On this day in movie and book history - 12 Angry Men (1957)

12 Angry Men

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Reginald Rose,

based on the 1954 teleplay Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose,

was released in the United States on April 10, 1957.

Music by Kenyon Hopkins.

Cast:

Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Jack Warden, Henry Fonda, Joseph Sweeney, Ed Begley, George Voskovec, Robert Webber, Rudy Bond, Tom Gorman, James Kelly, Billy Nelson, John Savoca, Walter Stocker.

Recommended reading:

 

Twelve Angry Men

Teleplay by Reginald Rose.
Introduction by David Mamet.
 
Filmed as:
12 Angry Men (1957), directed by Sidney Lumet.
12 Angry Men (1997), directed by William Friedkin.

Paperback.
Published by Penguin Classics.
First published 1954.

ISBN 13: 9780143104407
ISBN 10: 0143104403
ASIN: 0143104403
 
Description:

A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic faith in the U.S. legal system. The play centers on Juror Eight, who is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear-eyed way not affected by their personal prejudices or biases. Reginald Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture to form of them—and of America, at its best and worst.

After the critically acclaimed teleplay aired in 1954, this landmark American drama went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. More recently, Twelve Angry Men had a successful, and award-winning, run on Broadway.

On this day in movie, play, and book history - The Chase (1966)

The Chase

directed by Arthur Penn,

written by Lillian Hellman,

based on the play and novel by Horton Foote,

was released in the United States on February 18, 1966.

Music by John Barry.

Cast:

Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Angie Dickinson, Janice Rule, Miriam Hopkins, Martha Hyer, Richard Bradford, Robert Duvall, James Fox, Diana Hyland, Henry Hull, Jocelyn Brando, Katherine Walsh, Lori Martin, Marc Seaton, Paul Williams, Clifton James, Malcolm Atterbury, Nydia Westman, Joel Fluellen, Steve Ihnat, Maurice Manson, Bruce Cabot, Steve Whittaker, Pamela Curran, Ken Renard, Don Anderson, James Anderson, Walter Bacon, Ray Ballard, Benjie Bancroft, Billy Bletcher, Matilda Brewer, Don Brodie, Tex Brodus, Rufis Burke, Nellie Burt, George Calliga, Dee Carroll, Woodrow Chambliss, Ron Chase, Eduardo Ciannelli, Dort Clark, Richard Collier, Jacqueline D'Avril, George DeNormand, Joe Dominguez, Dan Dowling, Vicki Draves, Charles Fogel, Lori Fontaine, Mel Gallagher, Ray Galvin, Richard Garland, Anthony Ghazlo Sr., Kenneth Gibson, George Golden, Monte Hale, Jill Hill, George Holmes, Clyde Howdy, Michael Jeffers, James Jeter, Kenneth Konopka, Alan Marston, Tina Menard, William Mims, Ernesto Molinari, Ralph Moody, Ruben Moreno, Stevenson Phillips, Bertha Powell, Patricia Quinn, Leoda Richards, Davis Roberts, John Roy, Charles Seel, Bernard Sell, Eddie Smith, Grady Sutton, Curtis Taylor, Susan Tracy, Felipe Turich, Herb Voland, Guy Way, Cathy Williams, Rodney Willis, George Winters, Judith Woodbury, Howard Wright.

Recommended reading:

The Chase

by Horton Foote.

 
Play version:
72 pages.
Paperback.
Published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Published 1956.

ISBN 13: 9780822201984
ISBN 10: 0822201984
ASIN: 0822201984
 
Novel version:
Mass Market Paperback.
Published 1966.
Published by Signet Book.

ASIN: B0DT36B11R

Description:

Sheriff Hawes, honest and sincere peace officer, wearied with his job and its usual run of irritating problems, such as runaway boys, small robberies and the like, is making plans for his retirement. A local boy, Bubber Reeves, escapes from the penitentiary where he is serving a life term. He heads for his hometown, obsessed with the idea of killing Hawes who has become for him the symbol of all he hates. The town is terrified of Bubber and wants him killed. Hawes is determined to take him alive and send him back to the penitentiary. Eventually Hawes traces Bubber to a cabin, but Bubber does not want to be captured and forces Hawes to kill him. Heartbroken over his failure, Hawes goes back to the jail to resign immediately, but his wife convinces him that he is needed in his job, and he decides to continue.

On this day in movie history - Pushover (1954)

Pushover

directed by Richard Quine,

written by Roy Huggins,

was released in the United States on August 6, 1954.

Based on the novels The Night Watch by Thomas Walsh and Rafferty by William S. Ballinger.

Music by Arthur Morton.

Cast:

Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malone, E.G. Marshall, Allen Nourse, James Anderson, Joe Bailey, Tony Barrett, Walter Beaver, Richard Bryan, Robert Carson, Phil Chambers, Dick Crockett, John De Simone, Alan Dexter, Don C. Harvey, Anne Loos, Mort Mills, Ann Morriss, Paul Picerni, Murray Pollack, Paul Richards, Marion Ross, K.L. Smith, Robert Stevenson, Hal Taggart, John Tarangelo, Mel Welles, Jack Wilson.