Paul Kruger, Mike Lally, Roger Moore, House Peters Jr., Lee Phelps, Sam Pierce, Paul Ravel, Joey Ray, Carlos Rivero, Ric Roman, Frank J. Scannell, Sam Scar, Jack Shea, Charles Sherlock, Brick Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, Phil Tead, Archie Twitchell, George D. Wallace, Kay Wiley, Jeff York.

Born on this day – William Matthews:

William Matthews

Writer

November 11, 1942 – November 12, 1997

Credits:

The Parataxic Mode: Concerning Defoe's Use of Irony in Moll Flanders (1966); Broken Syllables (1969); Ruining the New Road (1970); The Cloud (1971); Matthews' Compleat Palmistry (1971); Sleek for the Long Flight: New Poems (1972); Sticks and Stones (1975); Rising and Falling (1979); Flood (1982); Good (1983); A Happy Childhood (1984); Foreseeable Futures (1987); Sleek For the Long Flight (1988); Blues if You Want (1989); Curiosities (Poets on Poetry / essays) (1989); Selected Poems and Translations 1969-1991 (1992); The Mortal City: 100 Epigrams of Martial (1995); Time & Money: New Poems (1996); After All: Last Poems (1998); The Poetry Blues: Essays and Interviews (2001); The Satires of Horace (2002); Search Party: Collected Poems of William Matthews (2004).

Born on this day – Denise Alexander:

Denise Alexander

Actress

Producer

November 11, 1939 – March 5, 2025

Credits:

Angel (1961); Another World (1986–1991); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Ben Casey (1962); Ben Jerrod (1963); Breakaway (1984); Climax! (1955); Combat! (1963–1964); Crime in the Streets (1956); Days of Our Lives (1966–1973); Destination Nightmare (1958); Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha (1965); Dinah! (1975); Emergency Hospital (1962); Family Feud (1978); Father Knows Best (1956); General Hospital (1965–2021); Hidden in Silence (1996); Hotel (1984); Hour Magazine (1983); Kraft Theatre (1952–1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Lamp Unto My Feet (1953); Mama (1953); Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978); Once Upon a Sunday (1954); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1949); Ponds Theater (1954); Port Charles (1999); Pretty the Series (2010–2015); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1955); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Sea Hunt (1961); SoapTalk (2004–2005); Stoney Burke (1962); Sunset Beach (1997–1998); Teenage Conflict (1960); That Funny Feeling (1965); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Blue Angels (1960); The Clear Horizon (1960–1962); The Danny Thomas Show (1958–1959); The Detectives (1960–1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1976); The Inn (2013); The John Davidson Show (1981); The Life of Riley (1956); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Loretta Young Show (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1960); The Merv Griffin Show (1977–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1980); The Shaft of Love (1983); The Twilight Zone (1960); The Veil (1958); The Virginian (1962); The Walter Winchell File (1958); The Web (1951); This Is the Life (1960–1964); Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1951–1955); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Zoya (1995).

Born on this day – Bibi Andersson:

Bibi Andersson

Actress

November 11, 1935 – April 14, 2019

Born on this day – Veronica Hurst:

Veronica Hurst

Actress

November 11, 1931 – November 15, 2022

Credits:

3-D Rarities (2015); Angels One Five (1952); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Coronation Street (1966); Crime of Passion (1971); Dead Man's Evidence (1962); Detective (1968); Dixon of Dock Green (1968–1971); Don't Blame the Stork (1954); Don't Keep It Dark (1967); Fraud Squad (1970); Game of Danger (1954); General Hospital (1973–1975); Here's to the Memory! (1952); ITV Television Playhouse (1956); Knight Errant Limited (1960–1961); Late Night Theatre (1972–1973); Laughter in Paradise (1951); Love Story (1966); Man in a Suitcase (1968); Market in Honey Lane (1967–1969); Mogul (1969); New Scotland Yard (1972); No Hiding Place (1966–1967); Peeping Tom (1960); Public Eye (1966); Remembering John Gregson (2019); Riviera Police (1965); Seven Deadly Virtues (1967); Sexton Blake (1968); Sing and Swing (1963); Talkies (2019); The 2nd Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World (1965); The Baron (1967); The Boy Cried Murder (1966); The Flaxton Boys (1971); The Gilded Cage (1955); The Girl on the Pier (1953); The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996); The Maze (1953); The Persuaders! (1971); The Pursuers (1961); The Royal African Rifles (1953); The Three Musketeers (1954); The Venus of Bainville (1952); The Year of Living Locked Up (2020); The Yellow Balloon (1953); Turn Out the Lights (1967); Veronica Hurst: Inside 'The Maze' (2018); Who-Dun-It (1969); Will Any Gentleman...? (1953); Wire Service (1957).

Born on this day – John Guillermin:

John Guillermin

Director

Writer

Producer

November 11, 1925 – September 27, 2015