Friday, March 6, 2026

On this day in movie history - Lethal Weapon (1987):


Lethal Weapon

directed by Richard Donner,
written by Shane Black and Jeffrey Boam,
was released in the United States on March 6, 1987.
Music by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton.


Cast:

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe, Jackie Swanson, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, Bill Kalmenson, Lycia Naff, Patrick Cameron, Don Gordon, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Jason Ronard, Blackie Dammett, Gail Bowman, Robert Fol, Selma Archerd, Richard B. Whitaker, Mary Ellen Trainor, Steve Kahan, Jack Thibeau, Grand L. Bush, Ed O'Ross, Gustav Vintas, Paul Tuerpe, Chad Hayes, Chris D. Jardins, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Peter DuPont, Gilles Kohler, Cedric Adams, Jim J. Poslof, Al Leong, Michael Shaner, Natalie Zimmerman, Deborah Dismukes, Cheryl Baker, Terri Lynn Doss, Sharon K. Brecke, Donald Gooden, Alphonse Philippe Mouzon, Shaun Hunter, Everitt Wayne Collins Jr., Lenny Juliano, Henry Brown, Brian Strohm, Teresa Kadotani, Frank Reinhard, John O'Neill, Tom Noga, Burbank (the Cat), Sam (the Dog), Larry Clardy, Renée Estevez, Bob Harks, Kathleen Harrison, Conrad Hurtt, Danny Nero, Mic Rodgers, Joan Severance, Alastair Sim, Chris Tashima, Norman D. Wilson.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1977):


Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 23.
Episode entitled: The Immunity Syndrome.
Released March 6, 1977.
Directed by Bob Brooks.
Written by Johnny Byrne.
Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.
Music by Derek Wadsworth.
Cast: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, Nadim Sawalha, Karl Held, Sam Dastor, John Hug, Hal Galili, Alibe Parsons, Walter McMonagle, Roy Boyd, Jenny Cresswell, Harry Fielder, Jack Klaff, Quentin Pierre, Robert Reeves.

On this day in music history:

Baby Blue by Badfinger (1972)
Tri-State by Above & Beyond (2006)
Beyond the Horizon by Lauren Scott (2020)


Baby Blue
Song by Badfinger,
released March 6, 1972.


Tri-State
Album by Above & Beyond,
released March 6, 2006.
Track list: Tri State; Stealing Time; World on Fire; Liquid Love; In the Past; Alone Tonight; Good for Me.


Beyond the Horizon
Album by Lauren Scott,
released March 6, 2020.
Track list: Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 2: Free Running; Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 2: Blue Moon Rising; Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 1: First Flight of Spring; For Mattia; New Shoots – Old Roots: Away for a While; Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 2: Gypsy Dance; In a Landscape; The Yellow Cake Review: Farewell To Stromness (arr. for lever harp by Lauren Scott); Beyond the Horizon; Celestial Spirals; Across the Universe (arr. for lever harp by Lauren Scott); Adventures for Lever Harp: Crepuscule.

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


M Squad

Season 2. Episode 23.
Episode entitled: Voluntary Surrender.
Released March 6, 1959.
Directed by Virgil W. Vogel.
Written by Joel Murcott.
Music by Sonny Burke.


Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Bert Remsen, Mary Adams, Mary Treen, Paul Dubov, Virginia Lee, Hal Baylor, Constance Cameron.

On this day in movie history - The Shadow on the Window (1957):


The Shadow on the Window

directed by William Asher,
written by Leo Townsend and David P. Harmon,
was released in the United States on March 6, 1957.
Based on the story Missing Witness by John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins, published in Cosmopolitan (1954).
Music by George Duning.


Cast:

Philip Carey, Betty Garrett, John Drew Barrymore, Corey Allen, Gerald Sarracini, Jerry Mathers, Sam Gilman, Rusty Lane, Ainslie Pryor, Paul Picerni, William Leslie, Doreen Woodbury, Ellie Kent.

On this day in movie history - The Man from Texas (1948 movie & play):


The Man from Texas

directed by Leigh Jason,
written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov,
based on the play and novel Missouri Legend by Elizabeth Beall Ginty,
inspired by the true Jesse James story,
was released in the United States on March 6, 1948.
Music by Earl Robinson.


Cast:

James Craig, Tobias Simms, Lynn Bari, Johnny Johnston, Una Merkel, Wallace Ford, Harry Davenport, Sara Allgood, Victor Cutler, Reed Hadley, Erville Alderson, Stanley Andrews, James Arness, Glen Arthur, Ray Bennett, Lane Bradford, Paul E. Burns, Bert Conway, Clancy Cooper, King Donovan, Eddie Dunn, Jim Farley, Dick Foote, Hope Landin, Lyle Latell, James Logan, Robert Malcolm, Suzanne O'Connor, Lee Roberts, Brick Sullivan, Charles Wagenheim, Guy Wilkerson, Hank Worden.

Recommended reading:


Missouri Legend

A Comedy in Three Acts

Play by E.B. Ginty (1938)

ASIN: B00085V4NE
Published by Random House.
Published 1938.
First Edition.

Description:

Inspired by the true Jesse James story.
Filmed as The Man from Texas (1948), directed by Leigh Jason.

Born on this day – Alberta Watson:


Alberta Watson

Actress

March 6, 1955 – March 21, 2015