On this day in movie history - Raising Arizona (1987):

Raising Arizona

directed by Joel Coen,

written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen,

was released in the United States on March 13, 1987.
Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray, Frances McDormand, Randall "Tex" Cobb, T.J. Kuhn, Jr., Lynne Kitei, Peter Benedek, Charles 'Lew' Smith, Warren Keith, Henry Kendrick, Sidney Dawson, Richard Blake, Troy Nabors, Mary Seibel, John O'Donnal, Keith Jandacek, Warren Forsythe, Ruben Young, Dennis Sullivan, Richard Alexander, Rusty Lee, James Yeater, Bill Andres, Carver Barns, Margaret H. McCormack, Bill Rocz, Mary F. Glenn, Jeremy Babendure, Bill Dobbins, Ralph Norton, Henry Tank, Frank Outlaw, Todd Michael Bogers, M. Emmet Walsh.

On this day in movie history - The Big Sleep (1978 movie & novel):

The Big Sleep

directed and written by Michael Winner,

based on the novel by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on March 13, 1978.
Narrated by Robert Mitchum.
Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, Edward Fox, John Mills, James Stewart, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, Colin Blakely, Richard Todd, Diana Quick, James Donald, John Justin, Simon Fisher Turner, Martin Potter.

Recommended reading:

The Big Sleep

By Raymond Chandler.

Published by Penguin.

First published 1939.

ISBN-10: 0241970776

ISBN-13: 978-0241970775

Description:

The Big Sleep is a hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective, Philip Marlowe.

A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in.

In 1999, the book was voted 96th of Le Monde's "100 Books of the Century".

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

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 24.
Episode entitled: Death Threat.
Released March 13, 1959.
Directed by John Brahm.
Written by Jack Laird.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Paul Burke, Jacqueline Mayo, Len Lesser, Sondra Rodgers, Phil Chambers, Barry Brooks.