On this day in movie history - 48 Hrs. (1982):

48 Hours

directed Walter Hill,

written by Roger Spottiswoode, Walter Hill, Larry Gross and Steven E. de Souza,

was released in the United States on December 8, 1982.
Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham, Brion James, Kerry Sherman, Jonathan Banks, James Keane, Tara King, Greta Blackburn, Margot Rose, Denise Crosby, Olivia Brown, Todd Allen, Bill Dearth, Ned Dowd, Jim Haynie, Jack Thibeau, Jon St. Elwood, Clare Torao, Sandy Martin, Matt Landers, Peter Jason, Bill Cross, Chris Mulkey, Marcelino Sánchez, Bennie E. Dobbins, Walter Scott, W.T. Zacha, Begonya Plaza, Loyd Catlett, B.G. Fisher, Reid Cruickshanks, R.D. Call, Brenda Venus, Gloria Gifford, Nick Dimitri, John Dennis Johnston, Rock A. Walker, Dave Moordigian, J. Wesley Huston, Gary Pettinger, Marquerita Wallace, Angela Robinson Witherspoon, Jack Lightsy, John Hauk, Bob Yanez, Clint Smith, Luis Contreras, Suzanne M. Regard, Ola Ray, Bjaye Turner, The Bus Boys, Larry Clardy, Robert Cole, Steven G. Felix, Fritz Ford, Bob Harks, Vic Johnson, Michael D. Jones, David LeBell, Gus Loundermon, Brian O'Neal, Kevin O'Neal, Erika Pearson, Tony Roque, Richard Wakasa.

On this day in movie history - The Brink’s Job (1978):

The Brink’s Job

directed William Friedkin,

written by Walon Green,

based on the book Big Stick-Up at Brinks by Noel Behn,

was released in the United States on December 8, 1978.
Music by Richard Rodney Bennett.

Cast:

Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, Paul Sorvino, Sheldon Leonard, Gerard Murphy, Kevin O'Connor, Claudia Peluso, Patrick Hines, Malachy McCourt, Walter Klavun, Randy Jurgensen, John Brandon, Robert Prosky.

On this day in music history - Hotel California, by the Eagles (1976):

The album Hotel California,

by the Eagles,

was released on December 8, 1976.

On this day in music history - Symphony No. 7, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1813):

Symphony No. 7

by Ludwig van Beethoven,

was first performed in Vienna on December 8, 1813.
Symphony in four movements.
Opus 92, in A Major.
Composed: 1811–1812.

Born on this day – Sólveig Anspach:

Sólveig Anspach

Director

Writer

December 8, 1960 – August 7, 2015

Born on this day – Valora Noland:

Valora Noland

Actress

December 8, 1941 – March 27, 2022

Credits:

Beach Party (1963); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Dr. Kildare (1963); Laramie (1962); Mannix (1967); Muscle Beach Party (1964); Sex and the College Girl (1964); Star Trek (1968); Summer Children (1965); The Donna Reed Show (1963–1965); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Passionate Strangers (1966); The Rifleman (1961); The Virginian (1967); The War Wagon (1967); Up Your Teddy Bear (1970); Wagon Train (1964).

Born on this day – Maximilian Schell:

Maximilian Schell

Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

December 8, 1930 – February 1, 2014

Credits:

Les brigands (2015); Flores negras (2009); The Brothers Bloom (2008); Die Rosenkönigin (2007); Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (2007); Einstein - Superstar der Wissenschaft (2007); Der Fürst und das Mädchen (2003–2007); The Shell Seekers (2006); House of the Sleeping Beauties (2006); Die Alpenklinik (2006); Die Liebe eines Priesters (2005); The Return of the Dancing Master (2004); Coast to Coast (2003); Alles Glück dieser Erde (2003); Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch (2002); Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften (2002); Meine Schwester Maria (2002); Festival in Cannes (2001); The Song of the Lark (2001); Fisimatenten (2000); I Love You, Baby (2000); Joan of Arc (1999); Wer liebt, dem wachsen Flügel... (1999); Deep Impact (1998); Vampires (1998); Left Luggage (1998); The Song of the Lark (1997); The Eighteenth Angel (1997); Telling Lies in America (1997); Biography (1997); Through Roses (1997); The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (1996); Little Odessa (1994); Abraham (1993); Candles in the Dark (1993); Justiz (1993); A Far Off Place (1993); Stalin (1992); Miss Rose White (1992); Labyrinth (1991); Young Catherine (1991); Wiseguy (1990); The Freshman (1990); The Rose Garden (1989); An American Place (1988); Laughter in the Dark (1986); Peter the Great (1986); The Assisi Underground (1985); Morgen in Alabama (1984); Marlene (1984); Les îles (1983); The Phantom of the Opera (1983); The Chosen (1981); Arch of Triumph (1980); The Diary of Anne Frank (1980); The Black Hole (1979); Together? (1979); Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979); Avalanche Express (1979); Players (1979); Julia (1977); A Bridge Too Far (1977); Cross of Iron (1977); St. Ives (1976); The Day That Shook the World (1975); End of the Game (1975); The Man in the Glass Booth (1975); The Odessa File (1974); The Pedestrian (1973); Pope Joan (1972); Paulina 1880 (1972); Trotta (1971); First Love (1970); Simón Bolívar (1969); Krakatoa: East of Java (1968); Heidi (1968); The Castle (1968); Counterpoint (1967); Beyond the Mountains (1967); The Deadly Affair (1967); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1967); Die venezianischen Zwillinge (1966); Return from the Ashes (1965); Der seidene Schuh (1965); Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts (1964); Topkapi (1964); The Condemned of Altona (1962); The Reluctant Saint (1962); Five Finger Exercise (1962); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); Hamlet (1960); Family Classics: The Three Musketeers (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Alcoa Theatre (1960); Sunday Showcase (1960); Buick-Electra Playhouse (1960); The Fifth Column (1960); Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste (1959); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); The Eighty Yard Run (1959); Die sechste Frau (1959); Die Bernauerin (1958); Kinder der Berge (1958); The Young Lions (1958); Die Letzten werden die Ersten sein (1957); Taxichauffeur Bänz (1957); Ein Herz kehrt heim (1956); Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz (1956); The Girl from Flanders (1956); Reifende Jugend (1955); The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955); Sons, Mothers and a General (1955).