On this day in movie history - Brewster’s Millions (1985)

Brewster’s Millions

directed by Walter Hill, 

written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod, 

based on the novel by George Barr McCutcheon, 

was released in the United States on May 22, 1985.

Cast:

Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Jerry Orbach, Pat Hingle, Tovah Feldshuh, Hume Cronyn, Joe Grifasi, Peter Jason, David White, Jerome Dempsey, David Wohl, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Milt Kogan, Carmine Caridi, Yakov Smirnoff, Rick Moranis, Gloria Charles, Yana Nirvana, Grand L. Bush, Conrad Janis, Rosetta LeNoire, Joseph Leon, Robert Ellenstein, Reni Santoni, Alan Autry, Joseph G. Medalis, Malachy McCourt, Roger Til, Allan Miller, Mike Hagerty, Kelly Yaegermann, Regina Hooks, Allan Graf, Archie Hahn, Jeffrey Mylett, Richard Hochberg, R.D. Call, Frank Slaten, Lin Shaye, Wesley Thompson, Strawn Bovee, Matt Landers, Kip Waldo, Shaka Cumbuka, Brad Sanders, Bill McConnell, Margot Rose, Joel Weiss, Candee Jennings, Bennie E. Dobbins, Gary Alexander, Joey Banks, Steven Benson, Mike Paciorek, Ken Medlock, Robbie T. Robinson, Ken Knighten, Hank Robinson, Art Reichle, Marina Anderson, Jack Couch, Ken DuMain, Ronald E. Giles, Bob Harks, Freeman Love, Naylon Mitchell, Danny Nero, Arnie Scheer.

On this day in movie history - Outland (1981)

Outland

directed and written by Peter Hyams,

was released in the United States on May 22, 1981.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

 
Cast:

Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James Sikking, Kika Markham, Clarke Peters, Steven Berkoff, John Ratzenberger, Nicholas Barnes, Manning Redwood, Pat Starr, Hal Galili, Angus MacInnes, Stuart Milligan, Eugene Lipinski, Norman Chancer, Ron Travis, Anni Domingo, Bill Bailey, Chris Williams, Marc Boyle, Richard Hammatt, James Berwick, Gary Olsen, Isabelle Lucas, Sharon Duce, P.H. Moriarty, Angelique Rockas, Jude Alderson, Rayner Bourton, Doug Robinson, Julia Depyer, Nina Francoise, Brendan Hughes, Philip Johnston, Norri Morgan, John Cannon, Tony Clarkin, Steve Meek, Maurice Roëves.

Born on this day – Michael Sarrazin:

 

Actor

May 22, 1940 – April 17, 2011

Born on this day – Paul Winfield:

Actor

May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004

Born on this day – Susan Strasberg:

Actress

May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999

Credits:

1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955); 5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio (1981); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); ...and Millions Die! (1973); Armchair Theatre (1958); Assignment: Vienna (1973); Baffle (1973); Beggarman, Thief (1979); Believe (1996); Biography (1996); Bloody Birthday (1981); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Bonanza (1968); Breaking Point (1964); Bronk (1975); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Butterfly Island (1987); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Candid Camera (1963); CBS Playhouse (1969); Chubasco (1968); Cinema mil (2005); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Compression (2023); Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI (1967); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Destiny, West! (1960); Dinah! (1980); Dinah's Place (1974); Disorder (1962); Dr. Kildare (1961); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Ellery Queen (1975); Eröffnung der X. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1960); Front Page Challenge (1979); General Electric Theater (1955); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Girl in My Life (1973–1974); Girl Talk (1963–1964); Goodyear Playhouse (1953); Harry O (1976); Hauser's Memory (1970); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986); Hot Shots (1986); Hotels - Geschichte und Geschichten (1990); Hour Magazine (1980); Il giardino dei ciliegi (1992); In Praise of Older Women (1978); Inèdits (2023); Kapo (1960); Kate McShane (1975); Kraft Theatre (1954); Lancer (1968); L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours (1990); Love, Marilyn (2012); Mannix (1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); Marilyn in Manhattan (1998); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Marilyn Monroe: Life After Death (1994); Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001); Marilyn, Misunderstood (2021); Mazes and Monsters (1982); McCloud (1970–1971); McGuire, Go Home! (1965); McMillan & Wife (1974); Medical Center (1971–1976); Medical Story (1975); Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Sister, My Love (1969); Mystery at Malibu (1975); Night Gallery / Midnight Never Ends (1971–1973); Old Friends... New Friends (1980); Omnibus / Ballet Girl / The Duchess and the Smugs (1954–1956); Our American Heritage (1960); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972–1974); Password (1962–1963); Person to Person (1956); Petrocelli (1975); Picnic (1955); Play of the Week (1959); Police Surgeon (1974); Premiere (1968); Prime Suspect (1989); Psych-Out (1968); Remembering Marilyn (1988); Remington Steele (1986); Rollercoaster (1977); Run for Your Life (1965); Sammy Somebody (1971); Schweitzer (1990); Scream of Fear (1961); So Evil, My Sister (1974); SST: Death Flight (1977); Stage Struck (1958); Star's Table (1986); Sweepstakes (1979); Sweet Sixteen (1983); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of the Unexpected (1984–1985); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Ternos Caçadores (1969); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The Arlene Francis Show (1957); The Arthur Murray Party (1958); The Big Valley (1967); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Brotherhood (1968); The Carol Burnett Show (1976); The Cobweb (1955); The Dating Game (1968); The Delta Force (1986); The Dick Clark Show (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956); The Evil Touch (1973); The F.B.I. (1967–1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime);  (1967); The Immigrants (1978); The Invaders (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Legend of Hillbilly John (1972); The Legend of Jesse James (1966); The Les Crane Show (1964); The Love Boat (1982); The Manitou (1978); The Marriage (1954); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1974); The Movie Game (1969); The Name of the Game (1968); The Name of the Game Is Kill! (1968); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Returning (1983); The Rockford Files (1974–1976); The Rogues (1964); The Runnin' Kind (1989); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Stronger (1976); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1980); The Trip (1967); The Virginian (1966–1970); The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1975); The Young Lawyers (1971); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); Toma (1973–1974); Tre soldi e la donna di classe (1977); Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda (1988); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989); Working with Orson Welles (1993).

Born on this day – Merry Anders:

Actress

May 22, 1934 – October 28, 2012

Credits:

Intimate Portrait (2002); Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny (1995); Reginald LeBorg - Man nannte mich den Alleskönner (1987); Gunsmoke (1971); Will to Die (1971); Airport (1970); Lassie (1967–1968); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1968); Flight of the Cougar (1967); The Magical World of Disney (1966); Never Too Young (1965–1966); Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966); Get Smart (1966); Tickle Me (1965); Raiders from Beneath the Sea (1964); Young Fury (1964); The Time Travelers (1964); The Addams Family (1964); The Virginian (1964); The Quick Gun (1964); Perry Mason (1961–1964); A Tiger Walks (1964); Arrest and Trial (1964); The Joey Bishop Show (1963–1964); Police Nurse (1963); House of the Damned (1963); The Jack Benny Program (1963); FBI Code 98 (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1962); Death Valley Days (1952); Air Patrol (1962); Beauty and the Beast (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); Patty (1962); Straightaway (1962); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); Ichabod and Me (1961); Maverick (1960–1961); The Bob Cummings Show (1961); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Secret of Deep Harbor (1961); 20,000 Eyes (1961); When the Clock Strikes (1961); Michael Shayne (1961); The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960–1961); Police Dog Story (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); The Loretta Young Show (1955–1961); Bronco (1960–1961); Spring Affair (1960); The Walking Target (1960); Cheyenne (1957–1960); Young Jesse James (1960); Five Bold Women (1960); Bonanza (1960); ; The Hypnotic Eye (1960); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); The Real McCoys (1959); Sugarfoot (1957–1959); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Mike Hammer (1959); State Trooper (1959); Decision (1958); Violent Road (1958); The Dalton Girls (1957); Broken Arrow (1957); Hear Me Good (1957); The Bob Cummings Show (1957); Escape from San Quentin (1957); Death in Small Doses (1957); No Time to Be Young (1957); Calypso Heat Wave (1957); Desk Set (1957); The Night Runner (1957); The Millionaire (1956); Matinee Theatre (1956); It's Always Jan (1955–1956); All That Heaven Allows (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); The Stu Erwin Show (1954–1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); Phffft (1954); Public Defender (1954); Princess of the Nile (1954); Three Coins in the Fountain (1954); How to Marry a Millionaire (1953); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953); Titanic (1953); Les Miserables (1952); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); Belles on Their Toes (1952); Golden Girl (1951).

Born on this day – Laurence Olivier:

 

Actor

Director

May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989

Born on this day – Hergé:

 

Cartoonist

May 22, 1907 – March 3, 1983

Born on this day – Adrienne Dore:

Actress

May 22, 1907 – November 26, 1992

Credits:

Adam's Eve (1929); Alias the Doctor (1932); Beyond London Lights (1928); Delicious and Refreshing (1929); Hello, Baby (1930); Johnny's Week End (1930); Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (1933); Love's Hurdle (1926); Peaceful Alley (1929); Pep Up (1929); Play Girl (1932); Pointed Heels (1929); Smart Steppers (1929); Street of Women (1932); The Expert (1932); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Girl from Calgary (1932); The Rich Are Always with Us (1932); The Swim Princess (1928); The Thirteenth Guest (1932); The Valley of Hunted Men (1928); The Wild Party (1929); Time to Expire (1929); Two Seconds (1932); Undercover Men (1934); Union Depot (1932); Wife Trouble (1928).

Born on this day – Arthur Conan Doyle:

Writer

Physician

May 22, 1859 – July 7, 1930

Credits:

A Study in Scarlet (1887); The Sign of Four (1890); A Scandal in Bohemia (1891); The Red-headed League (1891); A Case of Identity (1891); The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1891); The Five Orange Pips (1891); The Man with the Twisted Lip (1891); The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1892); The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1892); The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb (1892); The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (1892); Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (1892); The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (1892); The Adventure of Silver Blaze (1892); The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (1893); The Adventure of the Yellow Face (1893); The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk (1893); The Adventure of the Gloria Scott (1893); The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual (1893); The Adventure of the Reigate Squire (1893); The Adventure of the Crooked Man (1893); The Adventure of the Resident Patient (1893); The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (1893); The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1893); The Adventure of the Final Problem (1893); The Field Bazaar (1896); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901); The Adventure of the Empty House (1903); The Adventure of the Norwood Builder (1903); The Adventure of the Dancing Men (1903); The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist (1904); The Adventure of the Priory School (1904); The Adventure of Black Peter (1904); The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (1904); The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (1904); The Adventure of the Three Students (1904); The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (1904); The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter (1904); The Adventure of the Abbey Grange (1904); The Adventure of the Second Stain (1904); The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge (1908); The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (1908); The Adventure of the Devil's Foot (1910); The Adventure of the Red Circle (1911); The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911); The Adventure of the Dying Detective (1913); The Valley of Fear (1914); His Last Bow (1917); The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (1921); The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922); The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923); The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1924); How Watson Learned the Trick (1924); The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (1925); The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1925); The Adventure of the Three Gables (1926); The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (1926); The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (1926); The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1927); The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927); The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (1927); A Case of Identity (1891); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905); Sherlock Holmes (Read by Stephen Fry) (1927); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927); Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume One (1985); Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume Two (1986); Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume Three (1986); The Sherlock Holmes Theatre (2005); Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection (2013); The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (1896); The Adventures of Gerard (1903); The Lost World (1912); The Poison Belt (1913); The Land of Mist (1926); When the World Screamed (1928); The Disintegration Machine (1929); The Surgeon of Gaster Fell (1885); The Mystery of Cloomber (1888); Micah Clarke (1889); The Firm of Girdlestone (1890); The White Company (1891); The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales (1892); The Doings of Raffles Haw (1892); Beyond the City (1892); The Refugees (1893); The Parasite (1894); The Stark Munro Letters (1895); Rodney Stone (1896); Uncle Bernac (1897); The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898); A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus (1899); Sir Nigel (1906); The Maracot Deep (1929); The Narrative of John Smith (2011); Lot No. 249 (1892); The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (1893); The Adventure of the Yellow Face (1893); The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1893); The Adventure of the Final Problem (1893); The Adventure of the Empty House (1903); The Adventure of the Red Circle (1911); The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911); The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922); The Ring Of Thoth (1968); The Leather Funnel (2003); John Barrington Cowles (2011); The Case of Lady Sannox (2013); A Literary Mosaic (2014); That Little Square Box (2014); The Crime of the Brigadier (2014); The Croxley Master (2016); The Gully of Bluemansdyke (2018); The Captain of the Polestar (1883); My Friend The Murderer And Other Mysteries And Adventures (1893); Round the Red Lamp (1894); The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport (1900); Round the Fire Stories (1908); The Last Galley (1911); Danger! And Other Stories (1918); The Great Keinplatz Experiment (1919); Tales Of Adventure And Medical Life (1920); Tales Of Pirates And Blue Water (1922); Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates (1925); The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure (2009); Gothic Tales (2018); Tales of Terror and Mystery (2022); The Great Boer War (1900); The War in South Africa, Its Cause & Conduct (1902); Through the Magic Door (1907); The Crime of the Congo (1909); The Case Of Oscar Slater (1912); The New Revelation (1917); The Vital Message (1919); The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1915 (1920); The Wanderings of a Spiritualist (1921); The Coming of the Fairies (1921); Memories and Adventures and Western Wanderings (1924); The History of Spiritualism (1926); The Edge of the Unknown (1930); Dangerous Work (2012); Murder under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (2016); Murder on Christmas Eve (2017); A Very Murderous Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (2018); A Cat of a Different Color (2020); A Cat of Perfect Taste (2020); A Cat of Disdainful Looks (2020); A Cat of Strange Lands (2020); A Cat of Cozy Situations (2020); A Cat of Heroic Heart (2020); A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (2021); A Cat of Fantastic Whims (2021); A Cat of Feral Instincts (2021); World's Great Mystery Stories (1943); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1948); Great Tales of Action and Adventure (1958); 21 Great Stories (1969); Scottish Tales of Terror (1972); Sea Tales of Terror (1974); The 10th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1977); Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1979); Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 2 (1979); The 14th Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories (1981); Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries (1982); 65 Great Spine Chillers (1982); English Country House Murders (1988); Tales of the Occult (1989); Hound Dunnit (1989); Great Law and Order Stories (1990); Great Tales of Crime and Detection (1992); Horse & Pony Stories (1992); The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Volume Three (1992); Murder British Style (1993); Sea-Cursed (1994); Mystery Stories (1996); Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories (1997); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); Crime Never Pays (2001); On Glorious Wings (2003); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural (2006); The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (2007); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); 50 Classic Novellas (2011); London Stories (2013); Togas and Tyrants: Collected Tales of Ancient Rome (2014); The Phantom Coach (2014); Sherlock: The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures (2015); Holmes Away from Home: Adventures from the Great Hiatus (2016); Sherlock: The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures, Vol. 2 (2017); Fireside Horror Stories About Mummies and Curses (2017); Blood on the Tracks (2018); Flight or Fright (2018); Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays (2019); The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 3 (2019); Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer (2021); Scottish Stories (2023); Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection (2023); The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime (2023).

Born on this day – Richard Wagner:

 

Composer

May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883

Plato, on books:

 

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth,

and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it.
Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.
– Plato.