On this day in movie history - The Longest Day (1962 movie & book):

The Longest Day

directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki,

written by Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall and Jack Seddon,

based on the book by Cornelius Ryan,

was released in the United States on October 4, 1962.
Music by Maurice Jarre.

Cast:

Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Beymer, Hans Christian Blech, Bourvil, Richard Burton, Wolfgang Büttner, Red Buttons, Pauline Carton, Sean Connery, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Fred Dur, Fabian, Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Leo Genn, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Peter Helm, Werner Hinz, Donald Houston, Jeffrey Hunter, Karl John, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Fernand Ledoux, Christian Marquand, Dewey Martin, Roddy McDowall, Michael Medwin, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Richard Münch, Edmond O'Brien, Leslie Phillips, Wolfgang Preiss, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Georges Rivière, Norman Rossington, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, George Segal, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, Robert Wagner, Richard Wattis, Stuart Whitman, Georges Wilson, John Wayne.

Recommended reading:

The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day

By Cornelius Ryan.

First published 1959.

Published by Simon & Schuster.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0671890913

ISBN-13: 978-0671890919

Description:

The unparalleled, classic work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II – the Allied invasion of Normandy.

The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan’s unsurpassed account of D-Day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany.

This book, first published in 1959, is a must for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Neighborhood Killer.

Released October 4, 1957.

Directed by Bernard Girard.

Written by Stirling Silliphant.

Based on a story by William Holder.

Music by Stanley Wilson, Buddy Bregman, Alexander Courage, Gerald Fried, Irving Gertz, Herschel Burke Gilbert, Melvyn Lenard, Lyn Murray, Herman Stein.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Grant Richards, Paul Newlan, Don Kennedy, Robert Patten, Ben Carruthers, Stafford Repp, Wally Brown, Marshall Bradford, Vici Raaf, Ralph Moody, Billy Nelson, Naomi Perry, George Sawaya.

Born on this day – Tchéky Karyo:

Tchéky Karyo

Actor

Musician

October 4, 1953 – October 31, 2025

Credits:

100 films par 100 personnalités (1999); 12 Parsecs (2017–2024); 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992); À bras le Coeur (2025); A Grande Arte (1991); A Man and His Dog (2008); A Previous Engagement (2008); A Very Long Engagement (2004); A Whole Night (1982); Addicted to Love (1997); And the Band Played On (1993); Änglavakt (2010); Arabian Nights (2000); Au coeur de Nikita (1990); Au Field de la nuit (2009); Australia (1989); Babel (1999); Bad Boys (1995); Baptiste (2019–2021); Belle & Sebastian (2013); Belle & Sebastian: The Adventure Continues (2015); Belle and Sebastian, Friends for Life (2017); Belle et Sébastien 2: l'histoire d'une suite (2016); Berlin Berlin (2025); Bleu comme l'enfer (1986); Boat Story (2023); Boxes (2007); Breakfast (2014); C à vous (2013); Café Picouly (2006–2008); Cannes Film Festival (1985); CBeebies Bedtime Story (2019); Champs-Elysées (1986); Charon (2020); Cinéma 16 (1990); CinéMagique (2002); Comme un poisson hors de l'eau (1999); Comment ça va bien! (2013); Comment réalise Alexandre Astier? (2020); Contes clandestins (1985); Corps perdus (1989); Coucou c'est nous! (1992); Crying Freeman (1995); Daydreams (2016); De guerre lasse (2014); Dobermann (1997); Dream On (1997); Effraction (1986); Entends ce cri... (2013); États d'âme (1986); Fabienne (2011); Fan des années 90 (2009); Faster (2025); Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994); Film Önü / Arkasi (2020); Folie passagère (2016); Foreign Land (1995); ForesTiVi (2019); Fraîche (2022); From the Earth to the Moon (1998); Full Moon in Paris (1984); Genius (2018); GoldenEye (1995); Grottenolm (1985); Habitat (1997); Hotel Rome (1996); Husbands and Lovers (1991); I Didn't Shoot Jesse James (2017); I3P (2022); Il etait une fois les lyonnais (2011); In and Out of Fashion (1998); Innocent Obsession (1994); Isabelle Eberhardt (1991); J.: Born on the Wrong Side of Town (1992); Jacquou le croquant (2007); Jappeloup (2013); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Kaamelott (2009); Kaia (2025); Kiss of the Dragon (2001); La balance (1982); La fille des collines (1990); La Forêt des disparus (2022); La java des ombres (1983); La mandrágora (2009); La nuit des Césars (1983–2020); La parenthèse inattendue (2014); La règle du silence (1995); La Réserve (2024); La résistance (2008); La vie d'avant (2021); L'affût (1992); L'air du crime (1984); L'amour Braque (1985); L'ange noir (1994); L'Araignée Rouge (2016); L'Atlantide (1992); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2005); Le journal de 13 heures (1986); Le matelot 512 (1984); Le Papillon d'acier (2025); Le plus grand cabaret du monde (2007–2013); Le Poing J (1997–2000); Le roi danse (2000); Les brigands (2015); Les cerfs-volants (2007); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Les dents de la nuit (2008); Les liens du coeur (1996); Les Lyonnais (2011); Les mille merveilles de l'univers (1997); Les nuls, l'émission (1991); Les rois maudits (2005); Let There Be Light (1998); L'étoile du jour (2012); Liaison (2023); L'itinéraire (2011); Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (1988); L'unique (1986); Machinations (1984); Mardi cinéma (1986); Mary Magdalene (2018); Mermaid in Paris (2020); Mode in France (1985); Moon Shadow (1995); My Life So Far (1999); Ne quittez pas! (2004); Nikita / aka La Femme Nikita (1990); Nikita: Tchéky Karyo on Luc Besson (2003); No Limit (2013); Noël à tous les étages (2021); Nostradamus (1994); Nulle part ailleurs (1997); Old Goriot (2004); On a tout essayé (2005–2006); On n'a pas tout dit (2008); Open Sesame: The Making of 'Arabian Nights' (2000); Operation Dumbo Drop (1995); Pascale Ogier, voyage astral (2022); Passage to Paradise (1998); Pieces of Me (2012); Plaisir du théâtre (1985); Possessions (2020); Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt! (1982); Red Shoe Diaries (1992); Renegade (2004); Requiem for a Killer (2011); Revealed: The Making of 'La Femme Nikita' (2003); Romantique (2022); S.A.C.: Des hommes dans l'ombre (2005); Saving Grace (2000); Section Zéro (2016); Serial Driver (2023); Sketch Artist (1992); Sorceress (1987); Special Forces (2011); Spirale (1987); Studio Gabriel (1997); Taking Lives (2004); Taratata (1993); The 4 Musketeers (2005); The Bear (1988); The Core (2003); The Eddy (2020); The Extraordinary Voyage (2011); The Good Thief (2002); The Gravedancers (2006); The Heart of the Earth (2009); The Impossible Truth (2008); The Killer (2024); The Lark Farm (2007); The Man Inside (1990); The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999); The Missing (2014–2016); The Name of the Rose (2019); The Outsider (1983); The Patriot (2000); The Return of Martin Guerre (1982); The Sound of Nikita (2003); The Sword of Thyrus (2025); The Way (2010); Through the Air (2015); To Have & to Hold (1996); Top Gear France (2016–2017); Trop près des Dieux (1992); Un mort sur le trottoir (2014); Utopía (2003); Va' dove ti porta il cuore (1996); Vicky and Her Mystery (2021); Vincent and Me (1990); Vivement dimanche (2011–2013); War on Beasts (2018); Wild Tales from the Village (2016); Wing Commander (1999); Women at War (2022); Zadoc et le bonheur (1995); ZeroZeroZero (2019–2020).

Born on this day – Meg Bennett:

Meg Bennett

Writer

Actress

Model

October 4, 1948 – April 11, 2024

Credits:

After Hours: Getting to Know Us (1977); Camera Three (1971); Celebrity Page (2018); General Hospital (1993–2011); General Hospital: Night Shift (2007); Generations (1989–1991); Hour Magazine (1983); Live on Bowen (2013); Match Game PM (1973–1977); Santa Barbara (1991–1993); Search for Tomorrow (1975–1977); SoapTalk (2005); Sunset Beach (1997–1998); The $10,000 Pyramid (1984–1986); The $100,000 Pyramid (1986–1988); The $25,000 Pyramid (1984–1988); The Bold and the Beautiful (1987–2004); The Paper Chase (1986); The Young and the Restless (1980–2020); You Are the Jury (1987).

Born on this day – Anne Rice:

Anne Rice

Writer

October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021

Credits:

Interview with the Vampire (1976); The Vampire Lestat (1985); The Queen of the Damned (1988); The Tale of the Body Thief (1992); Memnoch the Devil (1995); The Vampire Armand (1998); Merrick (2000); Blood and Gold (2001); Blackwood Farm (2002); Blood Canticle (2003); Prince Lestat (2014); Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (2016); Blood Communion (2018); The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983); Beauty's Punishment (1984); Beauty's Release (1985); Beauty's Kingdom (2015); The Complete Vampire Chronicles (1989); The Vampire Chronicles Collection (1992); The Vampire Chronicles: Books 1-3 (2003); The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle (2013); The Mummy (1989); The Passion of Cleopatra (2017); The Reign of Osiris (2022); The Witching Hour (1990); Lasher (1993); Taltos (1994); Pandora (1998); Vittorio the Vampire (1999); Out of Egypt aka The Young Messiah (2005); The Road to Cana (2008); Angel Time (2009); Of Love and Evil (2010); The Wolf Gift (2012); The Wolves of Midwinter (2013); The Feast of All Saints (1979); Cry to Heaven (1982); Exit to Eden (1985); Belinda (1986); Servant of the Bones (1996); Violin (1997); The Anne Rice Reader (1997); The Master of Rampling Gate (1991); Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story (2012); The Wolf Gift: The Graphic Novel (2014); Called Out of Darkness (2008); Anne Rice-Boxed Set (1993); Belinda / Exit to Eden (2010); Into the Mummy's Tomb (1989); The New Gothic (1991); The Ultimate Zombie (1993); The Vampire Omnibus (1995); The Vampire Hunters' Casebook (1996); American Gothic Tales (1996); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); Blood Thirst (1997); Freniere (1976); Interview with the Vampire (excerpt) (1976); The Master of Rampling Gate (1984); The Vampire Lestat (excerpt, part 1) (1985); The Vampire Lestat (excerpt, part 2) (1985); Doctor (1990); Ballad of the Sad Rat (1995).

Movies and television:

20/20 / Segment: Vampire Empire (2003); A Place Among the Dead (2020); Ancient Mysteries (1994); Anne Rice's the Talamasca (2025); Biography (2000); Bookmark (1993); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2006); Charlie Rose (1994–2005); Crossing Over with John Edward (2002); Earth Angels (2001); Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018); Ellen (1996); Entertainment Tonight (2021); Exit to Eden (1994); Great Books (1993–1999); Interview with the Vampire (1994 / 2011); Interview with the Vampire / TV Series (2022–2024); Interview with the Vampire: In the Shadow of the Vampire (2001); ITW ThrillerFest Banquet Awards (2014); La galerie France 5 (2018); Larry King Live (2003); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2012); Lestat (2006); Lestat, Louis, and the Vampire Phenomenon (2014); Mayfair Witches (2023 / 2025); MsMojo (2023); Night Bites: Women and Their Vampires (2003); Prisoners of Gravity (1993–1994); Queen of the Damned (2002); Rag and Bone (1998); Scarborough Country (2005); SexTV (2001–2002); Talk Stoop (2016); The 700 Club (2010); The Book Show (2011); The Colbert Report (2012); The Factor (2005); The Feast of All Saints (2001); The Future of Fear (2011); The Hour (2012); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2012–2013); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1991); The Queen of the Damned (2011); The Real Vampire Files (2010); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2000); The Undead Series (2016); The Vampire Lestat (2011); The Young Messiah (2016); Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth (2020); Without Walls (1993).

Born on this day – Jackie Collins:

Jackie Collins

Writer

Actress

Producer

October 4, 1937 – September 19, 2015

Books:

American Star (1993); Chances (1981); Confessions of a Wild Child (2013); Dangerous Kiss (1999); Deadly Embrace (2002); Drop Dead Beautiful (2007); Goddess of Vengeance (2011); Hollywood Divorces (2003); Hollywood Husbands (1986); Hollywood Kids (1994); Hollywood Wives (1983); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2001); L. A. Connections / serialised novel: Power / Obsession / Murder / Revenge (1998); Lady Boss (1990); Lethal Seduction (2000); Lovehead / aka The Love Killers (1974); Lovers & Players (2006); Lovers and Gamblers (1977); Lucky (1985); Married Lovers (2008); Poor Little Bitch Girl (2009); Rock Star (1988); Sunday Simmons & Charlie Brick / aka Sinners (1971); The Bitch (1979); The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook (2014); The Power Trip (2012); The Santangelos (2015); The Stud (1969); The World Is Full of Divorced Women (1975); The World Is Full of Married Men (1968); Thrill! (1998); Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge (1996).

Movies and television:

5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990); 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003); 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004); Access Hollywood (2014); AFI Life Achievement Award (1997); Afternoon Live (1997); All at Sea (1957); All-Star Party for Joan Collins (1987); Almost Fifty (2016); American Idol (2007); Aspel & Company (1984–1993); Banzai (2001); Bethenny (2014); Big Morning Buzz Live (2012–2013); Biography (1995); Biography (1995–2002); Breakfast (2011); Canada A.M. (2006); Chelsea Lately (2010–2014); Choccywoccydoodah (2013); Clive Anderson Talks Back (1990–1994); Cocktails in the Kitchen (1954); Comedy Central Roasts (2009); Compact (1965); Danger Man (1966); Daybreak (2012); Dee Time (1968); Des O'Connor Tonight (1985–1992); Diet America Challenge (1989); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Educated Evans (1957); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2018); Extra (2015–2017); Film '78 (1978); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1980); Girlfriends (2003); Give Us a Clue (1981); Good Morning America (1984); Good Morning Britain (1985); Hobson's Choice (1979); Hollywood Greats (2003); Hollywood Love (1997); Hollywood Me! (2013); Hollywood Squares (1999–2004); Hollywood Wives (1985); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2003); Home & Family (2014–2015); Hour Magazine (1981–1989); Intent to Kill (1958); Intimate Portrait (2003); It Could Be You (1957); ITV Play of the Week (1955); Jackie Collins Presents (2004); Jackie's Back! (1999); Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2013); Juke Box Jury (1959–1965); Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2009); Kilroy (1993); Lady Boss (1992); Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story (2021); Larry King Live (2001); Late Lunch (1998); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1995); Late Night with the Loose Women (2009); Let Loose... The Very Best of 'Loose Women' (2008); Life and Times (2000); Light Lunch (1997); Live from Studio Five (2009); Live Talk (2000); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Loose Lips (2003); Loose Women (2007–2015); Lorraine (2001); Lucky Chances (1990); Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (1989); Marie (2013); Minder (1980); Namesakes: A Very British Odyssey (2004); Night of Passion (1960); Nightmare Weekend (1986); Not Necessarily the News (1989); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); One on One with John Tesh (1991); One Plus One (2014); Paris Connections (2010); Read All About It (1976); Reading the Decades (2002); Rock You Sinners (1957); Room 43 (1958); Ruby (2000); RuPaul's Drag Race (2010); Sacrée soirée (1991); Saturday Night at the Mill (1979–1981); Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015); She-Devil (1989); Showtime (1993); Six-Five Special (1957); So Graham Norton (2001); Star Wars at the BBC (2015); Steve Harvey (2014); Suburgatory (2014); Super Secret Movie Rules (2004); Talk Stoop (2011); Tavis Smiley (2011–2014); TFI Friday (1997); The 15th Annual American Comedy Awards (2001); The 18th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1994); The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (2016); The Alan Hamel Show (1980); The Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Robin Williams (1988); The Annual Entertainment Industry Honors Presentes a Salute to Bud Grant (1987); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Roger Moore (1986); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Best of the Don Lane Show (1994); The Big Breakfast (1993); The Big Question (1998); The Bigger Picture (2006); The Bitch (1979); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2010); The Bookworm (1994); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The Daily Show (1997–1998); The Generation Game (1975); The Graham Norton Show (2007–2013); The Hollywood Collection: Roger Moore, A Matter of Class (1995); The I'm Exhausted Concert (1988); The Insider (2014); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2006–2014); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2001); The Late Show (1986); The Max Headroom Show (1986); The Merv Griffin Show (1979–1985); The Michael Ball Show (2010); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Missing Scientists (1955); The Nate Berkus Show (2011); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1988); The One Show (2008–2015); The Paul O'Grady Show (2005–2007); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Ray Martin Show (2001); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Safecracker (1958); The Saint (1963); The Shakedown (1960); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2004); The Stud (1978); The Suzanne Somers Show (1994); The Talk (2011–2014); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985–1990); The Tony Danza Show (2004–2006); The TV Book Club (2010–2012); The USA Today's 5th Anniversary Gala (1987); The View (2004–2010); The Wendy Williams Show (2010–2012); The World Is Full of Married Men (1979); The Wright Stuff (2009); The Write Stuff (1989); The Xtra Factor (2009); They Never Learn (1956); Thicke of the Night (1983); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1987–1993); This Morning (1999–2004); Today (1982–2014); Today (2009 / 2015); Tom Snyder (1994); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1976); Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines (2001); Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008); Twilight (2024); Undercover Girl (1958); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007); V Graham Norton (2002–2003); Van der Vorst ziet sterren (2009); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2010–2012); Weekend Sunrise (2013); Weekend Today Australia (2015); Whodunnit? (1974–1975); Wogan (1985–1990); Yesterday's Hero (1979); Your New Day (1980).

Born on this day – Stan Dragoti:

Stan Dragoti

Director

Writer

October 4, 1932 – July 13, 2018

Credits:

Necessary Roughness (1991); She's Out of Control (1989); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); Mr. Mom (1983); Love at First Bite (1979); McCoy (1975); Dirty Little Billy (1972).