On this day in movie history - Hooper (1978):

Hooper

directed by Hal Needham,

written by Thomas Rickman and Bill Kerby,

based on a story by Walt Green, Walter S. Herndon and James Best,

was released in the United States on July 28, 1978.
Music by Bill Justis.

Cast:

Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith, John Marley, Robert Klein, James Best, Adam West, Alfie Wise, Terry Bradshaw, Norman Grabowski, George Furth, Jim Burk, Don 'Red' Barry, Princess O'Mahoney, Robert Tessier, Richard Tyler, Tara Buckman, Hal Floyd, Ray Bickel, Rex Benson, R.G. Allen, Mark Montgomery, Linda McClure, Kent Lane, Christa Linder, Kris Goddard, Robert Hackman, John Marshall, Laura Lizer Sommers, Peter Craig, Soupy Sales, Roxanne Brewer, Alex Brown, William H. Burton Jr., Tom Cloud, Jadie David, David Ellis, Gary Epper, John Escobar, Len Glasgow, Raven Grey Eagle, Stefan Gudju, Freddie Hice, Buddy Joe Hooker, Hugh Hooker, Louise Johnson, Gary McLarty, Mary Moon, Bennie Moore, Dave Mungenast Sr., Sam Neville, Alan Oliney, Bob Orrison, Regis Parton, John Quijada, Ronnie Rondell Jr., Reid Rondell, Tim Rossovich, Fred Scheiwiller, Ron Stein, Charles A. Tamburro, Greg Topper, Jim Whitecloud, Walter Wyatt.

On this day in movie history - The Gumball Rally (1976):

The Gumball Rally

directed by Charles Bail,

written by Leon Capetanos,

based on a story by Leon Capetanos and Charles Bail,

was released in the United States on July 28, 1976.
Music by Michael Small.

Cast:

Michael Sarrazin, Nicholas Pryor, Tim McIntire, Raúl Juliá, Norman Burton, John Durren, Gary Busey, Joanne Nail, Susan Flannery, J. Pat O'Malley, Vaughn Taylor, Lazaro Perez, Tricia O'Neil, Harvey Jason, Steven Keats, Wally Taylor, Eddy Donno, Dick Karie, Alfred Shelly, Whitey Hughes, Larry Silvestri, Wes Dawn, John Morton, Stephen Blood, Linda Vaughn, Walter R. Smith, John Lawlor.

On this day in movie history - On the Waterfront (1954):

On the Waterfront

directed by Elia Kazan,

written by Budd Schulberg,

was released in the United States on July 28, 1954.
Inspired by the series of articles entitled Crime on the Waterfront by Malcolm Johnson,

published in the New York Sun from November–December, 1948.
Music by Leonard Bernstein.

Cast:

Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield, Tony Galento, Tami Mauriello, John F. Hamilton, John Heldabrand, Rudy Bond, Don Blackman, Arthur Keegan, Abe Simon, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Balsam, Dan Bergin, Zachary Charles, Jere Delaney, Robert Downing, Michael V. Gazzo, Fred Gwynne, Thomas Handley, Anne Hegira, Pat Hingle, Katherine MacGregor, Barry Macollum, Tiger Joe Marsh, Edward McNally, Donnell O'Brien, Mike O'Dowd, Nehemiah Persoff, Johnny Seven.

On this day in movie history - Scene of the Crime (1949):

Scene of the Crime

directed by Roy Rowland,

written by Charles Schnee,

based on the article Smashing the Bookie Gang Marauders by John Bartlow Martin,

was released in the United States on July 28, 1949.
Music by André Previn.

Cast:

Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, John McIntire, Donald Woods, Norman Lloyd, Jerome Cowan, Tom Powers, Richard Benedict, Anthony Caruso, Robert Gist, Romo Vincent, Tom Helmore, Caleb Peterson, William Haade.

Born on this day – Carol Higgins Clark:

Carol Higgins Clark

Writer

Actress

July 28, 1956 – June 12, 2023

Credits:

Books:

A Holiday Collection (2010); A Poison That Leaves No Trace: With Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle (2002); All By Myself, Alone (2017); All Through the Night (1998); As Time Goes by (2016); Burned (2005); Carol Higgins Clark Boxed Set Vol 1 (2011); Cursed (2009); Dashing Through the Snow (2008); Deck the Halls (2000); Deck the Halls / The Christmas Thief (2009); Decked (1991); Fleeced (2001); Gypped / Scammed (2012); He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2001); Hitched (2006); Iced (1994); I'll Walk Alone (2011); Jinxed (2002); Laced (2007); Mobbed (2011); Murder For Love (1996); Popped (2003); Santa Cruise (2006); Snagged (1993); The Christmas Collection (2006); The Christmas Thief (2004); The Lost Years (2012); The Lottery Winner (1994); The Plot Thickens (1997); Twanged (1997); Weep No More, My Lady (1987); Wrecked (2010); Zapped (2008).

Movies and television:

A Cry in the Night (1992); Books Equal Gifts Commercial (2008); Bouillon de culture (1999); C à vous (2011); Café Picouly (2011); Deck the Halls (2011); Deck the Halls (2011); Fatal Charm (1990); Home & Family (2013–2014); Imus in the Morning (2014); My Gal Sunday (2014); Night of the Fox (1990); Party Planner with David Tutera (2005); Secret Service (1993); Stillwatch (1987); The Cradle Will Fall (2004); The Mystery Cruise (2013); The View (2004); Tout le monde en parle (2003); Where Are the Children? (1986); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997).

Born on this day – Mike Bloomfield:

Mike Bloomfield

Blues singer

Guitarist

Composer

July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

American Hero (1982); Analine (1977); At The Bottom Line New York, 1975 (Hd Remastered Edition) (2017); Between A Hard Place And The Ground (2011); Between the Hard Place and the Ground (1979); Bloomfield Blues (2009); Bloomfield Harris (1979); Blues at the Fillmore / Electric Blue Live (2011); Blues In B-Flat (2009); Bottom Line New York, 1974 (Hd Remastered Edition) (2017); Chicago Blues Union (2006); Count Talent and the Originals (2006); Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’ (1980); Don’t Say That I Ain’t Your Man! – Essential Blues (1994); Fillmore East: The Lost Concert Tapes 12/13/68 (2003); Fillmore West 1969 (2023); Great Gifts From Heaven (2010); Greatest Moments - One Night Only (2008); If You Love These Blues, Play ‘Em as You Please (1976); I’m with You Always (2008); Initial Shock (1988); It’s Not Killing Me (1969); Junko Partner (1984); Knockin Myself Out (2006); Late At Night: McCabes, January 1, 1977 (2018); Let It Shine (Record Plant, Sausalito ‘73 KSAN Broadcast Remastered) (2020); Live at Bill Graham’s Fillmore West (1969); Live At Bottom Line Cabaret, 31 March 1974 (2015); Live At McCabe’s Guitar Workshop, January 1, 1977 (2017); Live At The Bottom Line (2022); Live at the Old Waldorf (1998); Live at the Record Plant 1973 (2017); Live from The Palms Cafe - San Francisco 1977 (2023); Live in Italy (1981); Living in the Fast Lane (1980); Michael Bloomfield (1978); Mike Bloomfield & The Electric Flag Getting Down (2021); Red Hot & Blue (1981); San Francisco Nights (2018); Solid Blues (1995); Steelyard Blues (1972); Super Session (1968); The Gospel Truth (2021); The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper (1969); The Record Plant ‘73 (2017); Timeless Blues: Mike Bloomfield (2011); Triumvirate (1973); Try It Before You Buy It (1975).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2005); And This Is Free (1965); Bad (1977); Bongo Wolf's Revenge (1970); Born in Chicago (2020); Easy Rider (1969); Festival (1967); Fillmore (1972); Horn from the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story (2017); In Concert (1973); Independent Lens (2014); Medium Cool (1969); Muscle Shoals (2013); Newport and the Great Folk Dream (2025); Rocketman (2019); Sneakers (1992); Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days (1975); Soundstage (1974); Steelyard Blues (1973); Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield (2013); The Blues (2003); The Intimate Rebels (1974); The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival (2007); The Trip (1967); Turn It Up! (2014).

Born on this day – Charles Cyphers:

Charles Cyphers

Actor

July 28, 1939 – August 4, 2024

Credits:

21 Jump Street (1988); A Force of One (1979); Aaron's Way (1988); Airwolf (1984); Alice (1978); Any Day Now (1999); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); Barnaby Jones (1973–1977); Benson (1982); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Borderline (1980); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998); California Dreams (1994); Cannon (1972–1973); Celebrity Chatter and Things that Matter with Elijah (2023); Charlie's Angels (1977); China Beach (1988); Coming Home (1978); Cool Breeze (1972); Cousin Skeeter (2001); Critical Mass (2001); Dallas (1987); Dead Calling (2006); Deadly Games (1995); Death Wish II (1982); Deatherman (2012); Dog and Cat (1977); Dragnet (1989); Elvis (1979); ER (1995); Escape from New York (1981); FBI: The Untold Stories (1993); Freddy's Nightmares (1989); Friendly Fire (1979); Gibbsville (1976); Gleaming the Cube (1989); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); Gray Lady Down (1978); Grizzly II: Revenge (1983); Halloween (1978); Halloween II (1981); Halloween Kills (2021); Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006); 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest (2003); Halloween: The Inside Story (2010); Halloween: The Shape of Horror (2006); Hardball (1994); Hart to Hart (1981); Hill Street Blues (1985–1987); Honkytonk Man (1982); Hunter's Blood (1986); Hyperion Bay (1998); JAG (1995); Jake and the Fatman (1989); Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983); Loaded Weapon 1 (1993); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Lou Grant (1979); MacArthur (1977); Mach 2 (2000); Major League (1989); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Matlock (1986); Memorial Day (1983); Methodic (2007); Murder in the First (1995); Murder One (1996); Murder, She Wrote (1991); Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1996–1998); Night Court (1988); Our House (1987); Our Town (1977); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1998); Phyllis (1976); Renegade (1993); Rituals (1984–1995); Roc (1991–1992); Roots (1977); Santa Barbara (1987); SeaQuest 2032 (1994); Seinfeld (1995); Simon & Simon (1987); Sliders (1995); Someone's Watching Me! (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1976–1979); The Betty White Show (1977–1978); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1984); The Executioner's Song (1982); The F.B.I. (1973); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Fog (1980); The George Carlin Show (1994); The George Wendt Show (1995); The Manhunter (1974); The Missiles of October (1974); The Night She Came Home!! (2013); The Onion Field (1979); The Outsiders (1990); The Quest (1982); The Secrets of Isis (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1976); The Slams (1973); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977); Truck Turner (1974); Vigilante Force (1976); Wonder Woman (1977).