On this day in movie history - The Comancheros (1961)

The Comancheros

directed by Michael Curtiz and John Wayne,

written by James Edward Grant and Clair Huffaker,

based on the novel by Paul I. Wellman,

was released in the United States on November 1, 1961.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin, Michael Ansara, Patrick Wayne, Bruce Cabot, Joan O'Brien, Jack Elam, Edgar Buchanan, Henry Daniell, Richard Devon, Phil Arnold, Anne Barton, Steve Baylor, Danny Borzage, Don Brodie, Alan Carney, James J. Casino, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Jack Clinton, Dennis Cole, Booth Colman, Jackie Cubat, Gabriel Curtiz, John Dierkes, Ilana Dowding, William Fawcett, Eric Feldary, Joe Gray, Lenmana Guerin, Claude Hall, Tom Hennesy, Tom Hernández, George Holmes, Michael Jeffers, Joseph La Cava, George J. Lewis, Jon Lormer, Cliff Lyons, Casey MacGregor, John Marlin, Roger Mobley, Ralph Neff, Gregg Palmer, Thayer Roberts, Frank J. Scannell, Phil Schumacher, Bernard Sell, Leigh Snowden, Bob Steele, Lusita Triana, Ralph Volkie, Aissa Wayne, Guinn Williams, Henry Wills, Sam Wolfe, Kelly Yost.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957)

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Street of Fear.

Released November 1, 1957.

Directed by Don Weis.

Written by Hendrik Vollaerts.

Based on a story by Thomas Walsh.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Barbara Turner, Lawrence Dobkin, Pamela Duncan, Morris Ankrum, Robert McQueeney, Fred Draper, Dick Crockett, Joe Ploski, Tom Kingston.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958)

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Force of Habit.

Released October 31, 1958.

Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski.

Written by Joel Murcott.

Music by John Williams.

 
Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Margaret Field, Roscoe Ates, Patricia Huston, Robert Knapp, Charles Bateman, Michael Emmet, Edwin Reimers, Deirdre Harrison.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Mama’s Boy.

Released October 30, 1959.

Directed by Robert Ellis Miller.

Written by Arthur Rowe.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, William Allyn, John Beradino, Katharine Warren, Joseph Vitale, Julie Scott, Mary Alan Hokanson, Mike Bradford, Joe Conley, Larry Perron, Sue Randall.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: The Human Bond.

Released October 23, 1959.

Directed by Francis D. Lyon.

Written by Jack Jacobs.

Music by Benny Carter.
 

Cast: 

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Grant Richards, Carolyn Craig, Raoul De Leon, Argentina Brunetti, Don Oreck, Claire Carleton, Leonard P. Geer, Roy Barcroft.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957)

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Face of Evil.

Released October 18, 1957.

Directed by Don Weis.

Written by Bernard C. Schoenfeld.

Based on a story by David Alexander.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:

Lee Marvin, Werner Klemperer, Kevin Hagen, Morris Ankrum, Russell Thorson, Joseph Mell, Barbara Pepper, Barney Phillips, Vernon Rich, Madge Blake, Allen Emerson, Anthony Lawrence.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Murder in C-Sharp Minor.

Released October 16, 1959.

Directed by Herman Hoffman.

Written by Stuart Jerome and Arthur Orloff.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Jackson, Howard McNear, Peter Leeds, Jody Lawrance, Herb Vigran, Robert Osterloh, Peter Brian, Kenner G. Kemp.

On this day in movie and book history - The Big Heat (1953)

The Big Heat

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Sydney Boehm, and 

based on the novel by William P. McGivern,

and the serial that ran in the Saturday Evening Post,

was released in the United States on October 14, 1953.

Music by Henry Vars.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, Dorothy Green.

Recommended reading:

 

The Big Heat

by William P. McGivern.

First published 1953.
Published by Ibooks.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0743452704
ISBN-13: 978-0743452700

Description:
A tough suspense novel of hero cops, cool killers and hot broads...
“A powerful story, powerfully told.” – New York Times.

MURDER WAS IN THE AIR. A COP HAD KILLED HIMSELF, AND EVERY CROOK IN TOWN KNEW THAT WOULD BE SURE TO BRING ON THE BIG HEAT. It started almost innocently when a cop committed suicide – worry over ill health, said his wife. Detective Dave Bannion wasn’t so sure, but when he started digging, he was told to lay off – fast! Instead, he turned in his badge and started stalking the city streets and bars in search of the truth where he uncovers a red-hot story of murder and corruption that would blow Philadelphia’s underworld sky high. Bannion was big, strong, and angry enough to kill, but he was only one honest man in a city full of mobsters and crooked cops. The big heat was on.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957)

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Pete Loves Mary.

Released October 11, 1957.

Directed by Bernard Girard.

Written by Harold Jack Bloom.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Bobby Driscoll, Mike Connors, Roberta Haynes, DeForest Kelley, Paul Birch, Lisa Golm, Jeffrey Sayre, Bob Whitney, Robert Bice, Don Rickles.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958)

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Refugee.

Released October 10, 1958.

Directed by James Neilson.

Written by Barry Trivers.

Music by Herman Stein.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Judith Braun, Mark Neiman, Don Nagel, Jean Del Val, Ben Morris, Rush Williams, Allen Pinson.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Jeopardy by Fire.

Released October 9, 1959.

Directed by Don McDougall.

Written by Stuart Jerome and Maxwell Shane.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Marc Lawrence, William Keene, Harlan Warde, Penny Edwards, Harry Harvey, David McMahon.

On this day in movie and book history - Monte Walsh (1970 and 1963)

Monte Walsh

directed by William A. Fraker,

written by David Zelag Goodman and Lukas Heller,

based on the novel by Jack Schaefer,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1970.

Music by John Barry.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitchell Ryan, Jim Davis, G.D. Spradlin, John Hudkins, Raymond Guth, John McKee, Michael Conrad, Tom Heaton, Ted Gehring, Bo Hopkins, John McLiam, Allyn Ann McLerie, Matt Clark, Charles Tyner, Jack Colvin.

Recommended reading:

Monte Walsh

by Jack Schaefer.

First published 1963.

Published by University of New Mexico Press.

Paperback

ISBN-10: 0826358578

ISBN-13: 978-0826358578

Description:

Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The novel explores the cowboy lives of Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the West changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must part ways to pursue new ways of life. Chet marries and goes on to become a successful merchant and then a politician, while Monte can only find solace in continuing the cowboy's way of life until the very end.

"Many consider Monte Walsh one of the best Westerns ever written." – True West.

Jack Schaefer was a journalist and writer known for his authentic and memorable characters set in the American West. Schaefer received the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award in 1975 and the Saddleman Award in 1986 from the Western Writers of America. His popular Western novels include Shane (1949) and Monte Walsh (1963).