On this day in movie history - Midnight Express (1978):

Midnight Express

directed by Alan Parker,

written by Oliver Stone,

based on the book by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1978.
Music by Giorgio Moroder.

Cast:

Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, John Hurt, Kevork Malikyan, Yashaw Adem, Mike Kellin, Franco Diogene, Michael Ensign, Gigi Ballista, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Giannatos.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1975):

Space 1999

Season 1. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Force of Life.

Released October 6, 1975.

Directed by David Tomblin.

Written by Johnny Byrne.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Barry Gray.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Ian McShane, Gay Hamilton, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Anton Phillips, Nick Tate, John Hamill, Eva Reuber-Staier, Tony Allyn, Emily Bolton, Lea Brodie, Sarah Bullen, Loftus Burton, Maxwell Craig, Andy Dempsey, Alan Harris, Vincent Wong, Raymond Harris, Barbara Kelly, Robert Phillips, Quentin Pierre, Suzanne Roquette, Maureen Tan.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1966 & 1967)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: The Enemy Within.

Released October 6, 1966.

Directed by Leo Penn.

Written by Richard Matheson.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Sol Kaplan.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Grace Lee Whitney, George Takei, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, Ed Madden, Garland Thompson, Jim Goodwin, Eddie Paskey.

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Mirror, Mirror.

Released October 6, 1967.

Directed by Marc Daniels.

Written by Jerome Bixby.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Fred Steiner.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, BarBara Luna, Vic Perrin, John Winston, Garth Pillsbury, Pete Kellett, Bobby Bass, Bill Blackburn, Bobby Clark, Roger Holloway, Johnny Mandell, Robert Metz, Eddie Paskey, Russ Peek, Paul Prokop.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Brothers.

Released October 6, 1990.

Directed by Rob Bowman.

Written by Rick Berman, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Cory Danziger, Colm Meaney, Adam Ryen, James Lashly, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, George B. Colucci Jr., Debbie David, Jeremy Doyle, Elliot Durant III, Margaret Rose Flores, Carrie Henger, Jerry Spicer, K. Uchizono.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 6. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Barge of the Dead.

Released October 6, 1999.

Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Bryan Fuller, Ronald D. Moore, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Eric Pierpoint, Sherman Augustus, Karen Austin, John K. Shull, David Lewman, Dennis Madalone, Nichole McAuley, Tom Morga, Mark Tobin.

On this day in movie history - Spartacus (1960):

Spartacus

directed by Stanley Kubrick,

written by Dalton Trumbo,

based on the novel by Howard Fast,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1960.
Music by Alex North.

Cast:

Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, John Dall, Nina Foch, John Ireland, Herbert Lom, Charles McGraw, Joanna Barnes, Harold J. Stone, Woody Strode, Peter Brocco, Paul Lambert, Robert J. Wilke, Nicholas Dennis, John Hoyt, Frederic Worlock, Gil Perkins, Cliff Lyons.

On this day in movie history – Pillow Talk (movie & novel):

Pillow Talk

directed by Michael Gordon,

written by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro and Clarence Greene,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1959.
Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Karen Norris, Julia Meade, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio, Lee Patrick, Mary McCarty, Alex Gerry, Hayden Rorke, Valerie Allen, Jacqueline Beer, Arlen Stuart.

Recommended reading:

Pillow Talk

By Marvin H. Albert.

Published by Gold Medal.

Published 1959.

ASIN: B000ARHC90

Vintage paperback

Filmed as Pillow Talk (1959), directed by Michael Gordon.

Back cover description:

Good connections.

Doris Day plays the interior decorator who has designs on men.

Rock Hudson and Tony Randall are the men who fall for her, hook, line and sinker.

On this day in movie history - The Breaking Point (1950):

The Breaking Point

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Ranald MacDougall,

based on the novel To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1950.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernández, Wallace Ford, Edmon Ryan, Ralph Dumke, Guy Thomajan, William Campbell, Sherry Jackson, Donna Jo Boyce, Victor Sen Yung.

On this day in movie history - Dark City (1950):

Dark City

directed by William Dieterle,

written by John Meredyth Lucas and Larry Marcus,

based on the story No Escape by Larry Marcus,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1950.
Music by Franz Waxman.

Cast:

Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Dean Jagger, Don DeFore, Jack Webb, Ed Begley, Harry Morgan, Walter Sande, Mark Keuning, Mike Mazurki.