On this day in movie history - The Stone Killer (1973)

The Stone Killer

directed by Michael Winner,

written by Gerald Wilson,

based on the novel A Complete State of Death by John Gardner,

was released in the United States on August 8, 1973.

Music by Roy Budd.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Jack Colvin, Paul Koslo, Norman Fell, David Sheiner, Stuart Margolin, Ralph Waite, Alfred Ryder, Walter Burke, Kelley Miles, Eddie Firestone, Charles Tyner, Byron Morrow, Lisabeth Hush, Frank Campanella, Gene Woodbury, Robert Emhardt, David Moody, John Ritter, Mary Cross, Harry Basch, Tom Falk, Jan Arvan, Barry Cahill, Richard Armbruster, Ed Madsen, Arthur French, William J. Daprato, Hy Anzell, Ta-Tanisha, Hoke Howell, Hunter von Leer, Sam Locante, Norman D. Wilson, Larry J. Blake, Frenchia Guizon, Denny Arnold, Roberta Collins, Jack English, John Hudkins, Ernie F. Orsatti, Christa Raines, Chuck Roberson, Angelo Rossitto, Lew Sleeman, Robert Snively.

On this day in movie and book history - The Killers (1964)

The Killers

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Gene L. Coon,

based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1964.

Music by John Williams and Fred Steiner.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Clu Gulager, John Cassavetes, Ronald Reagan, Claude Akins, Norman Fell, Virginia Christine, Don Haggerty, Robert Phillips, Kathleen O’Malley, Ted Jacques, Irvin Mosley, Jimmy Joyce, Burt Mustin, Davis Roberts, Hall Brock, Peter Hobbs, John Copage, Tyler McVey, Seymour Cassel, Scott Hale, Leon Alton, John Barton, Paul Bradley, James Gonzalez, Richard Lane, Ethelreda Leopold, Hans Moebus, Ron Nyman, Leoda Richards, Cosmo Sardo, Sammy Shack, Don Siegel, Ted Smile, Bert Stevens, Nancy Wilson.

Recommended reading:

The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

by Ernest Hemingway.

Published by Scribner.

Published 1998.

ASIN: 0684843323

ISBN-10: 9780684843322

ISBN-13: 978-0684843322

Description:

In this definitive collection of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s short stories, readers will delight in Hemingway’s most beloved classics such as The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Hills Like White Elephants, and A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, and will discover seven new tales published for the first time in this collection, totaling in sixty stories. This collection demonstrates Hemingway’s ability to write beautiful prose for each distinct story, with plots that range from experiences of World War II to beautifully touching moments between a father and son. For Hemingway fans, The Complete Short Stories is an invaluable treasury.

Born on this day – Norman Fell:

Norman Fell

Actor

March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964–1966); 1st & Ten (1990); 87th Precinct (1961–1962); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Ah, Wilderness! (1959); Airport 1975 (1974); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978–1984); Beach House (1996); Ben Casey (1964–1965); Bewitched (1966); Biography (2009); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bullitt (1968); C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989); Cain's Hundred (1961); Cannon (1975); Catch-22 (1970); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Charley Varrick (1973); Charlie's Angels (1977); Checkmate (1961); Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975); Crazy Like a Fox (1985–1986); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980); Dan August: The Trouble with Women (1980); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers (1978); Death Stalk (1975); Don't Ask Me, Ask God (1984); Dr. Kildare (1965); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); East Side/West Side (1963); Ellen (1997); Ellery Queen (1976); Entertainment Tonight (1989–1991); Escape (1973); ESPN Top Rank Boxing (1980); Executive Suite (1976); Family Feud (1979–1988); Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995); Fay (1975); Fitzwilly (1967); Flying Blind (1993); For the Boys (1991); For the Love of It (1980); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); Getting There (1980); Ghostbreakers (1967); Going Places (1973); Good Grief (1990); Good Morning America (1979); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Griff (1973); Guardian of the Wilderness (1976); Heartbreak High (1981); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hexed (1993); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); Hooperman (1989); I Spy (1967); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); Inherit the Wind (1960); Insight (1967–1969); Into the Night (1991); Ironside (1967–1969); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986); Joe & Mabel (1956); Johnny Staccato (1960); Judd for the Defense (1968); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Life with Louie (1998); Love, American Style / Segments Love and the Clinic / Love and the Good Deal (1969–1972); Lucas Tanner (1975); Magic with the Stars (1982); Magnum, P.I. (1987); Mannix (1967); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1973); Matlock (1987); Matt Houston (1982); McCloud (1972); McMillan & Wife (1975); Medical Center (1974); Mr. Novak (1965); MTV Fifth Annual Rock n' Jock Softball Challenge (1994); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1988); Murphy's Law (1989); Needles and Pins (1973–1974); Ocean's Eleven (1960); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize (2002); On the Right Track (1981); Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019); Out of This World (1987); Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special (1979); Paternity (1981); Perry Mason (1960); Peter Gunn (1961); Playwrights '56 (1956); Police Story (1974–1977); Pork Chop Hill (1959); PT 109 (1963); Quick, Before It Melts (1964); Rabbit Test (1978); Rhoda (1975); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (1976); Risko (1976); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Sam Benedict (1962); Sergeant Ryker (1968); Simon & Simon (1985); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Stanley (1956); Star Tonight (1956); Starsky and Hutch (1975); Stripped to Kill (1987); Studio One (1954–1957); Studio One Anthology (2016); Sunday Showcase (1959); Suspense (1964); Switch (1976); Tattletales (1982); Teachers Only (1982–1983); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); That Girl (1968); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The Alan Hamel Show (1977–1979); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Aquanauts (1961); The Ben Stiller Show (1992); The Big Story (1958); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Blue Knight (1976); The Boatniks (1970); The Bob Braun Show (1983); The Boneyard (1991); The Boys (1988–1989); The Comedy Shop (1978); The Defenders (1964); The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Elgin Hour (1954); The End (1978); The F.B.I. (1965–1969); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1994); The Fugitive (1965); The Good Life (1971); The Graduate (1967); The Hanged Man (1964); The Heist (1972); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1973–1978); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1972); The Invaders (1967); The Jesse Owens Story (1984); The Killers (1964); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Lieutenant (1963); The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); The Love Boat (1978); The Magical World of Disney (1978); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1961); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1979); The Munsters Today (1988); The Naked Truth (1992 / 1997); The Name of the Game (1969); The Partridge Family (1971); The Rat Race (1960); The Ropers (1979–1980); The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968); The Silent Lovers (1980); The Stone Killer (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989); The Tab Hunter Show (1961); The Tom Ewell Show (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1979); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Twilight Zone (1986); The Untouchables (1960); The Violators (1957); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Young Runaways (1968); The Young Warriors (1967); Three's a Crowd (1969); Three's Company (1976–1982); Thursday's Game (1974); Transylvania 6-5000 (1985); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); Uncommon Valor (1983); Underground Entertainment: The Movie (2011); Webster (1986); Win, Lose or Draw (1987); With Friends Like These... (1991); You're Driving Me Crazy (1990).

On this day in movie history - Charley Varrick (1973)

Charley Varrick

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Dean Riesner and Howard A. Rodman,

based on the novel The Looters by John H. Reese,

was released in the United States on October 19, 1973.

Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson, Sheree North, Norman Fell, Benson Fong, Woodrow Parfrey, William Schallert, Jacqueline Scott, Marjorie Bennett, Rudy Diaz, Colby Chester, Charlie Briggs, Priscilla Garcia, Scott Hale, Charles Matthau, Hope Summers, Monica Lewis, James Nolan, Tom Tully, Albert Popwell, Kathleen O'Malley, Christina Hart, Craig R. Baxley, Al Dunlap, Virginia Wing, Don Siegel, John Vernon, Robert D. Carver, Joe Conforte, Art Cribbs, Carol Daniels, Thom Dunbar, Richard R. Hogan, Fred Little, Holly Nutter, Fred Scheiwiller, Bob Steele, Carlos Velasquez, Walt Wallace.

On this day in television history – Johnny Staccato (TV show & book)

Johnny Staccato
Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Naked Truth

Released September 10, 1959.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by Richard Berg.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Chick Chandler, Michael Landon, Stacy Harris, Nick Cravat, Ruta Lee, Robert H. Harris, Frank Sully, Shelly Manne, Pete Candoli, Red Norvo, Red Mitchell, John / Johnny Williams, Barney Kessel, Monica Lewis, Joe Ploski.

Recommended reading:

Johnny Staccato

by Frank Boyd

Published by Gold Medal Books.

Published 1960.

ASIN: B0DSZXQGML

Description:

A smooth man on the ivories, hot on the trigger, and cool in a jam – he’s the toughest private eye to hit America in a decade.