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Friday, May 10, 2024

On this day in movie history - Thunder Road (1958)


Thunder Road

directed by Arthur Ripley,

written by James Atlee Phillips and Walter Wise,

based on a story by Robert Mitchum,

was released in the United States on May 10, 1958.

Music by Jack Marshall.


Cast:
Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith, Trevor Bardette, Sandra Knight, James Mitchum, Betsy Holt, Francis Koon, Randy Sparks, Mitchell Ryan, Peter Breck, Peter Hornsby, Jerry Hardin, Robert Porterfield, Charles Elledge, Charles Hendrix, Christopher Mitchum, Jack Perry, Dale Van Sickel.

Born on this day – Chuck Roberson:

 

Actor

Stuntman

May 10, 1919 – June 8, 1988


Credits:

100 Rifles (1969); 100 Years of John Wayne (2007); 4 for Texas (1963); 7 Men from Now (1956); 7 Women (1965); 99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974); A Man Called Horse (1970); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Across the Wide Missouri (1951); Advance to the Rear (1964); Albuquerque (1948); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Angel and the Badman (1947); Angel on the Amazon (1948); Atom Man vs. Superman (1950); Badmen of Tombstone (1949); Bandit Queen (1950); Bat Masterson (1960); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Big Jake (1971); Black Spurs (1965); Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952); Blindfold (1966); Blue Thunder (1983); Bonanza (1966); Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952); Cactus Caravan (1950); Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973); Calamity Jane (1953); Calendar Girl (1947); California Firebrand (1948); Cape Fear (1962); Cat Ballou (1965); Cattle Drive (1951); Cattle Town (1952); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Chisum (1970); Cimarron City (1958–1959); Cinéma cinémas (1982); City of Bad Men (1953); Cow Country (1953); Cow Town (1950); Cowboy G-Men (1952); Custer (1967); Dakota Incident (1956); Daniel Boone (1964–1967); Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966); Dante (1961); Death Valley Days (1957–1960); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Donovan's Reef (1963); Down Laredo Way (1953); El Dorado (1966); FM (1978); Fort Dodge Stampede (1951); Fort Massacre (1958); Fort Vengeance (1953); Forty Guns (1957); Frontier Outpost (1950); Fugitive at Large (1939); Fury at Furnace Creek (1948); General Electric Theater (1957); Gun Belt (1953); Gun Town (1946); Gunsmoke (1959–1964); Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953); Hard Contract (1969); Hatari! (1962); Haunted Trails (1949); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960–1961); Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957); Hellfighters (1968); Hellfire (1949); Hi-Jacked (1950); Hills of Oklahoma (1950); Homicide for Three (1948); Hondo (1953); How the West Was Won (1962); I Shot Jesse James (1949); Indian Uprising (1952); Jesse James Rides Again (1947); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); John Wayne's 'the Alamo' (1992); Jubilee Trail (1954); Kentucky Rifle (1955); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955); Lancer (1968); Laramie (1959–1963); Laredo (1966); Last of the Wild Horses (1948); Law of the Golden West (1949); Lawless Breed (1946); Lawman (1959); Lightning Guns (1950); Lone Star (1952); Lost in Space (1966); Mail Order Bride (1964); Man of the West (1958); McLintock! (1963); McQ (1974); Men of the Timberland (1941); Merrill's Marauders (1962); Miracle Mile (1988); Mod Squad (1969); Mr. Terrific (1967); Nevada Smith (1966); Night Passage (1957); Oh! Susanna (1951); Once Upon a Texas Train (1988); Outcast of Black Mesa (1950); Panic! (1957); Plainsman and the Lady (1946); Pork Chop Hill (1959); Quincy M.E. (1977); Raiders of Ghost City (1944); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Rawhide (1959); Red River (1948); Red Sundown (1956); Rescue 8 (1958); Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951); Rio Bravo (1959); Rio Conchos (1964); Rio Grande (1950); Rio Lobo (1970); Rooster Cogburn (1975); Roughshod (1949); Run of the Arrow (1957); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); Shenandoah (1965); Shock Corridor (1963); Shoot Out (1971); Sign of the Pagan (1954); Silver Lode (1954); Smoky (1966); Song of Scheherazade (1947); Spartacus (1960); Stagecoach West (1961); Stampede (1949); Stoney Burke (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1962); Taras Bulba (1962); Ten Wanted Men (1955); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1952); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1955); The Alamo (1960); The Arizona Ranger (1948); The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958); The Baron of Arizona (1950); The Battle at Apache Pass (1952); The Big Country (1958); The Big Valley (1967); The Blazing Forest (1952); The Capture (1950); The Comancheros (1961); The Conqueror (1956); The Cowboys (1972); The Detectives (1961); The Eagle and the Hawk (1950); The Far Country (1954); The Fighting Kentuckian (1949); The Flame (1947); The Forest Ranger (1956); The Gal Who Took the West (1949); The Gallant Legion (1948); The Gene Autry Show (1950); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Green Berets (1968); The Hawaiians (1970); The Hired Gun (1957); The James Brothers of Missouri (1949); The Kid from Texas (1950); The King and Four Queens (1956); The Last Command (1955); The Last Outpost (1951); The Last Sunset (1961); The Lone Gun (1954); The Lone Ranger (1949); The Lucy Show (1962–1966); The Lusty Men (1952); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1961); The Man from Laramie (1955); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Misfits (1961); The Moonlighter (1953); The Naked Spur (1953); The Naughty Nineties (1945); The Outcast (1954); The Outer Limits (1964); The Plainsman (1966); The Prodigal (1955); The Rawhide Years (1956); The Rounders (1965); The Roy Rogers Show (1952–1953); The Scalphunters (1968); The Scarlet Horseman (1946); The Searchers (1956); The Second Greatest Sex (1955); The Shootist (1976); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Spoilers (1955); The Stone Killer (1973); The Tall Men (1955); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Train Robbers (1973); The Undefeated (1969); The Virginian (1965); The War Lord (1965); The War Wagon (1967); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Wonderful Country (1959); Thunder Over Arizona (1956); Timberjack (1955); Trail of the Rustlers (1950); Tripoli (1950); Two Rode Together (1961); Wagon Train (1958–1960); Wake of the Red Witch (1948); Way of a Gaucho (1952); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Western Renegades (1949); Wide Country (1962); Wide Wide World (1958); Wildcatters (1959); Winchester '73 (1950); Wyoming (1947); Yancy Derringer (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1959); Zorro (1959).


Born on this day – Charles McGraw:

 

Actor

May 10, 1914 – July 29, 1980




Born on this day – Ted Bogan:


Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

May 10, 1909 – January 29, 1990

Credits:

Albums:

Louie Bluie (1978); Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong (1974); That Old Gang of Mine (1978).

Documentary:

Louie Bluie (1985).



Born on this day – Clarence Brown:

 

Director

Actor

May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987


Born on this day – Max Steiner:


Composer

Conductor

May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971


Stephen King, on writing:

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others; read a lot and write a lot.

There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.

- Stephen King.