Born on this day – Peter H. Hunt:

Director

Producer

Lighting designer

December 19, 1938 – April 26, 2020

Credits:

A Cry from the Streets (1958); Assassination (1987); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953–1959); Damn the Defiant! (1962); Deadline Midnight (1961); Death Hunt (1981); Doublecross (1956); Dr. No (1962); Eyes of a Witness (1991); Ferry to Hong Kong (1959); Gold (1974); Goldfinger (1964); Gulliver's Travels (1977); Hell in Korea (1956); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Loss of Innocence (1961); Next to No Time! (1958); Night Games (1980); On the Fiddle (1961); Paradise Lagoon (1957); Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983); Probation Officer (1960); Rough Cut (1980); Salute to Show Business (1957); Shirley's World (1972); Shout at the Devil (1976); Sink the Bismarck! (1960); Strange Portrait (1966); The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978); The Ipcress File (1965); The Last Days of Pompeii (1984); The Persuaders! (1971); The Persuaders! (1971); The Secret Tent (1956); The Six Proud Walkers (1954); The Venusian (1954); There Was a Crooked Man (1960); This Man Craig (1966); This Week (1956–1959); Touch and Go (1955); Wild Geese II (1985).

On this day in movie history - No Mercy (1986)

No Mercy

directed by Richard Pearce,

written by Jim Carabatsos,

was released in the United States on December 19, 1986.

Music by Alan Silvestri.

Cast:

Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza, Gary Basaraba, William Atherton, Terry Kinney, Bruce McGill, Ray Sharkey, Marita Geraghty, Aleta Mitchell, Fred Gratton, Dionisio, Ray Brown, Kim Chan, George Dickerson, Raynor Scheine, Carl Gordon, Victoria Edwards, Annalee Jefferies, Ed Nakamoto, John Snyder, Caris Corfman, Pearl Jones, John Schluter, Mike Bacarella, Charles S. Dutton, Harold Evans, Dave Petitjean, Stephen Payne, Leon Rippy, Bill Hart, Thomas Rosales Jr., Randall Trepagnier, Rogers G. Martin, Murphy Taylor, Alvin D. Bailey Sr., Nat Elmore, Joan Duvalle, Shelton Magee, Khon Reid, Helen Yu-shin McKay, Beau Holden, Robert J. Maxwell, Ely Pouget, Valarie Trapp.

On this day in movie history - Platoon (1986)

Platoon

directed and written by Oliver Stone,

was released in the United States on December 19, 1986.

Music by Georges Delerue.

Main theme: Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber.

Cast:

Keith David, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Reggie Johnson, Mark Moses, Corey Glover, Johnny Depp, Chris Pedersen, Bob Orwig, Corkey Ford, David Neidorf, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Richard Edson, Tony Todd, Kevin Eshelman, James Terry McIlvain, J. Adam Glover, Ivan Kane, Paul Sanchez, Dale Dye, Peter Hicks, Basile Achara, Steve Barredo, Chris Castillejo, Andrew B. Clark, Bernardo Manalili, Than Rogers, Li Thi Van, Clarisa Ortacio, Romy Sevilla, Mathew Westfall, Nick Nicholson, Warren McLean, Li Mai Thao, Ron Barracks, H. Gordon Boos, Brad Cassini, John Denny, Mark Ebenhoch, Robert 'Rock' Galotti, Ken Glover, Eric Hahn, Berto Spoor, Oliver Stone, Henry Strzalkowski.

On this day in movie history - Raging Bull (1980)

Raging Bull

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin,

based on the book Raging Bull: My Story by Jake LaMotta, Peter Savage and Joseph Carter,

was released in the United States on December 19, 1980.

Main theme music: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Mario Gallo, Frank Adonis, Joseph Bono, Frank Topham, Lori Anne Flax, Charles Scorsese, Don Dunphy, Bill Hanrahan, Rita Bennett, James V. Christy, Bernie Allen, Floyd Anderson, Gene LeBell, Harold Valan, Victor Magnotta, Johnny Barnes, John Thomas, Kenny Davis, Paul Carmello, Jimmy Lennon Sr., Bobby Rings, Kevin Mahon, Marty Denkin, Shay Duffin, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Dick Whittington, Jack Lotz, Kevin Breslin, Louis Raftis, Frank Shain, Coley Wallace, Fritzie Higgins, George Latka, Fred Dennis, Robert B. Loring, Johnny Turner, Vern De Paul, Chuck Hassett, Ken Richards, Peter Fain, Billy Varga, Harvey Parry, Ted Husing, Michael Badalucco, Thomas Beansy Lobasso, Paul Forrest, Peter Petrella, Sal Serafino Tomassetti, Geraldine Smith, Mardik Martin, Maryjane Lauria, Linda Artuso, Peter Savage, Daniel P. Conte, Joe Malanga, Sabine Turco Jr., Steve Orlando, Silvio García Jr., John Arceri, Joseph A. Morale, James Dimodica, Robert Uricola, Andrea Orlando, Allan Malamud, D.J. Blair, Laura James, Richard McMurray, Mary Albee, Lisa Katz, Candy Moore, Richard A. Berk, Theodore Saunders, Noah Young, Nick Trisko, Lou Tiano, Bob Evan Collins, Wally K. Berns, Allen Joseph, Bob Aaron, Glenn Leigh Marshall, Martin Scorsese, Joseph Bergmann, Scott Crawford, Dennis Crosswhite, Robert Dahdah, Bruno DiGiorgi, Marty Farrell, Bobby Giordano, R. Michael Givens, Charles Guardino, Bob Harks, Chuck Hicks, Michael Charles Hill, Leonard B. John, Walt La Rue, Angelo Lamonea, David LeBell, Tony Lip, Bill Mazer, Thomas Murphy, Dennis O'Neill, Gil Perkins, Gene Poe, Jerry Schram, Glenn Stanton, John Turturro, McKenzie Westmore, Jimmy Williams.

On this day in movie history - A Clockwork Orange (1971)

A Clockwork Orange

directed and written by Stanley Kubrick,

based on the novel by Anthony Burgess,

was released in Canada on December 19, 1971.

Music by Wendy Carlos.

Cast:

Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Adrienne Corri, Carl Duering, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin, James Marcus, Aubrey Morris, Godfrey Quigley, Sheila Raynor, Madge Ryan, Anthony Sharp, Philip Stone, Michael Tarn, David Prowse, Carol Drinkwater, Steven Berkoff, Margaret Tyzack, Pauline Taylor.

Born on this day – Robert Urich:

Actor

Producer

December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002

Born on this day – Marlene Clark:

Actress

Animator

Model

December 19, 1937 – May 18, 2023

Born on this day – Cicely Tyson:

Actress

December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021

Born on this day – Roy Ward Baker:

Director

December 19, 1916 – October 5, 2010

Born on this day – Isa Pola:

Actress

December 19, 1909 – December 17, 1984

Kate Atkinson, on words:

In the end, it is my belief, words are the only things that can construct a world that makes sense.

- Kate Atkinson.