Born on this day – John Mitchum:

 

John Mitchum

Actor

September 6, 1919 – November 29, 2001

On this day in movie history - Dirty Harry (1971)

Dirty Harry

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Harry Julian Fink, R.M. Fink and Dean Riesner,

based on a story by Harry Julian Fink, R.M. Fink and Jo Heims,

was released in the United States on December 23, 1971.

Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Andy Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, John Vernon, John Larch, John Mitchum, Woodrow Parfrey, Josef Sommer, Mae Mercer, Albert Popwell, Lyn Edgington, Ruth Kobart, Lois Foraker, William Paterson, Debralee Scott.

On this day in movie history - The Enforcer (1976)

The Enforcer

directed by James Fargo,

written by Stirling Silliphant and Dean Riesner,

based on a story by Gail Morgan Hickman and S.W. Schurr,

was released in the United Kingdom on December 16, 1976.

Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, John Mitchum, DeVeren Bookwalter, John Crawford, Samantha Doane, Robert Hoy, Jocelyn Jones, M.G. Kelly, Nick Pellegrino, Albert Popwell, Rudy Ramos, Bill Ackridge, Bill Jelliffe, Joe Bellan, Tim O'Neill, Jan Stratton, Will MacMillan, Jerry Walter, Steve Eoff, Tim Burrus, Michael Cavanaugh, Dick Durock, Ron Manning, Adele Proom, Glenn Leigh Marshall, Robert Behling, Terence McGovern, Stan Ritchie, John Roselius, Brian Fong, Art Rimdzius, Chuck Hicks, Anne Macey, Gloria Prince, Kenneth Boyd, Bernard Glin, Fritz Manes, Barbara Beebe, George Cheung, Michael L. Davis, Roger Ferreira, Jean Glaudé, Donald Li, Arthur Malet, George Reading, Joe Spano.