On this day in movie history - The Cheap Detective (1978):

The Cheap Detective

directed by Robert Moore,

written by Neil Simon,

was released in the United States on June 23, 1978.
Music by Patrick Williams.

Cast:

Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, James Coco, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, Fernando Lamas, Marsha Mason, Phil Silvers, Abe Vigoda, Paul Williams, Nicol Williamson, Emory Bass, Carmine Caridi, James Cromwell, Scatman Crothers, David Ogden Stiers, Vic Tayback, Carole Wells, John Calvin, Barry Michlin, Jonathan Banks, Lew Gallo, Lee McLaughlin, Zale Kessler, Jerrold Ziman, Wally K. Berns, Bella Bruck, Henry Sutton, Maurice Marks, Joe Ross, Dean Perry, George Rondo, Ronald L. Schwary, Louis H. Kelly, Charles Bastin, Armando Gonzales, Gary L. Dyer, Steven Fisher, Laurie Hagen, Lee Menning, Nancy Warren, Nancy Marlowe Coyne, Lynn Griffis, Paula Friel, Sheila Sisco, Lauren Simon, Cindy Lang, Martina Ritt, David Matthau, Gary Alexander, Michele Bernath, George Simmons, Joree Sirianni, Cornell Chulay, Edward Coch Jr., Bob Harks, Paul King, Murray Pollack, Arthur Tovey.

On this day in movie history - Kelly’s Heroes (1970):

Kelly’s Heroes

directed by Brian G. Hutton,

written by Troy Kennedy Martin,

was released in the United States on June 23, 1970.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, Gavin MacLeod, Hal Buckley, Stuart Margolin, Jeff Morris, Richard Davalos, Perry Lopez, Tom Troupe, Harry Dean Stanton, Dick Balduzzi, Gene Collins, Len Lesser, David Hurst, Fred Pearlman, Michael Clark, George Fargo, Dee Pollock, George Savalas, John G. Heller, Shepherd Sanders, Karl-Otto Alberty, Ross Elliott, Phil Adams, Hugo De Vernier, Frank J. Garlotta, Harry Goines, David Gross, Sandy McPeak, James McHale, Robert MacNamara, Read Morgan, Tom Signorelli, Vincent Maracecchi, Paul Picerni, Zvonko Jovcic, John Landis, Joe Mantell, Lee Miller, Yves Montand, Tony Wheeler, Jerry Whittington.

On this day in music history:

The Blues by B.B. King (1958)

Dark Before Dawn by Breaking Benjamin (2015)

The Blues

Album by B.B. King,

released June 23, 1958.

Track list: Why Do Things Happen to Me; Ruby Lee; When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer; Past Day; Boogie Woogie Woman; Early Every Morning; I Want to Get Married; That Ain’t the Way to Do It; Troubles, Troubles, Troubles; Don’t You Want a Man Like Me; You Know I Go For You; What Can I Do.

Dark Before Dawn

Album by Breaking Benjamin,

released June 23, 2015.

Track list: Dark; Failure; Angels Fall; Breaking the Silence; Hollow; Close to Heaven; Bury Me Alive; Never Again; The Great Divide; Ashes of Eden; Defeated; Dawn.

Born on this day – June Carter Cash:

June Carter Cash

Singer

Actress

Writer

June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003

Credits:

Books:

Among My Klediments (1979); From the Heart (1987); Mother Maybelle's Cookbook: A Kitchen Visit with America's First Family of Country Music (1989).

Songs:

Bonnie Blue Eyes; Brand New Dance; Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow; Can the Circle Be Unbroken; Can't Feel At Home; 'Cause I Love You; Daddy Sang Bass; Darlin' Companion; Fast Boat to Sydney; God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign; He Don’t Love Me Anymore; I Walk the Line; If I Were a Carpenter; It Ain't Me, Babe; Jackson; Keep on the Sunny Side; Long-Legged Guitar Pickin’ Man; My Dixie Darling; My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains; Nasty Dan; Old Time Feeling; One Way Rider; Overalls And Dungarees; Pack Up Your Sorrows; The East Virginia Blues; The Loving Gift; The Pine Tree; The Storms Are on the Ocean; Time's a Wastin'; Wabash Cannonball; Wildwood Flower; Worried Man Blues.

Albums:

16 Biggest Hits (2006); Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash (2007); Appalachian Pride (1975); Bitter Harvest (2003); Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter (1967); Church In The Wildwood (2005); Church in the Wildwood: A Treasury of Appalachian Gospel (2005); Collections (2006); Country Lovers (2014); Deluxe: Classics - June Carter / EP (2012); Duets (2006); Early June (2006); Fair And Tender Ladies (2008); Give My Love to Rose (1972); Heart Of Country (2010); Johnny and June (2013); Johnny Cash and His Woman (1973); Johnny Cash Country Christmas (1991); June Carter "The First Lady of Country Music" (26 Successes - 1953-1955) (2023); Keep on the Sunny Side: June Carter Cash – Her Life in Music (2005); Life Gets Tedious (2008); Live Recordings from the Louisiana Hayride (2003); Love Oh Crazy Love (2015); No Letter Today (2015); Press On (1999); Return to the Promised Land (2000); Ring of Fire: The Best of June Carter Cash (2015); Save My Love For Sorrow (2023); Sourwood Mountain (2017); The Essential Carl Smith (2015); The Essential Early Years 1949-1954 (2010); The Master Takes (2013); Wildwood Flower (2003).

Movies and television:

12th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1978); 2 GoMad in Norfolk (2022); 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards (2006); 50 Years of Country Music (1978); 60 Minutes (1991–2003); A Night to Remember - May 5th, 1973 at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (2020); A Tribute to Kitty Wells (1982); All My Friends Are Cowboys (1998); American Epic (2017); American Experience (2005); American Idol (2009–2012); American Pirates (2017); America's Music: The Roots of Country (1996); An All Star Salute to Country Music (1990); An All-Star Tribute to Johnny Cash (1999); Aquarius (2015); Atop the Fourth Wall (2016); Austin City Limits (1987); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2018–2021); Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (1982); Beat-Club (1970–1980); Before Women Had Wings (1997); Between Heaven and Hell (2008); Big Love (2006); Biography (1998–2006); Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1992); Bob Harris: My Nashville (2014); Brown Eyed Girl (2001); Canadian Idol (2007); Century of Country (1999); Chad Powers (2025); Chicago Hope (1995); Cinemassacre Video (2011); CMA Awards Live: Greatest Moments 1968-2015 (2017); CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards (2003); CMT: 100 Greatest Duets Concert (2005); CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (2011); CMT: 40 Greatest Women of Country Music (2002); Cold Case (2004); Coming Home: A Rockin' Reunion (1989); Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President (1981); Committed (2000); Conan (2012); Constantine (2014); Country Music (2019); Country Music Caravan (1964); Country Music Festival '85 Deutschlandhalle (1985); Country Music Holiday (1958); Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 (2010); Crocodile Alert (2006); Damsel (2024); Dancing on Ice (2010); Dancing with the Stars (2007–2014); Deadwood (2004); Dean Martin Presents Music Country (1973); Derry Girls (2018–2022); Die große Chance (2012); Dinah! (1975); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1997); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Entertainment Tonight (2020); ER (1998); Feeling Minnesota (1996); Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025); Fire Country (2023); Flip (1972); Forev (2013); Freddy Quinn und seine Freunde (1980); Gintberg på kanten (2016); Good Morning America (1980); Gotham (2019); Grammy Legends (1990); Grand Ole Opry (1956); Grand Ole Opry 70th Anniversary (1996); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Guitar Hero 5 (2009); Gunsmoke (1957); Hats Off to Minnie: America Honors Minnie Pearl (1992); Hee Haw (1975–1988); Hill Street Blues (1985); Home & Family (2013); Hootenanny (1964); It Takes Two (2008); Jeff Foxworthy's Comedy Classics (2000); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1971–1982); Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020); Johnny Cash and Friends (1976); Johnny Cash and the Country Girls (1981); Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (2008); Johnny Cash Christmas (1979); Johnny Cash Christmas Special (1976); Johnny Cash i København (1971); Johnny Cash in ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black (2018); Johnny Cash in San Quentin (1969); Johnny Cash Live: Remember Me the Man in Black (2003); Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute (2003); Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music (1969); Johnny Cash: American Rebel (2015); Johnny Cash: Christmas in Scotland (1981); Johnny Cash: Christmas on the Road (1984); Johnny Cash: Cowboy Heroes (1982); Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day (2000); Johnny Cash: Hurt (2003); Johnny Cash: Live at Montreux 1994 (2005); Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years (1980); Johnny Cash: The Last Great American (2004); Johnny Cash: The Line (2007); Johnny Cash's America (2008); June (2023); Klammerblues, Kuschelrock & Herzschmerz - Rockballaden und ihre Geschichten (2025); Kulturplatz (2013); Las Vegas (2007); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011); Late Show with David Letterman (1999); Later... With Jools Holland (1994); Les invincibles (2009); Let It Ride (2006); Little House on the Prairie (1976); Love and a .45 (1994); Mafia III (2016); Man Alive (1969); Man of Steel (2013); Marked (2014); Masked Singer Suomi (2021); Murder in Coweta County (1983); My Darling Vivian (2020); My Father and the Man in Black (2012); My Name Is Earl (2007); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989 / 2017); Nashville (2012); NBC News on Stage (2006); NET Playhouse (1970); Nightdreams (1981); Nobody 2 (2025); Numb3rs (2007); Number Ones from the Johnny Cash TV Show (2012); Oi Fovies tou Manthou (2019); One Hit Wonderland (2016); Operation: Entertainment (1969); Opry Memories (2011); Opry Video Classics: Duets (2007); Opry Video Classics: Legends (2007); Pastor Mike Online (2014); Phoenix Nights (2001); Pineapple Express (2008); Playing with Fire (2019); Pop! Goes the Country (1975); Power Rangers (2017); Pretty Little Liars (2016); Price of Glory (2000); Push, Nevada (2002); Ring of Fire (2013); Roadie (1980); Rock Legends (2013); Romaine par moins 30 (2009); Rude Tube (2010–2013); Rudy (1993); Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017); Saturday Night Live (1982 / 1985); Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023); Sesame Street: The Best of Sesame Spoofs Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (2011); Sharp Objects (2018); Showtime (2002); Silent Hill (2006); Sing Country (1981–1986); Six Feet Under (2004); So Help Me Todd (2023); Sonny (2002); Stagecoach (1986); Stan Helsing (2009); Static (1985); Super Birthday: A World's Fair Salute to Bob Hope (1984); Super Dave (1987–1999); Suture (1993); Swing In (1970); Thaddeus Rose and Eddie (1978); That's Country (1977); The 10th Anniversary Johnny Cash Christmas Special (1985); The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards (1980); The 4th Annual American Music Awards (1977); The 7th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1989); The Adventures of Cowboy Jones (2022); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Affair (2014); The Apostle (1997); The Ballad of Peter La Farge (2006); The Baron (1981); The Baron and the Kid (1984); The Blacklist (2018); The Bob Zula (2009); The Contender (2000); The David Frost Show (1971); The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash (2019); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969–1972); The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973); The Hammer (2007); The Help (2011); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965); The Irish Rovers (1974); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Jim Nabors Hour (1971); The Johnny Cash Christmas Special (1977 / 1978); The Johnny Cash Show (1969–1971); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1952); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1996); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986); The Late Show (1986); The Life and Times (1995–1997); The Life and Times of the Cash Family (1999); The Marty Stuart Show (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1980); The Oscars (2015); The Porter Wagoner Show (1962); The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981); The Road to Nashville (1967); The Simpsons (2003–2006); The Story of Johnny Cash (2003); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1959); The Thing Called Love (1993); The Tommy Hunter Show (1985); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2018); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985); The Top Ten Revealed (2020); The Unbroken Circle: A Tribute to Mother Maybelle Carter (1979); The Universe (2023); The Voice UK (2013); The Winding Stream (2014); The Wire (2006); The Women of Country (1993); This Is Tom Jones (1969); This Is Your Life (1971); Today (2006); Tohuwabohu (1996–1997); Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (2004); Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo (2017); U Turn (1997); Viki ja Köpi Show (2023–2024); Viva Blackpool (2006); Voice - Danmarks største stemme (2012); Waiting For Howard Stern (2019); Walk the Line (2005); Wanna Bet? (1983); Waterloo Road (2012); Weekend in Taipei (2024); Westworld (2022); Whisper (2007); Wild Bill (2019); Wilder Napalm (1993); Yesteryear in Nashville (1983); Young Girls Do (1984); Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2006).

Born on this day – Bob Fosse:

Bob Fosse

Actor

Choreographer

Dancer

Director

June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987

Born on this day – Irene Worth:

Irene Worth

Actress

June 23, 1916 – March 10, 2002

Credits:

9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); A Birthday Gala Tribute Noel Coward (1970); American Playhouse (1988); An Evening with... (1970); Another Shore (1948); Antigone (1949); Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection (1978); Arena (1976); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953–1955); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Camera Three (1965–1978); Counsel's Opinion (1949); Deathtrap (1982); Drama Into Opera: Oedipus Rex (1961); Eyewitness (1981); Fast Forward (1985); Festival (1962); First Night (1964); Forbidden (1984); Great Performances (1980); Happy Days (1980); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1966); ITV Television Playhouse (1960); Just the Ticket (1998); King Lear (1970); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Ladies in Charge (1986); Lost in Yonkers (1993); Men, Women and Clothes (1957); Myself a Stranger (1949); Nicholas and Alexandra (1971); Omnibus (1959 / 1968); One Night with You (1948); Onegin (1999); Orders to Kill (1958); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1974); Release (1968); Remember WENN (1996); Rich Kids (1979); Secret People (1952); Separate Tables (1983); Seven Seas to Calais (1962); Storyboard (1983); Tempo (1968); The 19th Annual Tony Awards (1965); The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 45th Annual Tony Awards (1991); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1984); The Displaced Person (1977); The Duchess of Malfi (1949); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Alec Guinness (1987); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1996); The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993); The Scapegoat (1959); The Shell Seekers (1989); The Stratford Adventure (1954); The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984); The Way of the World (1975); The Winslow Boy / A Touch of Venus (1969); Thermidor (1964); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965); This Is Your Life (1980); To Die in Madrid (1963); Under This Sky (1979); Wednesday Theatre (1953); Working in the Theatre (1990).

Born on this day – Erik Barnouw:

Erik Barnouw

Writer

Historian

Producer

June 23, 1908 – July 19, 2001

Credits:

Books:

A Tower in Babel: A History of Broadcasting in the United States To 1933 (1966); Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film (1993); Indian Film (1962 / 1980); International Encyclopedia of Communications (1989); Media Lost and Found (2001); Media Marathon (1996); The Golden Web: A History of Broadcasting in the United States 1933–1953 (1968); The Image Empire: A History of Broadcasting in the United States from 1953 (1970); The Magician and the Cinema (1981); The Sponsor: Notes on a Modern Potentate (1978 / 2005); Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television (1976 / 1992).

Television:

American Experience (1997); Betty Hughes and Friends (1972); Camps of Death / Segment: Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945 (1983); Columbia University Seminar (1952–1953); Corwin (1996); Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991); Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945 (1946); Horizons (1951–1955); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1960); Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992); Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998); Television in America: An Autobiography (2002); The Great Depression (1998).