On this day in movie history - Hard Times (1975):

Hard Times

aka The Streetfighter,

directed by Walter Hill,

written by Walter Hill, Bryan Gindoff and Bruce Henstell,

based on a story by Bryan Gindoff and Bruce Henstell,

was released in France on August 13, 1975.
Music by Barry De Vorzon.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin, Margaret Blye, Michael McGuire, Felice Orlandi, Edward Walsh, Bruce Glover, Robert Tessier, Nick Dimitri, Frank McRae, Maurice Kowalewski, Naomi Stevens, Lyla Hay Owen, John Creamer, Robert Castleberry, Becky Allen, Joan Kleven, Anne Welsch, Fred Lerner, Jimmy Nickerson, Chuck Hicks, Walter Scott, Max Kleven, Valerian Smith, Bob Minor, Larry Martindale, Charles W. Schaefer Jr., Leslie Bonano, Ronnie Philips, Greater Liberty Baptist Church Choir and Congregation, Ron Centanni, M.C. Gainey, Brion James, Laura Misch Owens.

On this day in movie history - The Big Country (1958):

The Big Country

directed by William Wyler,

written by James R. Webb, Sy Bartlett and Robert Wilder,

based on the novel Ambush at Blanco Canyon by Donald Hamilton,

was released in the United States on August 13, 1958.
Music by Jerome Moross.

Cast:

Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Alfonso Bedoya, Chuck Connors, Chuck Hayward, Buff Brady, Jim Burk, Dorothy Adams, Chuck Roberson, Bob Morgan, John McKee, Slim Talbot, Richard Alexander, Rudy Bowman, Harry Cheshire, Chuck Hamilton, George Huggins, Jay W. Jensen, Donald Kerr, Burt Mustin, Carey Paul Peck, Jonathan Peck, Stephen Peck, Ralph Sanford, Scott Seaton.

On this day in movie history - Too Late for Tears (1949):

Too Late for Tears

directed by Byron Haskin,

inspired by the April 1947 serial in the Saturday Evening Post,

and the July 1947 novel by Roy Huggins,

was released in the United States on August 13, 1949.
Music by R. Dale Butts.

Cast:

Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy, Kristine Miller, Barry Kelley, Billy Halop, Denver Pyle, Smoki Whitfield.

On this day in movie history - Kiss of Death (1947):

Kiss of Death

directed by Henry Hathaway,

written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer,

based on a story by Eleazar Lipsky,

was released in the United States on August 13, 1947.
Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Taylor Holmes, Howard Smith, Karl Malden, Robert Adler, Rollin Bauer, Harry Bellaver, Dennis Bohan, Nina Borget, Susan Cabot, Alexander Campbell, Harry Carter, Dort Clark, Eva Condon, Harry Cooke, Harold Crane, Frank DeKova, James Doody, Mildred Dunnock, Arthur Foran Jr., David Fresco, Harold Gary, Don Giovanni, Marilee Grassini, James Charles Heard, Eda Heinemann, Lou Herbert, Herbert Holcombe, Arthur Holland, Harry Kadison, Robert Karnes, Ronald King, Arthur Kramer, John Kullers, Harry Landers, Perc Launders, Franklyn Lenthall, Paul Lilly, Pat Malone, Iris Mann, John Marley, Gregg Martell, Charles McClelland, Norman McKay, Richard Midgley, Carl Milletaire, Millard Mitchell, Mary Morrison, Consuela O'Connor, Gloria O'Connor, William O'Leary, Wendell K. Phillips, Yvonne Rob, Stephen Roberts, Anthony Ross, Mel Ruick, Jack Rutherford, Lee Sanford, Bernard Sell, George Shelton, Irene Shirley, J. Scott Smart, A. George Smith, John Stearns, Richard Taber, Victor Thorley, Lawrence Tiernan, Tito Vuolo, Milton Wallace, Jesse White, Bill Zuckert.

Born on this day – Maria Rohm:

Maria Rohm

Actress

Producer

August 13, 1945 – June 18, 2018

Born on this day – Dan Ziskie:

Dan Ziskie

Actor

Photographer

August 13, 1944 – July 21, 2025

Credits:

24 (2006); A Year in the Life (1988); ABC Afterschool Specials (1981); Absolute Strangers (1991); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); American Playhouse (1981); As the World Turns (1991–2010); Bad Company (2002); Blindspot (2016); Blue Bloods (2017); Carly's Web (1987); Chappelle's Show (2004); Concussion (2015); Cupid (2009); Dangerous Passion (1990); DEA (1991); Dead Canaries (2003); Dong Jing shen pan (2006); Easy Street (1987); Ed (2002–2003); Eight Below (2006); Elementary (2016); Emunah (2016); ER (1999); Ghostwriter (1992–1993); Gossip Girl (2007–2010); Gotham (2015); Highway to Heaven (1987); Home Free (1988); Hope & Faith (2003); House of Cards (2013–2017); House of Cards: Politics for the Sake of Politics (2014); Hunter (1987); Important Things with Demetri Martin (2009); In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991); Isn't She Great (2000); Key Exchange (1985); Kinsey (2004); Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989); L.A. Law (1987–1989); Last Holiday (2006); Law & Order (1995–2006); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002–2007); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001–2003); Line of Fire (2004); Louie (2010); Madam Secretary (2018); Mercy (2016); Murphy Brown (1989); NCIS (2005); New York, I Love You (2008); Newhart (1987); Nova (2015 / 2017); NYPD Blue (2005); O.C. and Stiggs (1985); Paper Dolls (1984); Person of Interest (2012); Prince of Central Park (2000); Prism (2015); Quantum Leap (1990); Queens Supreme (2003); Remington Steele (1986); Satan's Little Helper (2004); Sex and the City (2002); Shades of Blue (2018); Show Me a Hero (2015); Snoops (1989); Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1998); Sons and Daughters (1991); St. Elsewhere (1987); Step Up 3D (2010); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Texas (1981); The Bite (2021); The Blacklist (2014); The Edge of Night (1980); The Equalizer (1987); The Firm (1983); The Good Wife (2013); The Jackal (1997); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); The Necklace (2019); The Practice (1999); The Reawakening (2004); The Rebound (2009); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The West Wing (2003); Third Watch (2001); Thirteen Days (2000); Treme (2011–2013); Trinity (1998); Troop Beverly Hills (1989); Twisted (1985); Ugly Betty (2009); Undermind (2003); Vital Signs (1990); War of the Worlds (2005); WIOU (1990); Zebrahead (1992); Zero Hour (2013).

Born on this day – Sabine Sesselmann:

Sabine Sesselmann

Actress

August 13, 1936 – March 1, 1998

Credits:

Alarm für Dora X (1962); Aufruhr im Schlaraffenland (1957); Brücke des Schicksals (1960); Coffin from Hong Kong (1964); Court Martial (1959); Daphnis und Chloe (1957); Darf ich mitspielen? (1958); Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (1960); Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee (1959); Die ganze Welt ist himmelblau (1964); Ein Lied geht um die Welt (1958); Freddy, die Gitarre und das Meer (1959); Information Received (1961); Le Bossu (1959); Liebe kann wie Gift sein (1958); Luftsprünge (1970); Morgen wirst du um mich weinen (1959); Naked in the Night (1958); SOKO München (1996); The Devil's Daffodil (1961); The Door with Seven Locks (1962); U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien (1958).