On this day in movie and book history - Fear in the Night (movie) and Nightmare (book):

Fear in the Night

directed and written by Maxwell Shane,

based on the story Nightmare by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on April 10, 1947.

Music by Rudy Schrager.

Cast:

Paul Kelly, Kay Scott, DeForest Kelley, Ann Doran, Charles Victor, Robert Emmett Keane, Jeff York, Joey Ray, Loyette Thomson, Gladys Blake, Jack Collins, Leander De Cordova, Christian Drake, Stanley Farrar, Julia Faye, John Harmon, Michael Harvey, Stuart Holmes, Richard Keene, Janet Warren.

Recommended reading:

 

Nightmare

by Cornell Woolrich.

Filmed as Fear in the Night (1946), directed and written by Maxwell Shane.

Paperback.
Published by Dell.
Published 1964.

ASIN: B0027Q9XOO
 
Description:

Anthology of six short stories. Story titles: I'll Take You Home, Kathleen / a.k.a. One Last Night; Screen Test / a.k.a. Preview to Death; I O U / a.k.a. I.O.U.–One Life; Three O'Clock; Nightmare / a.k.a. And So To Death; Bequest / a.k.a. Implacable Bequest.

Born on this day – DeForest Kelley:

DeForest Kelley

Actor

Writer

Singer

January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999

#StarTrek

On this day in movie history - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Harold Livingston,

based on a story by Alan Dean Foster,

was released in the United States on December 6, 1979.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Persis Khambatta, Stephen Collins, Majel Barrett, Grace Lee Whitney, David Gautreaux, Mark Lenard.

On this day in movie history - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

directed by Nicholas Meyer,

written by Nicholas Meyer and Denny Martin Flinn,

based on a story by Leonard Nimoy, Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal,

was released in the United States on December 6, 1991.

Music by Cliff Eidelman.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Kim Cattrall, Christopher Plummer, David Warner, Rosanna DeSoto, Iman, Christian Slater, Brock Peters, René Auberjonois, Michael Dorn.

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

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Diamond Hard.

Released November 29, 1957.

Directed by Bernard Girard.

Written by Joel Murcott.

Based on a story by Leo Gordon.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, William Phipps, Mike Ragan, Angie Dickinson, John Halloran, DeForest Kelley, Than Wyenn, Phil Arnold, Robert Kennedy, Jeffrey Sayre.

On this day in movie history - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

directed by Leonard Nimoy,

written by Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Nicholas Meyer and Harve Bennett,

based on a story by Harve Bennett and Leonard Nimoy,

was released in the United States on November 26, 1986.

Music by Leonard Rosenman.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Catherine Hicks, Majel Barrett, Mark Lenard, Jane Wyatt, Robin Curtis, Alex Henteloff, Madge Sinclair, Jane Wiedlin, Vijay Amritraj, John Schuck, Robert Ellenstein, Michael Berryman, Brock Peters, Grace Lee Whitney.