On this day in movie history - French Connection II (1975)

 

French Connection II

directed by John Frankenheimer,

written by Alexander Jacobs, Robert Dillon, Laurie Dillon and Pete Hamill,

based on the story by Robert Dillon and Laurie Dillon,

was released in the United States on May 18, 1975.

Music by Don Ellis.

 
Cast:

Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard, Ed Lauter, Charles Millot, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Cathleen Nesbitt, Samantha Llorens, André Penvern, Reine Prat, Raoul Delfosse, Ham Chau Luong, Jacques Dynam, Malek Kateb, Pierre Collet, Alexandre Fabre, Jean-Pierre Zola, Manu Pluton, Daniel Vérité, Jean-Marc Allègre, Roland Blanche, Patrick Bouchitey, Philippe Brizard, Marie-Christine Descouard, Paul Mercey, Hal Needham, Ambroise Perrin.

On this day in movie history - Heist (2001)

Heist

directed and written by David Mamet,

was released in the United States on November 9, 2001.

Music by Theodore Shapiro.

Cast:
Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Patti LuPone, Alan Bilzerian, Richard L. Friedman, Robert Lussier, Mark Camacho, Michelle Sweeney, Elyzabeth Walling, Mike Tsar, Jim Frangione, Christopher Kaldor, Danny Blanco Hall, Zodia McLean, Andreas Apergis, Tony Calabretta, Ted Whittall, Guy Sprung, Richard Zeman, Don Jordan, Pierre Leblanc, Richard Robitaille, Greg Goossen, Charles S. Doucet, Bill Rowat, Benz Antoine, Emile Cassini, Jennifer Morehouse, Marlyne Barrett, Emile Castonguay, Karen Cliché, Johnny Goar, Christian Maguire, Kent McQuaid, Henri Pardo, Mike Paterson.

 

On this day in movie history - The French Connection (1971)

The French Connection

directed by William Friedkin,

written by Ernest Tidyman,

based on the book by Robin Moore,

was released in the United States on October 9, 1971.

Music by Don Ellis.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Eddie Egan, André Ernotte, Sonny Grosso, Benny Marino, Patrick McDermott, Alan Weeks, Al Fann, Irving Abrahams, Randy Jurgensen, William Coke, The Three Degrees, Frank Adonis, Gilda Albertoni, Robert Dahdah, Frank Durk, Rhina Ferrari, Sarina C. Grant, Joe Lo Grippo, Melonie Haller, Eric Jones, Gladys Lane, Jean Luisi, Doris McCarthy, Charles McGregor, Lora Mitchell, Maureen Mooney, Santos Morales, Silvano Nolemi, Burt Richards, Willy Switkes, Fat Thomas, Robert Weil.

On this day in movie history - Eureka (1983)

Eureka

directed by Nicolas Roeg,

written by Paul Mayersberg,

based on the book Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes? by Marshall Houts,

was released in the United States on October 5, 1984.

Inspired by the true 1943 Sir Harry Oakes murder case.

Music by Stanley Myers.

Poem quoted in final scene is a verse from Spell of the Yukon by Robert W. Service:

There’s gold, and it’s haunting and haunting;
It’s luring me on as of old;
Yet it isn’t the gold that I’m wanting
So much as just finding the gold.
It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder,
It’s the forests where silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness that fills me with peace.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire, Ed Lauter, Joe Pesci, Helena Kallianiotes, Cavan Kendall, Corin Redgrave, Joe Spinell, Frank Pesce, Michael Scott Addis, Norman Beaton, Emrys James, James Faulkner, Ann Thornton, Emma Relph, Mickey Rourke, John Vine, Tim Van Rellim, Ellis Dale, Mico Blanco Group, Aklowa Master Drummers, Lloyd Berry, Tom Heaton, Timothy Scott, Geri Dewson, Annie Kidder, Ian Tracey, Brad Sakiyama, Sandra Friesen, Raimund Stamm, Suzette Collins, Tommy Lane.

On this day in movie history - Narrow Margin (1990)

Narrow Margin

directed and written by Peter Hyams,

based on a story by Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard,

was released in the United States on September 21, 1990.

Music by Bruce Broughton.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James Sikking, J.T. Walsh, M. Emmet Walsh, Susan Hogan, Nigel Bennett, J.A. Preston, B.A. 'Smitty' Smith, Codie Lucas Wilbee, Barbara Russell, Antony Holland, Doreen Ramos, Kevin McNulty, Andrew Rhodes, Lon Katzman, Dana Still, Lesley Ewen, Barney O'Sullivan, Natino Bellantoni, Ted Stidder, Lindsay Bourne, Robert Rozen, Tom McBeath, Ron Cummins, Harris Yulin, Jennifer Fahrni, John Michael Quinn.