Monday, April 6, 2026

On this day in movie history - Impulse (1990):


Impulse

directed by Sondra Locke,
written by Leigh Chapman,
based on a story by John DeMarco,
was released in the United States on April 6, 1990.
Music by Michel Colombier.


Cast:

Theresa Russell, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Alan Rosenberg, Nicholas Mele, Eli Danker, Charles McCaughan, Lynne Thigpen, Shawn Elliott, Angelo Tiffe, Christopher Lawford, Nick Savage, Dan Bell, Tom Dahlgren, Daniel Quinn, David L. Crowley, Mark Rolston, Russell Curry, Pete Antico, Karl Anthony Smith, Paul Acerno, Maria Rangel, Don Ruffin, Cliff McLaughlin, Paul A. Calabria, Valente Rodriguez, Ronald L. Colby, Robert Phalen, Douglas Rowe, Wendy Gordon, Jerry Dunphy, Jerry Martinez, Peder Melhuse, Sorin Serene Pricopie, Thomas Rosales Jr., Elaine Kagan, Michael McCleery, James Edgcomb, J. Michael Flynn.

On this day in movie history - China Lake (1983):


China Lake

directed and written by Robert Harmon,
based on a story by Robert Harmon and Beth Tate,
was released in the United States on April 6, 1983.
Music by David Gibney.


Cast:

Charles Napier, William Sanderson, Mickey Jones, Gilmer McCormick, Lindsey Fields, James Luisi, Ed Brodow, Michael Ray Lloyd, Jeanne Jarvis, Enoch Anderson, Stephen Barns, David Breaux, William Calkins, Harley Corber, John Cuellar, William Fair, Michel François, Herman Graham Jr., Herbert Johnson, Charlie-Olisa Kaine, Kenneth Martin, Willie Martinez, William Meadows, Charles Meshack, Cameron Moss, Mario Peluso, Van Pettigrew, Charlie Pryor, Jeff Reed, Ringo Rigby, Ed Stanton, Jack Tanner, Frank Tinelli, Walter Vierra, John Woodson, Rocky Yost, Jeff Artis, Dan Bourguignon, Diane Frank, Doreece Hadorn, Claudia Harrington, Michael Harrison, Roger Jackson, Olu Okekante, Chuck Waltz.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967)
The City on the Edge of Forever / teleplay (1996)
The City on the Edge of Forever / Fotonovel (1977)
Star Trek: Picard (2023)


Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 28.
Episode entitled: The City on the Edge of Forever.
Released April 6, 1967.
Directed by Joseph Pevney.
Written by Harlan Ellison.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage, Fred Steiner.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Joan Collins, John Harmon, Hal Baylor, David L. Ross, John Winston, Bart La Rue, Walter Bacon, Bill Blackburn, Bill Borzage, Dick Cherney, Noble 'Kid' Chissell, Jane Crowley, Joe Garcio, Joseph Glick, Carey Loftin, Eddie Paskey, Martin Strader, Eleanore Vogel, Max Wagner.


The City on the Edge of Forever
By Harlan Ellison.
Published by White Wolf Publishing.
Published 1996.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1565049640
ISBN-13: 978-1565049642
Description:
The controversy has raged for almost 30 years--now readers can judge for themselves. Harlan Ellison wrote the original award-winning teleplay for "The City on the Edge of Forever," which was rewritten and became the most-loved Star Trek episode of all time. Ellison sued Paramount in protest and won. This book contains the teleplay and afterwords by Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei and others.


The City on the Edge of Forever
By Harlan Ellison and Gene Roddenberry.
Star Trek Fotonovel, No. 1.
Published by Bantam Books.
First Edition.
Published 1977.
Mass Market Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0553113453
ISBN-13: 978-0553113457
Description:
The authentic re-creation of a fateful voyage of the starship Enterprise. Over 300 action photographs from the episode City On the Edge of Forever. Television series created by Gene Roddenberry.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 3. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Surrender.
Released April 6, 2023.
Directed by Deborah Kampmeier.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Stephen Barton, Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Todd Stashwick, Amanda Plummer, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Mica Burton, Stephanie Czajkowski, Joseph Lee, Jin Maley, Jenson Cheng, Amy Earhart, Olivia Youngers, Sophia Adler, Kyle Kittredge, Angel Manuel, Frances Parsons, Chris Villegas.

On this day in movie history - One Girl’s Confession (1953):


One Girl’s Confession

directed and written by Hugo Haas,
was released in the United States on April 6, 1953.
Music by Václav Divina.


Cast:

Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Glenn Langan, Helene Stanton, Anthony Jochim, Burt Mustin, Leonid Snegoff, James Nusser, Russ Conway, Mara Lea, Gayne Whitman, Leo Mostovoy, Martha Wentworth, Roy Engel, Jan Englund, Joseph Mell, Frank Mills.

On this day in movie history - The Scarf (1951):


The Scarf

directed and written by Ewald André Dupont,
based on a story by Arthur St. Claire and Lawrence Taylor,
based on a story by Isadore Goldsmith and E.A. Rolfe,
was released in the United States on April 6, 1951.
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.


Cast:

John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, James Barton, Emlyn Williams, Lloyd Gough, Basil Ruysdael, David Bauer, Harry Shannon, Celia Lovsky, David McMahon, Chubby Johnson, Frank Jenks, Emmett Lynn, Dick Wessel, Frank Jaquet, Iris Adrian.