On this day in movie history - Destination Murder (1950):

Destination Murder

directed by Edward L. Cahn,

written by Don Martin,

was released in the United States on June 9, 1950.
Music by Irving Gertz.

Cast:

Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Albert Dekker, Myrna Dell, James Flavin, John Dehner, Richard Emory, Norma Vance, Suzette Harbin, Buddy Swan, Bert Wenland, Franklyn Farnum, Steve Gibson’s Redcaps, Leon Alton, Kenneth Gibson, Steve Gibson, James Gonzalez, Robert Locke Lorraine, Harold Miller, Suzanne Ridgway, Steven Ritch, John Roche, Jeffrey Sayre.

On this day in movie history - Night and the City (1950 movie & novel):

Night and the City

directed by Jules Dassin,

written by Austin Dempster, William E. Watts and Jo Eisinger,

based on the novel by Gerald Kersh,

was released in the United States on June 9, 1950.
Music by Benjamin Frankel and Franz Waxman.

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom, Aubrey Dexter, Maureen Delany, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Mike Mazurki, Ada Reeve, Charles Farrell, Ken Richmond, Edward Chapman, James Hayter, Gibb McLaughlin, Dirk Bogarde.

Recommended reading:

Night And The City

By Gerald Kersh.

Published by London Books.

First published 1938.

ISBN-10: 0995721734

ISBN-13: 9780995721739

Description:

Harry Fabian is a cockney wide boy trying to make it big in the Soho underworld of the 1930s. He is a Flash Harry in an expensive suit, a chancer operating in a cosmopolitan corner of the city where villains, spivs, prostitutes and strong-arm men thrive. But his ambition and reckless nature are pushing him towards more and more extreme acts - and a day of reckoning. Night And The City is a classic work of social-realist fiction that captures the vibrant yet seedy underbelly of London between the world wars. Its author Gerald Kersh was high-profile, prolific and hugely popular at his peak, but would later drift into hardship and obscurity. His writing is now being rediscovered. A maverick character in his own right, Kersh's life was as colourful as those of his most flamboyant creations. As well as a highly respected novel, Night And The City was twice filmed - in 1950 and 1992 - and it is the first of these adaptations that is today regarded as one of the best of the British film-noir genre. Directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark and Googie Withers, it was shot in a post-war landscape heavy with menace and charm - just like the book on which it was based.

Born on this day – Tim Sullivan:

Tim Sullivan

Writer

Actor

Director

June 9, 1948 – November 10, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Chrysalis 5 (1979); Cold Shocks (1991); Destiny's End (1988); Dinosaurs! (1990); Glitter Street (1979); Lords of Creation (1992); Ripper! (1988); The 1983 Annual World's Best SF (1983); The Martian Viking (1991); The Parasite War (1989); The Ultimate Dracula (1991); Tropical Chills (1988); V # 10: The New England Resistance (1985); V # 13: To Conquer the Throne (1987); V # 5: The Florida Project (1985).

Movies and television:

A Passion to Kill (1999); Alien Agenda: Under the Skin / Segment: Alien Abductee Interviews (1997); Alien Force (1996); Camp Blood (2000); Camp Blood 2 (2000); Creaturealm: From the Dead / Segment: Hollywood Mortuary (1998); Deadly Scavengers (2001); Deadly Tales (1998); Demonicus (2001); Eyes of the Werewolf (1999); Hollywood Mortuary (2000); Hunting Season (2000); Ill Met by Moonlight (1994); The Dead Beat Volume 1 (1990); The Laughing Dead (1989); The Mark of Dracula (2000); The Naked Monster (2005); Twilight of the Dogs (1995); Vampyre Femmes (1999); V-World Matrix (1999).

Born on this day – Brigid Bazlen:

Brigid Bazlen

Actress

June 9, 1944 – May 25, 1989

Credits:

Days of Our Lives (1972); Bright Promise (1969); How the West Was Won (1962); King of Kings (1961); The Honeymoon Machine (1961); Too Young to Go Steady (1959); The Blue Fairy (1958); Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel (1951–1955).

Born on this day – Michel Lang:

Michel Lang

Director

Writer

June 9, 1939 – April 24, 2014

Born on this day – Giles Havergal:

Giles Havergal

Director

Actor

Teacher

June 9, 1938 – August 23, 2025

Credits:

A Christmas Carol (1962); Albert Herring (2024); Blood and Glitter 70 Years of the Citizens Theatre (2015); Doctor Finlay (1996); Gossip (2000); MI-5 (2011); Midsomer Murders (2006); Monarch of the Glen (2005); Mrs. Warren's Profession (1991); Release (1969); Taggart (1993); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); The Man Shakespeare (1964).

Born on this day – Joe Santos:

Joe Santos

Actor

June 9, 1931 – March 18, 2016

Credits:

A Knife for the Ladies (1974); A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975); a.k.a. Pablo (1984); Adderly (1987); Art Deco Detective (1994); Bakersfield P.D. (1993); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1974); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Beyond Suspicion (2000); Black Sheep Squadron (1978); Blade (1973); Blue Thunder (1983); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Chronic (2015); Cover Up (1984); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978); Deadline: Madrid (1988); Deadly Desire (1991); Eischied (1979); Fear City (1984); Flesh and Lace (1965); Good Cops, Bad Cops (1990); Hammerlock (2000); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985–1986); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hunter (1984–1990); Jessie (1984); Joe Forrester (1976); Kung Fu (1975); Likely Stories, Vol. 2 (1983); Lou Grant (1977); MacGyver (1986–1987); Magnum, P.I. (1986–1988); Masquerade (1984); Match Game (1978–1979); Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour (1984); Match Game PM (1979–1980); Me and Maxx (1980); Miami Vice (1988); Mindreaders (1979); Mo' Money (1992); Moonlighting Wives (1966); Murder, She Wrote (1987–1988); My Body Hungers (1967); Naked City (1963); Nightside (1973); NYPD Blue (1993); Police Story (1974–1978); Power (1980); Proximity (2001); Quantum Leap (1989); Remington Steele (1984); Revenge (1990); Room 222 (1972); Santa Barbara (1990); Shaft's Big Score! (1972); Shamus (1973); Sinatra (1992); Suburban Beat (1985); Superior Court (1986–1990); T.J. Hooker (1985); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The A-Team (1984); The Blue Knight (1973); The Detective (1968); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Education of Allison Tate (1986); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1980); The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The Man from Elysian Fields (2001); The Old Man and the Sea (1990); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); The Postman (1997); The Ratings Game (1984); The Right Way (1998); The Rockford Files (1974–1980); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996); The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (1996); The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994); The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999); The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996); The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996); The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997); The Selling of Vince D'Angelo (1983); The Sopranos (2004); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Tiger Makes Out (1967); The Twilight Zone / Segment: The Library (1986); Toma (1973); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Trial by Jury (1994); Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures (1964); Wendy Hooper, U.S. Army (1981); Zandy's Bride (1974).