On this day in movie history - The Hurricane (1999)

The Hurricane

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon,

was released in the United States on December 14, 1999.

Based on the books:

The Sixteenth Round by Rubin “Hurricane” Carter

and

Lazarus and the Hurricane by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton.

Music by Jeremy Sweet and Christopher Young.

Cast:

Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya, Debbi Morgan, Clancy Brown, David Paymer, Harris Yulin, Rod Steiger, Badja Djola, Al Waxman, David Lansbury, Garland Whitt, Chuck Cooper, Brenda Denmark, Marcia Bennett, Beatrice Winde, Mitchell Taylor Jr., Bill Raymond, Merwin Goldsmith, John A. MacKay, Donnique Privott, Moynan King, Gary DeWitt Marshall, John Christopher Jones, Gwendolyn McCann, Richard M. Davidson, George T. Odom, Tonye Patano, Fulvio Cecere, Phillip Jarrett, Rodney ‘Bear’ Jackson, Judi Embden, Terry Claybon, Ben Hernandez Bray, Mike Justus, Kenneth McGregor, Frank Proctor, Peter Wylie, David Wm Gray, Joe Matheson, Bill Lake, Robin Ward, Harry Davis, Pippa Pearthree, Jean Daigle, Rob Evans, Scott Gibson, Ann Holloway, Bruce McFee, Conrad Bergschneider, Satori Shakoor, Zoran Radusinovic, Stephen Lee Wright, Michael Bodnar, Carson Manning, Debrah Ellen Waller, Richard Litt, Adam Large, Peter Graham, George Masswohl, Lawrence Sacco, David Frisch, Ralph Brown, Dyron Holmes, Ryan Williams, Bruce Vavrina, Brenda Braxton, Christopher Riordan, Guy Ale, Muhammad Ali, Ellen Burstyn, Kevin Carrigan, Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter, Bob Dylan, Joe Frazier, Vinson German, Matt Graver, Michael Harkins, David Headon, Robert Mauzell, Alex Oliveira, Craig Snoyer, David Sparrow, Michael Stevens.

On this day in movie history - Love and Bullets (1979)

Love and Bullets

directed by Stuart Rosenberg,

written by Wendell Mayes and John Melson,

was released in the United States on December 9, 1979.

Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger, Henry Silva, Strother Martin, Bradford Dillman, Michael V. Gazzo, Paul Koslo, Val Avery, Sam Chew Jr., Billy Gray, Jerome Thor, Joseph Roman, Albert Salmi, John Hallam, Sidney Kean, Richard Graydon, Alan Bryce, Robin Clarke, Andy Romano, Lorraine Chase, Raynold Gideon, Ramon Chavez, Rik Colitti, Joe Bellucci, Ray Le Fre, Richard Brose, Lon Carli, Karen Wyeth, James Keane, J. Kenneth Campbell, Michael L. Cooley, Alex Donnelley, Gene Earl, Sapp Gruber, Hans Kronig, Marco Lopez, Charles Lucia, Michael Parrent, Clifford A. Pellow, Josef Rainer, Earl W. Smith.

On this day in movie history - In the Heat of the Night (1967)

In the Heat of the Night

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Stirling Silliphant, and based on the novel by John Ball,

was released in the United States on August 2, 1967.

Music by Quincy Jones.

Theme song In the Heat of the Night written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman.

Sung by Ray Charles.

Cast:

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Peter Whitney, Kermit Murdock, Larry D. Mann, Matt Clark, Arthur Malet, Fred Stewart, Quentin Dean, Scott Wilson, Timothy Scott, William C. Watson, Eldon Quick, Stuart Nisbet, Khalil Bezaleel, Peter Masterson, Jester Hairston, Phil Adams, Nikita Knatz, Sam Reese, Anthony James, Clegg Hoyt, Alan Oppenheimer, Buzz Barton.

On this day in movie history - On the Waterfront (1954)

On the Waterfront

directed by Elia Kazan,

written by Budd Schulberg,

was released in the United States on July 28,1954.

Inspired by the series of articles entitled Crime on the Waterfront by Malcolm Johnson,

published in the New York Sun from November–December 1948.

Music by Leonard Bernstein.

Cast:

Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield, Tony Galento, Tami Mauriello, John F. Hamilton, John Heldabrand, Rudy Bond, Don Blackman, Arthur Keegan, Abe Simon, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Balsam, Dan Bergin, Zachary Charles, Jere Delaney, Robert Downing, Michael V. Gazzo, Fred Gwynne, Thomas Handley, Anne Hegira, Pat Hingle, Katherine MacGregor, Barry Macollum, Tiger Joe Marsh, Edward McNally, Donnell O'Brien, Mike O'Dowd, Nehemiah Persoff, Johnny Seven.

On this day in movie history - The Pawnbroker (1964 / 1965)

The Pawnbroker

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin,

based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant,

was released in the United States on April 20, 1965.

Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:

Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez, Thelma Oliver, Eusebia Cosme, Marketa Kimbrell, Baruch Lumet, Juano Hernández, Linda Geiser, Nancy R. Pollock, Raymond St. Jacques, Charles Dierkop, John McCurry, Warren Finnerty, Jack Ader, Marianne Kanter, Ed Morehouse, Marc Alexander, Donny Burks, Robert Dahdah, Morgan Freeman, Hilda Haynes, E.M. Margolese, Donnie Melvin, Donnell O'Brien, Reni Santoni, Bill Steele.

Born on this day – Rod Steiger:

 

Actor

April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002

Credits:

Poolhall Junkies (2002); The Hollywood Sign (2001); A Month of Sundays (2001); Lightmaker (2001); The Flying Dutchman (2001); The Last Producer (2000); End of Days (1999); The Hurricane (1999); Body and Soul (1999); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Cypress Edge (1999); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999–2000); Hotel Alexandria (1999); Animated Epics: Moby Dick (1999); Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999); The Snatching of Bookie Bob (1998); Legacy (1998); The Simpsons (1998); Modern Vampires (1998); Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998); The Kid (1997); Incognito (1997); Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997); Mars Attacks! (1996); Shiloh (1996); Little Surprises (1996); EZ Streets (1996); Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1996); Carpool (1996); Dalva (1996); The Real Thing (1996); The Commish (1996); Out There (1995); Columbo (1995); In Pursuit of Honor (1995); Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995); OP Center (1995); Seven Sundays (1994); The Specialist (1994); The Critic (1994); The Last Tattoo (1994); The Neighbor (1993); Tales of the City (1993); Due vite, un destino (1993); Kölcsönkapott idö (1993); Lincoln (1992); Sinatra (1992); The Player (1992); In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991); Guilty as Charged (1991); The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991); Men of Respect (1990); Tennessee Waltz (1989); That Summer of White Roses (1989); Passion and Paradise (1989); The January Man (1989); Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988); Catch the Heat (1987); American Gothic (1987); The Kindred (1987); Sword of Gideon (1986); Hollywood Wives (1985); The Glory Boys (1984); The Naked Face (1984); Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983); The Magic Mountain (1982); The Chosen (1981); The Lion of the Desert (1980); Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980); The Lucky Star (1980); Klondike Fever (1979); Wolf Lake (1979); The Amityville Horror (1979); Breakthrough (1979); Love and Bullets (1979); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); F.I.S.T. (1978); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); W.C. Fields and Me (1976); Hennessy (1975); Dirty Hands (1975); The Last 4 Days (1974); Lucky Luciano (1973); The Heroes (1973); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971); Duck, You Sucker! (1971); Waterloo (1970); Three Into Two Won't Go (1969); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Sergeant (1968); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); The Girl and the General (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967); BBC Play of the Month (1966); Doctor Zhivago (1965); The Loved One (1965); A Man Named John (1965); Time of Indifference (1964); The Pawnbroker (1964); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); The Movie Maker (1964); Hands Over the City (1963); Route 66 (1962); Ben Casey (1962); The Longest Day (1962); Convicts 4 (1962); 13 West Street (1962); Wagon Train (1961); The World in My Pocket (1961); The Mark (1961); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); Seven Thieves (1960); General Electric Theater (1960); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); Al Capone (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1957–1958); Playhouse 90 (1958); Cry Terror! (1958); Suspicion (1958); The Unholy Wife (1957); Across the Bridge (1957); Run of the Arrow (1957); Back from Eternity (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); The Harder They Fall (1956); Jubal (1956); The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955); Oklahoma! (1955); The Big Knife (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951–1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); Kraft Theatre (1952–1954); On the Waterfront (1954); Justice (1954); You Are There (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1952–1953); Medallion Theatre (1953); Suspense (1952–1953); Danger (1950–1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); Tales of Tomorrow (1952–1953); The Clock (1951); Out There (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Teresa (1951); Actor's Studio (1950); Watchmen (2019); Aesop's Fables (1995); Oklahoma! (1955); Real James Dean (2006); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); Biography (1994–2002); Dinner for Five (2002); Contender: Mastering the Method (2001); Besuch bei Rod Steiger (2001); Bravo Profiles (2001); Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (2001); The Directors (1997–2001); The Heaven and Earth Show (2001); Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2001); Starstruck (2000); Private Screenings (2000); Scene by Scene (2000); Omnibus (2000); End of Days: The Beginning (2000); The Unforgettable Diana Dors (2000); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Journey Into Amazonia (1999); The Martin Short Show (1999); Hollywood Squares (1999); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); HARDtalk (1999); Linehan (1999); Kingdom of Shadows (1998); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); Politically Incorrect (1998); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); Close-Up (1997); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997); 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997); The First Annual Golden Satellite Awards (1997); The Charles Grodin Show (1996); James Dean and Me (1995); 'Doctor Zhivago': The Making of a Russian Epic (1995); James Dean: A Portrait (1995); The 7th Annual Britannia Awards (1995); Humphrey Bogart: Behind the Legend (1994); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The American Gangster (1992); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974–1992); Earth and the American Dream (1992); From Hollywood to Hanoi (1992); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1992); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); Street Scenes: New York on Film (1992); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1992); Aspel & Company (1990); MTV Movie Special: Licence to Kill (1989); This Is Your Life (1972–1989); The Exiles (1989); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Poitier (1989); Sunday, Sunday (1984–1989); Good Morning America (1977–1989); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); Hello Actors Studio (1988); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1988); Change of Heart (1987); Our World (1986); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The London Standard Film Awards (1986); Wogan (1986); Television (1985); Harty (1984); Thicke of the Night (1983); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); I Love Liberty (1982); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); The Making of Lion of the Desert (1981); 100 Tage auf dem 'Zauberberg' - Bericht über die Verfilmung des Romans von Thomas Mann (1981); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1981); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); ABC's Wide World of Sports (1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1977); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1976); Dinah! (1976); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); Film '74 (1974); The Moviemakers (1973); The David Frost Show (1970–1971); Jerry Visits (1971); Parkinson (1971); Cinema (1970); The Year of the Communes (1970); Frost on Sunday (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); Tattooed Steiger (1969); Telescope (1969); Hemingway's Spain: A Love Affair (1968); How It Is (1968); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 25th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1968); Today (1957–1968); Stars for Israel (1967); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); Late Show London (1966); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1965); The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1964); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); Here's Hollywood (1961); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); Monitor (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1959); This Week (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Film Fanfare (1956); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955).

On this day in movie history - F.I.S.T. (1978)

F.I.S.T.

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Joe Eszterhas, Sylvester Stallone and Norman Jewison,

based on a story by Joe Eszterhas,

was released in the United States on April 13, 1978.

Music by Bill Conti.

Cast:

Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon, David Huffman, Kevin Conway, Tony Lo Bianco, Cassie Yates, Peter Donat, John Lehne, Henry Wilcoxon, Richard Herd, Tony Mockus Jr., Ken Kercheval, Elena Karam, Joe Tornatore, James Karen, Stuart Gillard, Brian Dennehy, Sam Chew Jr., Robert Lipton, John Bleifer, Frank McRae, Rozsika Halmos, Earl Montgomery, Harry Basch, Nada Rowand, Chuck Gradi, Alphonse Skerl, Reid Cruickshanks, Sidney Clute, M. Patrick Hughes, Bill Zuckert, Martin Braddock, Barry Atwater, Sandy Ward, Andy Romano, Frank Whiteman, Hugo Bolba, Ron Delagardelle, Robert Courtleigh, Judson Pratt, David Greene, Jimmy Murphy, René Le Vant, Tony Mendia, Anthony Kiedis, Deonne Fator, Richard Dioguardi, Tony Crupi, Herman Poppe, Frank Bongiorno, Antonio Canino, Michael Twaine, Walt Davis, Sam Woods, James Jeter, Jack Slate, George Barrow, Norman Rice, Ed Call, Russell Shannon, Fil Formicola, Brass Adams, Eric Carlson, John R. Setard, John Bisenius, Joseph W. Schuver, Carl Vander Meulen, Charles McCarthy, Ethel Kohler, William B. Bicksler, Luther Fear, Fritz Ford, Jenny Inge, Bruce McGill, Loren G. Teggatz.