On this day in movie history - The Proposition (2005)

The Proposition

directed by John Hillcoat,

written by Nick Cave,

was released in Australia on October 6, 2005.

Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Cast:
Richard Wilson, Noah Taylor, Jeremy Madrona, Jae Mamuyac, Guy Pearce, Mick Roughan, Shane Watt, Ray Winstone, Robert Morgan, David Gulpilil, Bryan Probets, Oliver Ackland, Danny Huston, David Vallon, Daniel Parker, Carl Rush, Gary Waddell, Iain Gardiner, Emily Watson, Bogdan Koca, Sue Dwyer, Lance Medlin, John Hurt, David Wenham, Rodney Boschman, Boris Brkic, Ned Rose, Leah Purcell, Tom Budge, Tommy Lewis, Ralph Cotterill, Max Age, Jerry Solomon.

On this day in movie history - Midnight Express (1978)

Midnight Express

directed by Alan Parker,

written by Oliver Stone, and based on the book by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1978.

Music by Giorgio Moroder.

Cast:

Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, John Hurt, Kevork Malikyan, Yashaw Adem, Mike Kellin, Franco Diogene, Michael Ensign, Gigi Ballista, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Giannatos.

On this day in movie history - Spartacus (1960)

Spartacus

directed by Stanley Kubrick,

written by Dalton Trumbo, and based on the novel by Howard Fast,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1960.

Music by Alex North.

Cast:

Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, John Dall, Nina Foch, John Ireland, Herbert Lom, Charles McGraw, Joanna Barnes, Harold J. Stone, Woody Strode, Peter Brocco, Paul Lambert, Robert J. Wilke, Nicholas Dennis, John Hoyt, Frederic Worlock, Gil Perkins, Cliff Lyons.

On this day in movie history - Pillow Talk (1959)

Pillow Talk

directed by Michael Gordon,

written by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro and Clarence Greene,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1959.

Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:
Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Karen Norris, Julia Meade, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio, Lee Patrick, Mary McCarty, Alex Gerry, Hayden Rorke, Valerie Allen, Jacqueline Beer, Arlen Stuart.

On this day in movie history - The Breaking Point (1950)

The Breaking Point

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Ranald MacDougall,

based on the novel To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1950.

Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:
Ryan, Ralph Dumke, Guy Thomajan, William Campbell, Sherry Jackson, Donna Jo Boyce, Victor Sen Yung.

Born on this day – Fay Spain:

Actress

October 6, 1932 – May 8, 1983

Born on this day – Richard T. Heffron:

Director

October 6, 1930 – August 27, 2007

Born on this day – Stanley Myers:

Composer

October 6, 1930 – November 9, 1993

Born on this day – Teala Loring:

Actress

October 6, 1922 – January 28, 2007

Born on this day – Micheline Bourday:

Actress

October 6, 1921 – November 26, 1988

Born on this day – Jacqueline Pagnol:

Actress

October 6, 1920 – August 22, 2016

Born on this day – Carole Lombard:

Actress

October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942

Born on this day – Janet Gaynor:

Actress

October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984

Born on this day – Mitchell Leisen:

Director

Art director

Costume designer

October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972

Credits:

Spree (1967); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967); Adventures in Paradise (1961–1962); Follow the Sun (1961); Wagon Train (1961); Open Windows (1960); General Electric Theater (1955–1960); Thriller (1960); Markham (1960); The Twilight Zone (1959–1960); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); The Girl Most Likely (1957); Bedevilled (1955); Tonight We Sing (1953); Young Man with Ideas (1952); Darling, How Could You! (1951); The Mating Season (1951); No Man of Her Own (1950); Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949); Song of Surrender (1949); Bride of Vengeance (1949); Dream Girl (1948); Golden Earrings (1947); Suddenly It's Spring (1947); To Each His Own (1946); Masquerade in Mexico (1945); Kitty (1945); Practically Yours (1944); Frenchman's Creek (1944); Lady in the Dark (1944); No Time for Love (1943); Take a Letter, Darling (1942); The Lady Is Willing (1942); Hold Back the Dawn (1941); I Wanted Wings (1941); Arise, My Love (1940); Remember the Night (1939); Midnight (1939); Artist and Models (1937); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); Easy Living (1937); Swing High, Swing Low (1937); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); 13 Hours by Air (1936); Hands Across the Table (1935); Four Hours to Kill! (1935); Behold My Wife! (1934); Murder at the Vanities (1934); Death Takes a Holiday (1934); Bolero (1934); Cradle Song (1933); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933).