On this day in movie history - The Pawnbroker (1964 / 1965)

The Pawnbroker

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin,

based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant,

was released in the United States on April 20, 1965.

Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:

Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez, Thelma Oliver, Eusebia Cosme, Marketa Kimbrell, Baruch Lumet, Juano Hernández, Linda Geiser, Nancy R. Pollock, Raymond St. Jacques, Charles Dierkop, John McCurry, Warren Finnerty, Jack Ader, Marianne Kanter, Ed Morehouse, Marc Alexander, Donny Burks, Robert Dahdah, Morgan Freeman, Hilda Haynes, E.M. Margolese, Donnie Melvin, Donnell O'Brien, Reni Santoni, Bill Steele.

Born on this day – Geraldine Fitzgerald:

Actress

November 24, 1913 – July 17, 2005

On this day in movie history - Diary of the Dead (1976)

Diary of the Dead

directed by Arvin Brown,

written by I.C. Rapoport and Robert L. Fish,

based on the novel One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell,

was released in the United States in October 1976.

Exact release date unknown.

Music by Jacques Urbont.

Cast:

Hector Elizondo, Edward Binns, Joyce Ebert, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Salome Jens, Laurie Kennedy, Joseph Maher, James Naughton, Austin Pendleton, George Spalding, Richard Venture, Lee Wallace, Kate Wilkinson.