On this day in movie history - The Terminal Man (1974 movie & novel):

The Terminal Man

directed and written by Mike Hodges,

based on the novel by Michael Crichton,

was released in the United States on June 19, 1974.
Music by Dan Wallin.

Cast:

George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard A. Dysart, Jill Clayburgh, Donald Moffat, Michael C. Gwynne, William Hansen, Norman Burton, James Sikking, Matt Clark, Jim Antonio, Gene Borkan, Burke Byrnes, Jordan Rhodes, Dee Carroll, Jason Wingreen, Steve Kanaly, Al Checco, Fred Sadoff, Jack Colvin, Ian Wolfe, Lee de Broux, Robert Ito, Victor Argo, Rutanya Alda, Ed Avery, Dorothy Hack, Bob Harks, George Holmes, Michael Jeffers, Dale Johnson, Diane Jones, Clyde McLeod, Joe Pine, Nilsa Ray, Clark Ross, Michael Santiago, James Sweet, Nicholas Worth.

Recommended reading:

The Terminal Man

By Michael Crichton.

First Published 1972.

ISBN-10: 0394447689

ISBN-13: 978-0394447681

Description:

In his first novel since The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton once again combines documentary verisimilitude with hair-raising suspense to open up for the reader a new area of modern science: surgical-electronic mind control.

The man ‘in the hands of science” – the Terminal Man – is Harry Benson. He is a violent paranoid who has already twice attempted to kill. Against the profound opposition of his psychiatrist, a team of surgeons proposes to connect his brain to a computer that will regulate his behavior. From the conflict among the doctors, to the actual operation itself – during which forty wires are attached to forty points in Benson’s brain – to the functioning of the computers, to the terrifying results when Benson escapes from the hospital, the tension rises as the reader becomes a close-up witness to an experiment just short of the ultimate computer control of a human being.

Psychosurgery of the kind Crichton describes is already taking place under established medical auspices – a new form of behavior control that has become a key scientific and moral issue in our time. Crichton takes it out of the realm of the abstract, and makes immediate its workings, its dangers, and its implications, in a novel that provides urgent information and, at the same time, superb entertainment.

On this day in movie history - Dillinger (1973):

Dillinger

directed and written by John Milius,

was released in the United States on June 19, 1973.
Song on opening credits: We’re in the Money, from Golddiggers of 1933.

Music by Barry De Vorzon.

Cast:

Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Geoffrey Lewis, John Ryan, Richard Dreyfuss, Steve Kanaly, John Martino, Roy Jenson, Read Morgan, Frank McRae, Ann Ault, David Dorr, Roland Bob Harris, George O. Heath, Tina Gae Johnson, Terry Leonard, Melvin Ray McGee, Phil Segura, Jerry Summers, Catherine Tambini.

On this day in movie history - The Thomas Crown Affair (1968):

The Thomas Crown Affair

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Alan R. Trustman,

was released in the United States on June 19, 1968.

Music by Michel Legrand.

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Biff McGuire, Addison Powell, Astrid Heeren, Gordon Pinsent, Yaphet Kotto, Sidney Armus, Richard Bull, Peg Shirley, Patrick Horgan, Carol Corbett, Tom Rosqui, Michael Shillo, Nora Marlowe, Sam Melville, Ted Gehring, Paul Verdier, Judy Pace, Leonard Caron, Harry Cooper, Victor Creatore, Allen Emerson, Bruce Glover, Ralph Grosh, Nikita Knatz, Charles Lampkin, Todd Martin, Ed T. McDonnell, John Orchard, James Rawley, Patty Regan, Paul Rhone, Jon Shank, Johnny Silver.

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

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 38.

Episode entitled: Mr. Grim’s Rabbits.

Released June 19, 1959.

Directed by David Butler.

Written by Melvin Levy.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Carole Mathews, Tim Graham, Ralph Clanton, Patricia Michon, Freeman Lusk, Terry Frost, Voorheis J. Ardoin, Michael Carr, Jerry Hall, Don Hix.

On this day in movie history - Them! (1954):

Them!

directed by Gordon Douglas,

written by Ted Sherdeman and Russell Hughes,

based on a story by George Worthing Yates,

was released in the United States on June 19, 1954.
Music by Bronislau Kaper.

Cast:

James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Onslow Stevens, Sean McClory, Chris Drake, Sandy Descher, Mary Alan Hokanson, Don Shelton, Fess Parker, Olin Howland, Leonard Nimoy, John Beradino, Willis Bouchey, Booth Colman, Richard Deacon, Lawrence Dobkin, Ann Doran, William Schallert, Douglas Spencer, Dub Taylor, Dorothy Green, Harry Wilson, Dick York, Jan Merlin, Walter Coy.

Born on this day – Marc Rocco:

Marc Rocco

Director

June 19, 1962 - May 1, 2009

Credits:

Take (2007); The Jacket (2005); Murder in the First (1995); Teresa's Tattoo (1994); Where the Day Takes You (1992); Dream a Little Dream (1989); Scenes from the Goldmine (1987); Water (1997); Wild Riders (1971).

Born on this day – Barry Caldwell:

Barry Caldwell

Artist

Animator

Director

June 19, 1957 – March 28, 2026

Credits:

3-2-1 Penguins! (2007–2008); A Baby Blues Christmas Special (2002); A Chipmunk Reunion (1985); A Mouse, a Mystery and Me (1987); ABC Weekend Specials (1984); Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983–1990); Animaniacs (1993–1998); Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish (1999); Baby Looney Tunes (2005); Blackstar (1981); Blondie & Dagwood (1987); Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night (1998); Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas (1984); Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1989); Class of 3000 (2007); Clifford the Big Red Dog (2002–2003); Curious George (2006); Disney Jr.'s Ariel (2024); Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007); DreamWorks Dragons (2012–2014); Duck Dodgers (2005); Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1980); Father of the Pride (2004–2005); He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983); Hero 108 (2012); Histeria! (1998); Hop (2011); I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special (1984); Kim Possible (2003–2004); Make Way for Noddy (2002–2003); Monster High: Boo York, Boo York (2015); Mulan II (2004); My Little Pony: The Movie (1986); Osmosis Jones (2001); Ozzy & Drix (2002–2003); Pandamonium (1982); Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998); Police Academy: The Animated Series (1988); Punky Brewster (1985–1986); Quack Pack (1996); Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat (2022); Rose Petal Place (1984); Rose Petal Place: Real Friends (1985); Rubik, the Amazing Cube (1983–1984); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: Completely Bananas: The Magilla Gorilla Story (2009); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: Monster Rock: The Adventures of Frankenstein Jr and the Impossibles (2009); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: The Good, the Bad & The El Kabong (2009); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: The Herculoids: First Family of Planet Quasar (2009); Saturday Supercade (1983); Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001); Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999); Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (2012); Sherm! (2006); Special Agent Oso (2009); Static Shock (2003); The 7D (2014–2016); The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006); The Charmkins (1983); The Gary Coleman Show (1982); The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009); The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! (1981–1982); The Lionhearts (1998); The Looney Tunes Show (2011); The New Adventures of Zorro (1981); The Night B4 Christmas (2003); The Pink Panther (1993); The Simpsons (1990); The Smurfs (1988); The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1999); The Tigger Movie (2000); The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–1982); Tiana: Following Each Frog! (2009); Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009); Tiny Toon Adventures (1989–1992); Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992); Tiny Toons Spring Break (1994); Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz (2011); Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012); Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017); Yo Yogi! (1991–1992).