Born on this day – Anne Bancroft:

Anne Bancroft

Actress

September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005

On this day in movie history - New York Confidential (1955)

New York Confidential

directed by Russell Rouse,

written by Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse,

based on the novel New York Confidential! by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer,

was released in the United States on February 18, 1955.

Music by Joseph Mullendore.

Cast:

Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft, J. Carrol Naish, Onslow Stevens, Barry Kelley, Mike Mazurki, Celia Lovsky, Herbert Heyes, Steven Geray, William 'Bill' Phillips, Tom Powers, John Doucette.

On this day in movie history - Nightfall (1956)

Nightfall

directed by Jacques Tourneur,

written by Stirling Silliphant,

based on the novel by David Goodis,

was released in the United States on January 23, 1957.

Music by George Duning.

Cast:

Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, Jocelyn Brando, James Gregory, Frank Albertson, Rudy Bond, Arline Anderson, Monty Ash, María Belmar, Orlando Beltran, Art Bucaro, Robert Cherry, George Cisar, Lillian Culver, Bess Flowers, Joan Fotre, Pat Jones, Lillian Kassan, Betty Koch, Jane Lynn, Eddie McLean, Gene Roth, Walter Smith, Annabelle Thiele, Maya Van Horn, Winifred Waring.