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

The Enforcer

directed by James Fargo,

written by Stirling Silliphant and Dean Riesner,

based on a story by Gail Morgan Hickman and S.W. Schurr,

was released in the United Kingdom on December 16, 1976.
Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, John Mitchum, DeVeren Bookwalter, John Crawford, Samantha Doane, Robert Hoy, Jocelyn Jones, M.G. Kelly, Nick Pellegrino, Albert Popwell, Rudy Ramos, Bill Ackridge, Bill Jelliffe, Joe Bellan, Tim O'Neill, Jan Stratton, Will MacMillan, Jerry Walter, Steve Eoff, Tim Burrus, Michael Cavanaugh, Dick Durock, Ron Manning, Adele Proom, Glenn Leigh Marshall, Robert Behling, Terence McGovern, Stan Ritchie, John Roselius, Brian Fong, Art Rimdzius, Chuck Hicks, Anne Macey, Gloria Prince, Kenneth Boyd, Bernard Glin, Fritz Manes, Barbara Beebe, George Cheung, Michael L. Davis, Roger Ferreira, Jean Glaudé, Donald Li, Arthur Malet, George Reading, Joe Spano.

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

Papillon

directed by Franklin J. Schaffner,

written by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr.,

based on the book by Henri Charrière,

was released in the United States on December 16, 1973.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Deman, Woodrow Parfrey, Bill Mumy, George Coulouris, Ratna Assan, William Smithers, Val Avery, Gregory Sierra, Ron Soble.

Born on this day – Lizzy Mercier Descloux:

Lizzy Mercier Descloux

Singer

Musician

Writer

Composer

Actress

Painter

December 16, 1956 – April 20, 2004

Credits:

Albums:

Rosa Yemen – Live in N.Y.C July 1978 (1978); Press Color (1979); Mambo Nassau (1981); Zulu Rock (1984); One for the Soul (1985); Suspense (1988).

Movies and television:

Corporate (2019); Cocoricocoboy (1984); 5 Flaschen für Angelika (1981); Beauty Becomes the Beast (1979); Midi-Première (1979).

Born on this day – Philip K. Dick:

Philip K. Dick

Writer

December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982

Credits:

Books:

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / aka Blade Runner (1968); The Edge of Human (By: K.W. Jeter) (1995); Replicant Night (By: K.W. Jeter) (1996); Eye and Talon (By: K.W. Jeter) (2000); 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996); A Handful of Darkness (1955); A Maze of Death (1970); A Scanner Darkly (1977); A Scanner Darkly (1977); Alien Worlds (1964); Alpha 3 (1972); Alpha 5 (1974); Angels! (1995); Anthology of Sci-Fi V1 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V10 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V11 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V12 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V13 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V15 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V17 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V18 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V19 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V2 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V20 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V22 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V24 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V3 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V4 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V5 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V5, the Pulp Writers (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V6 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V7 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V8 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V9 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi, the Pulp Writers V1 (2013); Bangs & Whimpers: Stories about The End of The World (1999); Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow (1987); bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2023); Beyond Lies the Wub (1951); Beyond the Door (1954); Beyond Tomorrow (1976); Cantata-140 aka The Crack in Space (1964); Christopher Hitchens (2017); Clans of the Alphane Moon (1964); Confessions of a Crap Artist (1975); Contact: Stories of the New World (2013); Counter-Clock World (1967); Dangerous Visions (1967); Dangerous Visions 2 (1967); David Bowie (2016); Deus Irae (1976); Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb (1965); Dr. Futurity (1960); Ernest Hemingway (2015); Eye in the Sky (1957); Fantastic Stories Presents (2014); Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology (1974); Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974); Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2020); Gabriel García Márquez (2015); Galactic Pot-Healer (1969); Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963 (1963); Gather Yourselves Together (1994); Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2019); Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2013); Human Is? (1955); Humpty Dumpty in Oakland (1986); Hunger for Horror (1988); Hunter S. Thompson (2018); I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (1985); In Milton Lumky Territory (1984); In Pursuit of VALIS (1991); Inside the Funhouse (1992); Invaders! (1993); J. D. Salinger (2016); James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (2014); Jane Jacobs (2016); Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2022); John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2021); Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Jorge Luis Borges (2012); Julia Child: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2018); Kathy Acker: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2018); Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2022); Kurt Vonnegut (2011); Learning to Live Finally (2005); Lies, Inc. (1983); Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories (2015); Lou Reed (2015); Martian Time-Slip (1964); Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2017); Mary and the Giant (1987); More Amazing Stories (1998); Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction (2020); New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction (2003); Nick and the Glimmung (1988); Nora Ephron: The Last Interview (2015); Now Wait for Last Year (1966); Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2023); Oliver Sacks (2016); Our Friends From Frolix 8 (1970); Peter Davison's Book of Alien Monsters (1982); Philip K. Dick (2015); Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017); Puttering About in a Small Land (1985); Radio Free Albemuth (1985); Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview (2014); Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2009); Robots Through the Ages (2023); Science Fiction Super Pack #1 (2013); Second Variety (1987); Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Small Town (1954); Solar Lottery / World of Chance (1955); Spells of Enchantment (1991); Star Science Fiction Stories 3 (1955); Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 (1953); Tales of Time Travel - Book Three: Seven Short Science Fiction Stories (2016); The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 24 (1982); The Book of Philip K. Dick (1972); The Broken Bubble (1988); The Campfire Collection (2005); The Cosmic Puppets (1957); The Crack in Space (1966); The Crystal Crypt (1954); The Dark-Haired Girl (1988); The Defenders (1953); The Defenders and Three Others (1950); The Divine Invasion (1981); The Eighth Galaxy Reader (1965); The Eyes Have It and Other Stories (2022); The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack (2012); The Game-Players of Titan (1963); The Ganymede Takeover (1967); The Golden Man (1980); The Gun (1952); The Last of the Masters (1954); The Lobster's Birthday and Other Stories (2014); The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction (2002); The Man in the High Castle (1962); The Man Who Japed (1956); The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike (1984); The Minority Report (1956); The Monster Book of Monsters (1988); The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993); The Penultimate Truth (1964); The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick (1995); The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford and Other Classic Stories (1987); The Simulacra (1964); The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack (2013); The Skull (1952); The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1964); The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (1982); The Ultimate Cyberpunk (2002); The Ultimate Short Story Bundle (2020); The Unreconstructed M (1957); The Unteleported Man (1964); The Variable Man and Other Stories (1957); The Vintage Book of Amnesia (2000); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The World Jones Made (1956); The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3 (1970); The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1999); The Zap Gun (1967); Time Out of Joint (1959); Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2020); Total Recall (1966); Ubik (1969); Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2019); VALIS (1981); Visions of Fear (1992); Voices from the Street (2007); Vulcan's Hammer (1960); War Veteran (1955); We Can Build You (1969); We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (1987); What If Our World is Their Heaven? (1982).

Movies, television and video:

Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner 2049 (2017); A Scanner Darkly (2006); Andys (2014); Barjo (1992); Beyond the Door (2011); BIOS (2018); Blade Runner (video game) (1997); Blade Runner 60: Director's Cut (2012); Blade Runner(s); Blade Runner(s) (2019); Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021–2022); Blade Runner: Czy androidy marza o elektrycznych owcach? (Audioplay) (2012); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2013); Cineficción Radio / The Defenders (2021); Curious Matter Anthology (2019); Dust (2019); Electric Dreams (2017–2018); Ficción sonora (2014); Impostor (2001); Minority Report (2002); Minority Report (2015); Morning Patrol (1987); Natural City (2003); Next (2007); Out of This World (1962); Pavel Kolev & Icaka: There's No Lie (2019); Paycheck (2003); Paycheck: Alternate Ending (2004); Paycheck: Deleted / Extended Scenes (2004); Philip K. Dick Interview (1977); Philip K. Dick: The Metz Speech (1977); Piper in the Woods (2016); Radio Free Albemuth (2010); Radio Theater Project (2014); Roog (2019); Screamers (1995); Screamers: The Hunting (2009); Second Variety (2014); The Adjustment Bureau (2011); The Crystal Crypt (2013); The Edge of Human (2022); The Great C (2018); The Man in the High Castle (2015–2019); The Pipers (2013); The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick (1990); The Room 13 (2018); The Skull (2023); The Truth (2011); Total Recall (1990 / 2012); Total Recall 2070 (1999 / 2012); Vampirismus (1981).

Born on this day – Terry Carter:

Terry Carter

Actor

Director

December 16, 1928 – April 23, 2024

Credits:

227 (1988); Abby (1974); American Masters (1988); Attraction (1969); Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979); Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming (1999); Benji (1974); Bracken's World (1969); Breaking Point (1964); Brother on the Run (1973); Celebrity Bowling (1975); Combat! (1965); Company of Killers (1970); Dr. Kildare (1964); Falcon Crest (1984); First Person (1960); For the People (1965); Foxy Brown (1974); Galacticon (2003); Glen Larson on the Creation of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); Hamilton (1998); Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012); Julia (1968–1970); Mannix (1970); McCloud (1970–1977); Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979); Mr. Belvedere (1987); Naked City (1961); One West Waikiki (1994); Parrish (1961); Play of the Week (1960); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Playwrights '56 (1955); Remembering 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); Search (1973); That Girl (1969); The 5th Annual People's Choice Awards (1979); The Big Story (1957); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Cop and the Kid (1976); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Cylons of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); The Defenders (1961–1965); The Fall Guy (1982–1985); The Green Pastures (1959); The Highwayman (1988); The Jeffersons (1982); The Making of Black Mayors (1986); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Most Deadly Game (1970); The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973); Two on a Bench (1971); Unsung Hollywood (2016); Working with the Daggit of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004).

Born on this day – Dorothy Abbott:

Dorothy Abbott

Actress

December 16, 1920 – December 15, 1968

Credits:

A Gathering of Eagles (1963); A Life of Her Own (1950); A Virgin in Hollywood (1953); Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952); Angels in Disguise (1949); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Bachelor in Paradise (1961); Beyond Glory (1948); Copper Canyon (1950); David and Bathsheba (1951); Dear Heart (1964); Dragnet (1953–1954); East Side, West Side (1949); Everything But the Truth (1956); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Going My Way (1963); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); His Kind of Woman (1951); If You Knew Susie (1948); It's a Great Life (1955); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Jet Pilot (1957); Leave It to Beaver (1963); Little Women (1949); Love Me or Leave Me (1955); Lover Come Back (1961); Matinee Theatre (1955); My Favorite Spy (1951); Neptune's Daughter (1949); Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948); Palm Springs Weekend (1963); Pardners (1956); Pepe (1960); Quick, Before It Melts (1964); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Road to Rio (1947); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Sergeants 3 (1962); Skirts Ahoy! (1952); South Pacific (1958); Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); That Touch of Mink (1962); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1955–1963); The Apartment (1960); The Caddy (1953); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Great Man (1956); The Las Vegas Story (1952); The Paleface (1948); The Petty Girl (1950); The Razor's Edge (1946); The Unholy Wife (1957); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); Vacation Playhouse (1963); Warning Shot (1966); Where Danger Lives (1950); Words and Music (1948).

Born on this day – George Schaefer:

George Schaefer

Director

Writer

Producer

December 16, 1920 – September 10, 1997