On this day in movie history - Gloria (1980)

Gloria

directed and written by John Cassavetes,

was released in the United States on October 1, 1980.

Music by Bill Conti.

Cast:

Gena Rowlands, Julie Carmen, Tony Knesich, Gregory Cleghorne, Buck Henry, John Adames, Lupe Garnica, Jessica Castillo, Tom Noonan, Ronald Maccone, George Yudzevich, Gary Howard Klar, William E. Rice, Frank Belgiorno, J.C. Quinn, Alex Stevens, Sonny Landham, Harry Madsen, Shanton Granger, John Pavelko, Ray Baker, Ross Charap, Irvin Graham, Michael Proscia, T.S. Rosenbaum, Santos Morales, Meta Shaw Stevens, Marilyn Putnam, John Finnegan, Gaetano Lisi, Richard M. Kaye, Steve Lefkowitz, George Poidomani, Lawrence Tierney, Asa Adil Qawee, Vincent Pecorella, Iris Fernandez, Jade Bari, David Resnick, Thomas J. Buckman, Joe Dabenigno, Bill Wiley, John M. Sefakis, Val Avery, Walter Dukes, Janet Ruben, Ferruccio Hrvatin, Edward Wilson, Basilio Franchina, Carl Levy, Warren Selvaggi, Nathan Seril, Vladimir Drazenovic, Edward Jacobs, Brad Johnston, Jerry Jaffe, Chris McCabe Adams, Maja Niles, Jerry Schram, Filomena Spagnuolo.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959 - 1960)

Johnny Staccato

a.k.a Staccato

was released in the United States on September 10, 1959,

and ran for two seasons until March 17, 1960.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Warren Berlinger, Geraldine Brooks, Walter Burke, Elisha Cook, Jr., Lloyd, Corrigan, Frank DeKova, Norman Fell, Marianne Gaba, Ingrid Goude, Harry Guardino, Arline Hunter, Martin Landau, Michael Landon, Cloris Leachman, Ruta Lee, Sylvia Lewis, Charles McGraw, John Marley, Elizabeth Montgomery, Mary Tyler Moore, Susan Oliver, J. Pat O'Malley, Gena Rowlands, Vito Scotti, Dean Stockwell, Nita Talbot, Jack Weston.

On this day in movie history - The Night Holds Terror (1955)

The Night Holds Terror

directed and written by Andrew L. Stone,

was released in the United States on July 13, 1955.

Based on the true 1953 Courtier case.

Music by Lucien Cailliet.

Cast:

Jack Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes, David Cross, Eddie Marr, Jack Kruschen, Joyce McCluskey, Jonathan Hale, Barney Phillips, Roy Neal, Joel Marston, Guy Kingsford, Stanley Andrews, Charles Herbert, Barbara Woodell, William Woodson.

On this day in movie history - The Killers (1964)

The Killers

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Gene L. Coon,

based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1964.

Music by John Williams and Fred Steiner.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Clu Gulager, John Cassavetes, Ronald Reagan, Claude Akins, Norman Fell, Virginia Christine, Don Haggerty, Robert Phillips, Kathleen O’Malley, Ted Jacques, Irvin Mosley, Jimmy Joyce, Burt Mustin, Davis Roberts, Hall Brock, Peter Hobbs, John Copage, Tyler McVey, Seymour Cassel, Scott Hale, Leon Alton, John Barton, Paul Bradley, James Gonzalez, Richard Lane, Ethelreda Leopold, Hans Moebus, Ron Nyman, Leoda Richards, Cosmo Sardo, Sammy Shack, Don Siegel, Ted Smile, Bert Stevens, Nancy Wilson.

On this day in movie history - The Dirty Dozen (1967)

The Dirty Dozen

directed by Robert Aldrich,

written by Nunnally Johnson and Lukas Heller,

based on the novel, by E. M. Nathanson,

was released in the United States, on June 15, 1967.

Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Trini López, Ralph Meeker, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker, Robert Webber, Tom Busby, Ben Carruthers, Stuart Cooper, Robert Phillips, Colin Maitland, Al Mancini, George Roubicek, Thick Wilson, Dora Reisser, Lewis Alexander, Michael Anthony, William Baskiville, Roy Beck, Cynthia Bizeray, Leo Britt, Harry Brooks Jr., Ken Buckle, Jack Carter, Alan Chuntz, Harold Coyne, Gerry Crampton, Hugh Elton, Gary Files, Suzanne Fleuret, Judith Furse, Hal Galili, Victor Gallucci, Alan Gibbs, Romo Gorrara, Willoughby Gray, Patrick Halpin, Alan Harris, Gerard Heinz, John G. Heller, George Hilsdon, John Hollis, Alf Joint, Angela Kay, Juba Kennerley, Eric Kent, John Ketteringham, Hildegard Knef, Ann Lancaster, Roy Lansford, Aileen Lewis, Dickey Luck, Richard Marner, Mark McBride, Dick Miller, John More, Lou Morgan, Norman Morris, Lionel Murton, Suzanne Owens-Duval, Joe Phelps, Edith Raye, Mike Reid, Terry Richards, Jack Ross, Gordon Ruttan, Frederick Schiller, Bunny Seaman, Michael Segal, Jack Sharp, Richard Shaw, Tony Snell, Warren Stanhope, Michael Stayner, Emile Stemmler, Michael Stevens, Bill Strange, Fred Stroud, Elliott Sullivan, John Tatham, Rocky Taylor, Burnell Tucker, Hedger Wallace, Ken Wayne, Theodore Wilhelm, Jeremy Wilkin, Fred Wood, Vicki Woolf.

On this day in movie history - Crime in the Streets (1956)

Crime in the Streets

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Reginald Rose,

was released in the United States on May 23, 1956.

Music by Franz Waxman.

Cast:

James Whitmore, John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, Mark Rydell, Virginia Gregg, Peter J. Votrian, Will Kuluva, Malcolm Atterbury, Denise Alexander, Dan Terranova, Peter Miller, Steve Rowland, Robert Alexander, Doyle Baker, Paul Bryar, Richard Curtis, Shirley Heart, Frank Mills, Duke Mitchell, Jimmy Ogg, Syd Saylor, Ray Stricklyn, Paul Wallace.