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

Johnny Staccato
Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Nature of the Night.

Released October 15, 1959.

Directed by Boris Sagal.

Written by Richard Carr, Henry Kane.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Dean Stockwell, Eduardo Ciannelli, Vladimir Sokoloff, J. Pat O'Malley, Janet Lake, Rory/Roy Mallinson, Harry Strang, Jack Costanzo, Mr. Bongo and His Quartet, Jimmie Horan, Harry Raven, Edwin Rochelle, Dennis Sallas 

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)

Johnny Staccato
Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Shop of the Four Winds.

Released October 1, 1959.

Directed by Boris Sagal.

Written by Sidney Michaels.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Nobu McCarthy, Don Gordon, Fuji, Robert Kino, Bob Okazaki, Pete Candoli, Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, John Williams, Edwin Rochelle, Victor Romito, Chalky Williams.

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

Johnny Staccato
Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: The Parents.

Released September 24, 1959.

Directed by Robert B. Sinclair.

Written by Douglas Taylor.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

 
Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Shirley Knight, Frank Dana, John Hoyt, Vic Perrin, Steve Gravers, Frank London, Lisa Davis / Lisa Davis Waltz, Nora Evans, Milt Holland, Ronny / Ronnie Lang.

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

Johnny Staccato
Season 1. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Murder for Credit.

Released September 17, 1959.

Directed by John Cassavetes.

Written by Richard Carr, Laurence E. Mascott.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Charles McGraw, Martin Landau, Marilyn Clark, Mel Berger, Bara/Bobbi Byrnes, Jimmy Joyce, Pete Candoli, Red Mitchell, Robert/Bob Bain, John/Johnny Williams, Mel Lewis.

On this day in television history – Johnny Staccato (TV show & book)

Johnny Staccato
Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Naked Truth

Released September 10, 1959.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by Richard Berg.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Chick Chandler, Michael Landon, Stacy Harris, Nick Cravat, Ruta Lee, Robert H. Harris, Frank Sully, Shelly Manne, Pete Candoli, Red Norvo, Red Mitchell, John / Johnny Williams, Barney Kessel, Monica Lewis, Joe Ploski.

Recommended reading:

Johnny Staccato

by Frank Boyd

Published by Gold Medal Books.

Published 1960.

ASIN: B0DSZXQGML

Description:

A smooth man on the ivories, hot on the trigger, and cool in a jam – he’s the toughest private eye to hit America in a decade.

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 and book 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.

Recommended reading:

The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

by Ernest Hemingway.

Published by Scribner.

Published 1998.

ASIN: 0684843323

ISBN-10: 9780684843322

ISBN-13: 978-0684843322

Description:

In this definitive collection of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s short stories, readers will delight in Hemingway’s most beloved classics such as The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Hills Like White Elephants, and A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, and will discover seven new tales published for the first time in this collection, totaling in sixty stories. This collection demonstrates Hemingway’s ability to write beautiful prose for each distinct story, with plots that range from experiences of World War II to beautifully touching moments between a father and son. For Hemingway fans, The Complete Short Stories is an invaluable treasury.