Showing posts with label Lee Marvin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lee Marvin. Show all posts

Friday, February 27, 2026

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

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: The Take Over.

Released February 27, 1959.

Directed by Don Medford.

Written by B.X. Sanborn and Jack Laird.

Music by Benny Carter.

 

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Joan O’Brien, Murvyn Vye, Sylvia Stone, Kem Dibbs, John Sebastian, Tony Rock, Paul Baxley.

Monday, February 23, 2026

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Needle in a Haystack.

Released February 23, 1960.

Directed by Herman Hoffman.

Written by Rik Vollaerts.

Music by Benny Carter.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, H.M. Wynant, Joan Marshall, Else Neft, Kip King, Marc Cavell, Alfred Shelly, Johnny Silver.

Friday, February 20, 2026

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

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: The Star Witness.

Released February 20, 1959.

Directed by David Lowell Rich.

Written by Leonard Kantor.

Music by Benny Carter.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Virginia Vincent, Paul Picerni, Terry Becker, Abbey Shelton, Sidney Clute, Mary Gregory, John Perri.

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Born on this day – Lee Marvin:



Lee Marvin


Actor

February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987

Credits:
The Delta Force (1986); The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985); Dog Day (1984); Gorky Park (1983); Death Hunt (1981); The Big Red One (1980); Avalanche Express (1979); The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976); Shout at the Devil (1976); The Klansman (1974); The Spikes Gang (1974); The Iceman Cometh (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); Prime Cut (1972); Pocket Money (1972); Monte Walsh (1970); Paint Your Wagon (1969); Hell in the Pacific (1968); Sergeant Ryker (1968); Point Blank (1967); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Professionals (1966); Ship of Fools (1965); Cat Ballou (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Dr. Kildare (1962–1964); The Killers (1964); The Great Adventure (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); The Twilight Zone (1961–1963); Combat! (1963); Donovan's Reef (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Untouchables (1961–1962); The Virginian (1962); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Bonanza (1962); Ben Casey (1962); Route 66 (1961); The Comancheros (1961); The Investigators (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1961); General Electric Theater (1954–1961); Checkmate (1961); Wagon Train (1960–1961); The Americans (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); M Squad (1957–1960); Sunday Showcase (1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1959); Climax! (1955–1958); The Missouri Traveler (1958); Raintree County (1957); Kraft Theatre (1947); Studio 57 (1957); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Attack (1956); 7 Men from Now (1956); The Rack (1956); Front Row Center (1956); Kraft Theatre (1956); Shack Out on 101 (1955); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Studio One (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); A Life in the Balance (1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); Medic (1954); Center Stage (1954); The Raid (1954); The Caine Mutiny (1954); Gorilla at Large (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Wild One (1953); Suspense (1950–1953); The Motorola Television Hour (1953); Gun Fury (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Big Heat (1953); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); The Doctor (1953); The Glory Brigade (1953); Seminole (1953); Dragnet (1952–1953); Eight Iron Men (1952); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1952); Hangman's Knot (1952); The Duel at Silver Creek (1952); We're Not Married! (1952); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Boston Blackie (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Fireside Theatre (1952); The Web (1951); Teresa (1951); You're in the Navy Now (1951); Treasury Men in Action (1950); The Big Story (1950); Escape (1950).

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Monday, February 16, 2026

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Burglar’s Nightmare.

Released February 16, 1960.

Directed by Herman Hoffman.

Written by Scott Flohr.

Music by Benny Carter.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Robert Armstrong, John Goddard, Connie Hines, Jim Oberlin, Jerry O’Sullivan.

Saturday, February 14, 2026

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

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: Lover’s Lane Killing.

Released February 14, 1958.

Directed by Robert Altman.

Written by Joel Murcott.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Kent Smith, Ruta Lee, John Doucette, Angela Greene, Leonard Bremen, Douglas Rader.

Friday, February 13, 2026

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

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: Mugger Murder.

Released February 13, 1959.

Directed by Don Medford.

Written by Richard Deming and Robert C. Dennis.

Music by Benny Carter.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Grace Raynor, Bern Hoffman, Jaclynne Greene, James Chandler, Gene Roth, Byron Morrow.

Monday, February 9, 2026

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 21.


Episode entitled: The Man with Frank’s Face.

Released February 9, 1960.

Directed by Don Taylor.

Written by Stuart Jerome.

Music by Benny Carter.


Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Robert Bailey, Herbert Ellis, John Harmon, Wolfe Barzell, Tom Reese, Greta Thyssen, Jim Hayward.

Saturday, February 7, 2026

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

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: Dolly’s Bar.

Released February 7, 1958.

Directed by John Brahm.

Written by Lewis Reed.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Janice Rule, Claire Carleton, Fredd Wayne, Paul Newlan, Russell Thorson, Joe Flynn, Michael Bachus.

Monday, February 2, 2026

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: A Debt of Honor.

Released February 2, 1960.

Directed by Herman Hoffman and Francis D. Lyon.

Written by Whitman Chambers and Arthur Rowe.

Music by Benny Carter.

 

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, William Phipps, Nesdon Booth, Robert Clarke, Judy Bamber, Eddie Foster, Larry J. Blake, Sy Prescott. 

Sunday, February 1, 2026

On this day in movie and book history - Pocket Money (1972) and Jim Kane (1972)


Pocket Money


directed by Stuart Rosenberg,

written by Terrence Malick,

based on the novel Jim Kane by J.P.S. Brown,

was released in the United States on February 1, 1972.

Music by Alex North.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers, Hector Elizondo, Christine Belford, Kelly Jean Peters, Gregory Sierra, Fred Graham, Matt Clark, Claudio Miranda, Bruce Davis Bayne, Poupée Bocar, Richard Farnsworth, Ken Freehill, Terrence Malick.


Recommended reading:


Jim Kane

by J.P.S. Brown
 
Filmed as Pocket Money (1972), directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
 
Hardcover.
Published 1970.
Published by E P Dutton.

ISBN 13: 9780803742291
ISBN 10: 0803742290
ASIN: 0803742290
 
Description:
 
Content with making an honest living hauling truckloads of horses from Mexico, Jim Kane – ranch hand, cattle trader, and bronco buster – is forced by a twist of fate to return to his job in Arizona, breaking colts for the rodeo.

Saturday, January 31, 2026

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

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: The Shakedown.

Released January 31, 1958.

Directed by David Rich.

Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Katharine Bard, Dean Harens, June Dayton, Duncan McLeod, H.M. Wynant, Joe Di Reda, Ted Hecht.

Friday, January 30, 2026

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

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: The Jumper.

Released January 30, 1959.

Directed by Allen H. Miner.

Written by Joel Murcott.

Music by Count Basie and Stanley Wilson.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Don Reardon, Patricia Manning, John Goddard, Ward Wood, Jack Bryan, Jack Carr. 

Monday, January 26, 2026

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: The Man Who Lost His Brain.

Released January 26, 1960.

Directed by Francis D. Lyon and Herman Hoffman.

Written by Rik Vollaerts.

Music by Benny Carter.


Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Vinton Hayworth, Howard Petrie, Vince Williams, Steve Conte, Jean Howell, Fred Coby.

Saturday, January 24, 2026

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

 

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 18.


Episode entitled: The Long Ride.

Released January 24, 1958.

Directed by David Rich.

Written by Merwin Gerard.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Joe Maross, Nancy Hale, Benny Baker, Ann Morrison, Tiger Fafara, Frank J. Scannell, William Lally, Gordon Mills, Frank Sully, Clark Howat, David Gorcey, Don Blackman.


Thursday, January 22, 2026

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Pitched Battle at Bluebell Acres.

Released January 22, 1960.

Directed by Earl Bellamy.

Written by Rik Vollaerts.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, George Keymas, John Dennis, Frank Richards, Jack Mather, Cay Conway, Bill Cassady, Ken Christy, John Gallaudet, Jon Locke.

Saturday, January 17, 2026

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

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Blue Indigo.

Released January 17, 1958.

Directed by John Brahm.

Written by Martin Berkeley, Clarke Reynolds and Allen Rivkin.

Music by Stanley Wilson.
 

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Bethel Leslie, Nico Minardos, Jo Gilbert, Lillian Buyeff, Larry Thor, S. John Launer, Barney Phillips, Gavin Gordon, James Griffith, Rick Vallin.

Thursday, January 15, 2026

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 17
.

Episode entitled: The Second Best Killer.

Released January 15, 1960.

Directed by Robert B. Sinclair.

Written by Stuart Jerome and Maxwell Shane.

Music by Benny Carter.


Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Ray Stricklyn, Penny Santon, Aline Towne, Ralph Votrian, Mari Lynn, Carl McIntire, Dick Wilson.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

On this day in movie history - Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)


Bad Day at Black Rock


directed by John Sturges,

written by Millard Kaufman and Don McGuire,

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

Based on the short story Bad Time at Honda by Howard Breslin,
published in The American Magazine (1947).

Music by André Previn.


Cast:
Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, Walter Sande, Walter Beaver, Billy Dix, Mickey Little, K.L. Smith, Robert Griffin, Harry Harvey, Bobby Johnson, Francis McDonald.

Sunday, January 11, 2026

On this day in movie history - Dog Day (1984)


Dog Day


directed by Yves Boisset,

written by Jean Vautrin, Michel Audiard and Dominique Roulet,

based on the novel by Jean Vautrin,

was released in France on January 11, 1984.

Music by Francis Lai.


Cast:
Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux, David Bennent, Bernadette Lafont, Grace de Capitani, Tina Louise, Muni, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Juliette Mills, Julien Bukowski, Jean-Roger Milo, Joseph Momo, Henri Guybet, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Myriam Pisacane, Inger Ekbom, Lillemour Jonsson, Jean Cherlian, Mohamed Bekhtaoui, Chrystel, Gora Chand Saha.