On this day in movie history - Popeye Doyle (1986):

Popeye Doyle

directed by Peter Levin,

written by Richard Di Lello,

was released in the United States on September 7, 1986.
Theme music by Brad Fiedel.

Cast:

Ed O’Neill, Matthew Laurance, James Handy, Candy Clark, George De La Pena, Audrey Landers, Nicholas Kadi, Elias Zarou, Gary Tacon, Phil Neilson, Elizabeth Lennie, Peter Virgile, Richard Monette, S.J. Fellowes, Guy Sanvido, Philip Williams, Linda Gambell, Chick Roberts, J.K. Simmons, Richard McMillan, Joanne Perica, Alexandra Innes, Tony Rosato, Todd Postlethwaite, Susan Diol, Molly Johnson, Norman Orenstein, Charles Woods Gray.

Born on this day – Alfa Anderson:

Alfa Anderson

Singer

Teacher

September 7, 1946 – December 17, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

C'est Chic (1978); Chic (1977); Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979); Music from My Heart (2017); Tongue in Chic (1982).

Songs:

A Warm Summer Night; At Last I Am Free; Bone; Chic Cheer; Chic Mystique; Chicism; Dance, Dance, Dance; Do That Dance; Do You Wanna Party; Everybody Dance; Good Times; Good Times / Rapper's Delight; Hangin'; Happy Man; I Want Your Love; I’ll Be There; I'm Coming Out; Jusagroove; Le Freak; My Feet Keep Dancing; My Forbidden Lover; Real People; São Paulo; Savoir Faire; Sober; Sometimes You Win; Soup for One; Till The World Falls; We Are Family; What About Me; Will You Cry; Would You Be My Baby.

Movies, television and video:

Chic: Dance, Dance, Dance (1978); Chic: Everybody Dance (1978); Chic: I Want Your Love (1979); Chic: Le Freak (1978); Coronation Street (2015–2016); Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker (2013); Unsung (2014).

Born on this day – John Harkins:

John Harkins

Actor

September 7, 1932 – March 5, 1999

Born on this day – T. P. McKenna:

T. P. McKenna

Actor

Writer

September 7, 1929 – February 13, 2011

Born on this day – Rossana Rory:

Rossana Rory

Actress

September 7, 1927 – April 1, 2020

Credits:

Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958); Captain Falcon (1958); Casablanca (1956); Come September (1961); El Alamein (1957); Europe '51 (1952); Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957); I cavalieri dell'illusione (1954); In amore si pecca in due (1954); Jessica (1962); La spada e la croce (1958); L'Eclisse (1962); L'eterna femmina (1954); Licenza premio (1951); Padri e figli (1958–1959); Perdonami! (1953); Piccola santa (1954); Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960); The Angel Wore Red (1960); The Big Boodle (1957); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1957); The Naked and the Wicked (1951); The River Changes (1956).

Born on this day – Leonard Rosenman:

Leonard Rosenman

Composer

Musician

September 7, 1924 – March 4, 2008

Born on this day – Anthony Quayle:

Anthony Quayle

Actor

Director

September 7, 1913 – October 20, 1989