On this day in movie history - The Border (1982):

The Border

directed by Tony Richardson,

written by Deric Washburn, Walon Green and David Freeman,

was released in the United States on January 31, 1982.
Music by Ry Cooder.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates, Elpidia Carrillo, Shannon Wilcox, Manuel Viescas, Jeff Morris, Mike Gomez, Dirk Blocker, Lonny Chapman, Stacey Pickren, Floyd Levine, James Jeter, Alan Fudge, William Russ, Gary Grubbs, Gary Sexton, Campbell De Silva, Bill McLaughlin, David Beecroft, Esther Sylvey, Luis Mejía, Roberto Rivera, Jay Thurman, Craig Terry, Juan Ramírez, Adalberto Cortez, Concepción Palmeres, Juan Salas, Norma Mayo, Paula Ruiz, Carlos Bruno Villaneuva, Ronne Drummond, Richard Watts, Bernice E. Shamaley, Kenna Espersen, Glenda Meadows, Joe Zizik, Maria Delgado, Lupe Ontiveros, Francisco Farias, Edmundo Alonzo, Alan Gibbs, Don Charles, Beverly Overstreet.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1969)

Star Trek: Voyager (2001)

Star Trek: Discovery (2019)

Star Trek

Season 3. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: The Lights of Zetar.

Released January 31, 1969.

Directed by Herb Kenwith.

Written by Jeremy Tarcher, Shari Lewis, Arthur H. Singer.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, Jan Shutan, John Winston, Libby Erwin, Barbara Babcock, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Roger Holloway, Jeannie Malone.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 7. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Repentance.

Released January 31, 2001.

Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Robert Doherty, Michael/Mike Sussman, Michael Taylor, Phyllis Strong.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jeff Kober, Tim DeZarn, F.J. Rio, Greg Poland, Robert Axelrod, Michael Bailous, Tarik Ergin, Peter Scott Harmyk, Clay Hodges, Pat Jankiewicz, Joyce Lasley, Irving E. Lewis, Louis Ortiz, Stephen Pisani, Pablo Soriano.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 2. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Point of Light.

Released January 31, 2019.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Andrew Colville, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Shazad Latif, Anson Mount, Michelle Yeoh, Mia Kirshner, Alan Van Sprang, Mary Chieffo, Kenneth Mitchell, Bahia Watson, Hannah Cheesman, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Julianne Grossman, Xavier Sotelo, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Pay Chen, Damon Runyan, Avaah Blackwell, Donovan Brown, Nicole Dickinson, Jonathan Kim, Kyana Teresa.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: The Shakedown.
Released January 31, 1958.
Directed by David Rich.
Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Katharine Bard, Dean Harens, June Dayton, Duncan McLeod, H.M. Wynant, Joe Di Reda, Ted Hecht.

On this day in movie history - Touch of Evil (1958 movie & novel):

Touch of Evil

directed by Orson Welles,

based on the novel Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson,

was released in the United States on January 31, 1958.

Music by Henry Mancini.

Cast:

Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Joanna Cook Moore, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Val de Vargas, Mort Mills, Victor Millan, Lalo Rios, Phil Harvey, Joi Lansing, Harry Shannon, Rusty Wescoatt, Wayne Taylor, Ken Miller, Raymond Rodriguez, Arlene McQuade, Dan White, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Marlene Dietrich, Mercedes McCambridge, William Tannen, Joseph Cotton.

Recommended reading:

Badge of Evil

By Whit Masterson.

Filmed as Touch of Evil (1958), directed by Orson Welles.

Published by Adams Media.
First published 1956.
ASIN: 1440560919
ISBN-10: 9781440560910
ISBN-13: 978-1440560910

Description:

“Orson Welles based his noir masterpiece on this equally fine novel.” – The Washington Post.

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