On this day in movie history - Chasing Danger (1939):

Chasing Danger

directed by Ricardo Cortez,

written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan,

based on the story by Leonardo Bercovici,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1939.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Cast:

Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon, Joan Woodbury, Harold Huber, Jody Gilbert, Pedro de Cordoba, Stanley Fields, Roy D'Arcy, Carol Adams, Richard Alexander, Sam Ash, Eugene Borden, Egon Brecher, Don Brodie, Charles Brokaw, Harry Burns, Gino Corrado, Jean De Briac, Jimmie Dundee, Art Dupuis, Constant Franke, Robert Graves, Jamiel Hasson, Armand Kaliz, Arthur Loft, George Magrill, Francis McDonald, Louis Mercier, Tony Merlo, Leonard Mudie, Ruth Peterson, Arthur Rankin, Georges Renavent, Dick Rich, Jack Stoney, Paul Sutton, Harland Tucker, Michael Visaroff, Harry Worth.

Born on this day – Phillip Borsos:

Phillip Borsos

Director

Producer

Writer

May 5, 1953 – February 2, 1995

Credits:

Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990); Cooperage (1976); Do It with Joy (1977); Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995); Highway Heartbreaker (1992); Hollywood North (2003); Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (2003); Nails (1979); One Magic Christmas (1985); Spartree (1978); The Cider House Rules (1999); The Grey Fox (1982); The Mean Season (1985); The Night Before the Morning After (1980); The Shadow (1994); Tootsie (1982); Weird Science (1985); We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992).

Born on this day – Roger Rees:

Roger Rees

Actor

Director

May 5, 1944 – July 10, 2015

Credits:

22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2016); 3 A.M. (2001); A Christmas Carol (1984); A Life in Suitcases (2005); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999); Affluenza (2014); Almost Perfect (2011); American Experience (2015); Anatomía Unplugged (2007); Angela Lansbury & Friends Benefiting Salute to Terrence McNally (2011); BBC Play of the Month (1979); BlackMale (2000); Boston Common (1997); Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976); Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992); Cheers (1989–1993); CNN Showbiz Today (1995); Crazy Like a Fox (2004); Damian Cromwell's Postcards from America (1997); Double Platinum (1999); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Elementary (2012–2014); Extreme Ghostbusters (1997); Falling for Grace (2006); Footsteps (1987); Forever (2015); Frida (2002); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1982); Game 6 (2005); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Gargoyles (1995); God's Outlaw (1986); Going Under (2004); Grey's Anatomy (2007); Happy Tears (2009); If Looks Could Kill (1991); Imaginary Friends (1982); It Could Be Worse (2013–2014); Law & Order (2003); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2009); Liberty! The American Revolution (1997); Loop Dreams: The Making of a Low-Budget Movie (2001); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1995); Macbeth (1979); Mighty Max (1994); Minty Comedic Arts (2021); Mountains of the Moon (1990); My So-Called Life (1994); Next (1990); Next Stop Wonderland (1998); Nicholas Craig, the Naked Actor (1990); Oz (2001 / 2002); P.J. Sparkles (1992); Phantom 2040 (1995); Playing Shakespeare (1982); Portraits in Dramatic Time (2011); Related (2005–2006); Return to Never Land (2002); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Russian Broadway Shut Down (2014); SAG Foundation Conversations (2012); Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983); Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom (1999); Singles (1988–1989); Sly (2023); Star 80 (1983); Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992); Submissions Only (2012); Sudden Manhattan (1996); Survivor (2015); Tales of the Unexpected (1984); Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988); The 49th Annual Tony Awards (1995); The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 70th Annual Tony Awards (2016); The 78th Annual Drama League Awards (2012); The Brand New Illustrated Journal of the Arts (1982); The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999); The Cleveland Show (2010); The Comedy of Errors (1978); The Crossing (2000); The Ebony Tower (1984); The Education of Max Bickford (2002); The Emperor's Club (2002); The English Programme (1980); The Finding (1987); The Good Wife (2010); The Invasion (2007); The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991–1993); The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982); The Middle (2013); The Narrows (2008); The New World (2005); The Pilgrims (2015); The Pink Panther (2006); The Place of Peace (1975); The Possession of Michael D. (1995); The Prestige (2006); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Scorpion King (2002); The Sonnets of William Shakespeare (1984); The Substance of Fire (1996); The Theatre Quiz (1981); The Three Sisters (1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1990–1991); The Tower (1993); The Treatment (2006); The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004); The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2004); The West Wing (2000–2005); The Young Riders (1990); Theater Talk (2012–2015); Three Sisters (2001); Titanic (1996); Trouble on the Corner (1997); Under Western Eyes (1975); Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994); Veritas: The Quest (2003); Warehouse 13 (2009–2013); Wogan (1988); Working in the Theatre (1995–1998); World of Robin Hood (2006).

Born on this day – Sandy Baron:

Sandy Baron

Actor

Comedian

May 5, 1936 – January 21, 2001

Credits:

An Evening at the Improv (1981); Anatomy of a Seduction (1979); Birdy (1984); Broadway Danny Rose (1984); Cassie & Co. (1982); Celebrity Revue (1976); Crime Story (1986); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Della (1969–1970); Ed Sullivan's Comedy Legends (2022); FBI: The Untold Stories (1991); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Get the Message (1964); Girls in the Saddle (1969); Gypsy (1966–1967); Hey, Landlord (1966–1967); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1968); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); Ironside (1973); It Takes Two (1970); It's Your Bet (1970–1971); Juke Box Jury (1963); Law & Order (1991); Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste (1998); Leprechaun 2 (1994); Life Goes On (1992); Lonely Hearts (1991); Love, American Style / Love and the Guilty Conscience / Love and the Good Samaritan (1970–1971); Mission Kill (1985); Motorama (1991); Naked City (1962); Name Droppers (1969–1970); P.D.Q. (1967); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Police Story (1973); Sammy and Company (1976); Seinfeld (1991–1997); Seinfeld: Inside Look (2006–2007); Sid and Nancy (1986); Starsky and Hutch (1979); Straight Time (1978); Sweet November (1968); Targets (1968); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); That Was the Week That Was (1964); The Barbara McNair Show (1970–1971); The Comedy Shop (1978); The Dating Game (1969); The David Frost Show (1970–1972); The Dean Martin Summer Show (1967); The Ed Sullivan Show (1966); The Game Game (1969–1970); The Grifters (1990); The Hi-Lo Country (1998); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime);  (1966–1970); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The John Gary Show (1967); The Laughmakers (1962); The Match Game (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1975); The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (1996); The Munsters Today (1990–1991); The Out of Towners (1970); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Perils of P.K. (1986); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour (1970); The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour (1970); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1972); The Woody Woodbury Show (1967–1968); Today (1966); Tracey Takes On... (1996); Twilight Highway (1995); Vamp (1986); Walter & Emily (1992); What's My Line? (1973).

Born on this day – Maria-Pia Casilio:

Maria-Pia Casilio

Actress

May 5, 1935 – April 10, 2012

Credits:

Air of Paris (1954); Always Victorious (1958); Amori di mezzo secolo / Loves of half a century: War 1915-18 (1954); An American in Rome (1954); Angels of Darkness (1954); Appassionatamente / Passionately (1954); Arrivederci Firenze / Goodbye Florence (1958); Bread, Love and Dreams (1953); Canzoni di mezzo secolo / Songs of half a century (1952); Cuore matto... matto da legare / Crazy heart... Nutty to tie (1967); Donatella (1956); Due soldi di felicità / A Penny of Happiness (1954); Frisky (1954); Gagliardi e pupe / Pennants and pupae (1958); Giorni d'amore / Days of love (1954); I pappagalli / Parrots (1955); Il canto dell'emigrante / The Song of the Emigrant (1956); Il medico dei pazzi / The Madman's Doctor (1954); Il viale della speranza / The Avenue of Hope (1953); La banda del buco / The Hole Band (1960); La donna di ghiaccio / The Ice Woman (1960); La valigia dei sogni / The suitcase of dreams (1953); Le tournant dangereux (1954); L'ispettore Giusti (1999); Loving you is my destiny (1957); Maria Pia Casilio: Umberto D. (2011); Mogli pericolose / Dangerous Wives (1958); Neapolitan Carousel (1954); Noi uomini duri / We Hard Men (1987); Racconti romani / Roman Tales (1955); Siamo tutti inquilini / We are all tenants (1953); Terminal Station (1953); The Adultress (1953); The Fascist (1961); The Last Judgment (1961); The Mistress of Moonbeam (1961); Three Men and a Leg (1997); Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge / Totò, Peppino and the outlaws (1956); Umberto D. (1952); Vittorio D. (2009); We'll Call Him Andrea (1972).

Born on this day – Will Hutchins:

Will Hutchins

Actor

May 5, 1930 – April 21, 2025

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); Blondie (1968–1969); Bombers B-52 (1957); Bronco (1961); Chase (1974); Cheyenne (1961); Clambake (1967); Claudelle Inglish (1961); Conflict (1956–1957); Emergency! (1974); Gunfighter (1999); Gunsmoke (1963); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hey, Landlord (1966–1967); Howie (1962); Lafayette Escadrille (1958); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Single Sister (1972); Magnum Force (1973); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); Maverick (1960 / 1994); Merrill's Marauders (1962); Movin' On (1974); No Time for Sergeants (1958); Perry Mason (1966); Roar (1981); Shangani Patrol (1970); Slumber Party '57 (1976); Spinout (1966); Stump the Stars (1969); Stu's Show (2010 / 2023); Sugarfoot (1957–1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Take Me to Your Leader (1964); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1968); The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Quest (1976); The Ray Anthony Show (1963); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Romantics (2010); The Shooting (1966); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); Today (1966); TV's Western Heroes (1993); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993); Western Trails (2017); When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979); Whips and Jingles (2014).

Born on this day – June Lang:

June Lang

Actress

May 5, 1917 – May 16, 2005

Credits:

The Felony Squad (1968); 77 Sunset Strip (1962); The Detectives (1961); City Detective (1953); Fireside Theatre (1950–1952); Lighthouse (1947); Three of a Kind (1944); Up in Arms (1944); Flesh and Fantasy (1943); Stage Door Canteen (1943); City of Silent Men (1942); Footlight Serenade (1942); Too Many Women (1942); The Deadly Game (1941); Redhead (1941); Isle of Destiny (1940); Convicted Woman (1940); Inside Information (1939); Captain Fury (1939); For Love or Money (1939); Forged Passport (1939); Zenobia (1939); Meet the Girls (1938); One Wild Night (1938); International Settlement (1938); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Wee Willie Winkie (1937); Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937); White Hunter (1936); The Road to Glory (1936); Captain January (1936); Every Saturday Night (1936); The Country Doctor (1936); Bonnie Scotland (1935); George White's 1935 Scandals (1935); Music in the Air (1934); Love Time (1934); She Learned About Sailors (1934); Now I'll Tell (1934); The Man Who Dared (1933); I Loved You Wednesday (1933); Chandu the Magician (1932); She Wanted a Millionaire (1932); The Miracle Woman (1931); Young Sinners (1931).