On this day in movie history - The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

directed by John Huston and written by John Milius,

was released in the United States on December 18, 1972.

Music by Maurice Jarre.

Song: Marmalade, Molasses and Honey by Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman, sung by Andy Williams.

Cast:

Paul Newman, Victoria Principal, Anthony Perkins, Ned Beatty, Roddy McDowall, Jacqueline Bisset, Tab Hunter, John Huston, Ava Gardner, Dick Farnsworth, Stacy Keach, Michael Sarrazin, Anthony Zerbe, Mark Headley, Frank Soto, Jim Burk, Matt Clark, Bill McKinney, Steve Kanaly, Francesca Jarvis, Karen Carr, Lee Meza, Dolores Clark, Neil Summers, June Towner, Jack Colvin, Howard Morton, Billy Pearson, Stan Barrett, Dean Casper, Don Starr, Alfred G. Bosnos, John Hudkins, Ken Freehill, Duncan Inches, Rusty Lee, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs, Fred Brookfield, Bennie E. Dobbins, Leroy Johnson, Fred Krone, Terry Leonard, Dean Smith, Margo Epper, Jeannie Epper, Stephanie Epper, Barbara J. Longo, Bruno (as Watch Bear).

On this day in movie history - Papillon (1973)

Papillon

directed by Franklin J. Schaffner,

written by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr.,

based on the book by Henri Charrière,

was released in the United States on December 16, 1973.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Deman, Woodrow Parfrey, Bill Mumy, George Coulouris, Ratna Assan, William Smithers, Val Avery, Gregory Sierra, Ron Soble.

On this day in movie history - American Hustle (2013)

American Hustle

directed by David O. Russell,

written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell,

was released in the United States on December 3, 2013.

Music by Danny Elfman.

Cast:

Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C.K., Jack Huston, Michael Peña, Shea Whigham, Alessandro Nivola, Elisabeth Röhm, Paul Herman, Saïd Taghmaoui, Matthew Russell, Thomas Matthews, Adrian Martinez, Anthony Zerbe, Colleen Camp, Steve Gagliastro, Christopher Tarjan, Zachariah Supka, Christy Scott Cashman, Simon Hamlin, Martie Barylick, Dawn Olivieri, Becki Dennis, Jay Giannone, Arthur Birnbaum, Rob DiNinni, Michael Fennimore, Jack Jones, Danny Corbo, Sonny Corbo, Bo Cleary, Greg Maxwell, Mickey O'Keefe, Erica McDermott, Alura Carbrey, Kayla Feeney, Shannon Halliday, Volieda Webb, Patsy Meck, Abby Lavin, Damien Di Paola, Paul Campbell, Jeff Avigian, Stacy Hock, Michael Trigg, Richard Heneks, Ted Zalewski, Elias Birnbaum, Armen Garo, Sal DiMino, Gary Craig, Barry Primus, Sonny Gordon, Deva Mahal, Dicky Eklund Jr., Sean Eklund, Charley Broderick, Richard Donelly, Gary Zahakos, Frank Geraci, Melson Alford, Melissa McMeekin, JJ Wright, Bob Taraschi.

On this day in television history - Mannix (1967 - 1975)

Mannix

was released in the United States on September 16, 1967,

and ran for eight seasons until April 13, 1975.

Cast:

Mike Connors, Joseph Campanella, Gail Fisher, Julie Adams, Charles Aidman, Claude Akins, Lew Alcindor, Anne Archer, Barry Atwater, Val Avery, Richard Bakalyan, Hugh Beaumont, Vincent Beck, Henry Beckman, Ed Begley Jr., Pamela Bellwood, Lee Bergere, Oscar Beregi Jr., Milton Berle, Whit Bissell, Bill Bixby, Lloyd Bochner, Frank Bonner, Antoinette Bower, Eric Braeden, Geraldine Brooks, Kathie Browne, Richard Bull, Brooke Bundy, Victor Buono, Frank Campanella, Joseph Campanella, Anthony Caruso, Ted Cassidy, Robert Colbert, John Colicos, Robert Conrad, Yvonne Craig, John Dehner, Neil Diamond, John Doucette, Don Dubbins, Howard Duff, Anthony Eisley, Dana Elcar, Robert Ellenstein, Roy Engel, Erik Estrada, Linda Evans, Shelley Fabares, Norman Fell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Gail Fisher, Paul Fix, Victor French, Beverly Garland, Don Gordon, Harold Gould, Gloria Grahame, Kevin Hagen, Sid Haig, Mariette Hartley, Katherine Helmond, Douglas Henderson, Howard Hesseman, John Hillerman, Kim Hunter, Diana Hyland, Jill Ireland, Robert Ito, Mako Iwamatsu, Russell Johnson, Victor Jory, Gordon Jump, Katherine Justice, Diane Keaton, Sally Kellerman, Sandy Kenyon, Christopher Knight, Walter Koenig, Nancy Kovack, Frank Langella, Marta Kristen, Cloris Leachman, Robert Loggia, Ronald Long, Perry Lopez, Barbara Luna, Dawn Lyn, Ken Lynch, Carol Lynley, Larry Manetti, Paul Mantee, Scott Marlowe, John Marley, Arlene Martel, Marianne McAndrew, Darren McGavin, Katherine MacGregor, Gerald McRaney, Burgess Meredith, Judi Meredith, Lee Meriwether, Vera Miles, Del Monroe, Priscilla Morrill, Diana Muldaur, Richard Mulligan, Lloyd Nolan, Sheree North, Mel Novak, Gerald S. O’Loughlin, David Opatoshu, Alan Oppenheimer, Leslie Parrish, Michael Pataki, Felton Perry, Nehemiah Persoff, Joanna Pettet, Barney Phillips, Paul Picerni, Slim Pickens, Phillip Pine, Eve Plumb, Ann Prentiss, Ford Rainey, Logan Ramsey, John Randolph, Lou Rawls, Stafford Repp, Barbara Rhoades, John Ritter, Pernell Roberts, Percy Rodriguez, Marion Ross, Barbara Rush, Alfred Ryder, George Savalas, Tom Selleck, William Shatner, Martin Sheen, Tom Skerritt, Warren Stevens, Dean Stockwell, Loretta Swit, Nita Talbot, Vic Tayback, Berlinda Tolbert, Malachi Throne, Harry Townes, Joyce Van Patten, Elena Verdugo, John Vernon, Garry Walberg, Jessica Walter, David Wayne, Fritz Weaver, Adam West, William Windom, Paul Winfield, H. M. Wynant, Anthony Zerbe.

On this day in movie history - Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

Farewell, My Lovely

directed by Dick Richards,

written by David Zelag Goodman,

based on the novel by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on August 8, 1975.

Music by David Shire.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Anthony Zerbe, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack O’Halloran, Joe Spinell, Sylvester Stallone, Rainbeaux Smith, Kate Murtagh, John O’Leary, Walter McGinn, Burton Gilliam, Jim Thompson, Jimmie Archer, Ted Gehring.

On this day in movie history - P.I. Private Investigations (1987)

P.I. Private Investigations

a.k.a. Private Investigations,

directed by Nigel Dick,

written by John Dahl and David W. Warfield,

based on a story by Nigel Dick,

was released in the United States on June 5, 1987.

Music by Murray Munro.

Cast:

Clayton Rohner, Ray Sharkey, Paul Le Mat, Talia Balsam, Phil Morris, Martin Balsam, William Kerwin, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Ito, Vernon Wells, Anthony Geary, Justin Lord, Richard Cummings Jr., Desiree Boschetti, Andy Romano, Sydney Walsh, Jon St. Elwood, Robert Torti, Nigel Dick.