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Recommended reading - Fifty Best Mysteries (2004)

Fifty Best Mysteries

Edited by Eleanor Sullivan.

Published by Da Capo Press.

Paperback.

Published in 2004.

 

ISBN-10: 078671347X

ISBN-13: 978-0786713479

 

Description:

Fifty Best Mysteries is a Who’s Who of mystery from the pages of the leading magazine in the field. Showcasing the best short fiction published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine over a range of fifty years, this book is a treasure trove for mystery lovers everywhere. As editor Eleanor Sullivan writes, “I took the task by decades and decided to go after solid and entertaining stories by regular and significant contributors, stories that reflected the time in which they were written and the best work being produced in that decade.” To this end, Sullivan has collected an astounding array of talent, from early works by John Dickson Carr, Margery Allingham, Anthony Boucher, and Ngaio Marsh in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, to later selections by Patricia Highsmith, Robert Bloch, Ruth Rendell, Donald E. Westlake, and Simon Brett that appeared over the next two decades.

Contents:

The clue of the red wig / John Dickson Carr — Lost star / C. Daly King — The Bloomsbury wonder / Thomas Burke — Dressing-up / W. R. Burnett — Malice domestic / Philip MacDonald — I can find my way out / Ngaio Marsh — The fourth degree / Hugh Pentecost — Midnight adventure / Michael Arlen — A study in white / Nicholas Blake — The phantom guest / Frederick Irving Anderson — As simple as ABC / Ellery Queen — Money to burn / Margery Allingham — The gentlest of brothers / David Alexander — One-way street / Anthony Armstrong — Murder at the dog show / Mignon G. Eberhart — Always trust a cop / Octavus Roy Cohen — The withered heart / Jean Potts — The girl who married a monster / Anthony Boucher — Between eight and eight / C. S. Forester — Knowing what I know now / Barry Perowne — Change of climate / Ursula Curtiss — Life in our time / Robert Bloch — The special gift / Celia Fremlin — A neat and tidy job / George Harmon Coxe — Run—if you can / Charlotte Armstrong — Line of communication / Andrew Garve — Danger at Deerfawn / Dorothy B. Hughes — The man who understood women / A. H. Z. Carr — Revolver / Avram Davidson — The eternal chase / Anthony Gilbert — Reasons unknown / Stanley Ellin — Three ways to rob a bank / Harold R. Daniels — The perfect servant / Helen Nielsen — The marked man / David Ely — Flowers that bloom in the spring / Julian Symons — A nice place to stay / Nedra Tyre — Paul Broderick’s man / Thomas Walsh — When nothing matters / Florence V. Mayberry — This is death / Donald E. Westlake — Woodrow Wilson’s necktie / Patricia Highsmith — The jackal and the tiger / Michael Gilbert — The fix / Robert Twohy — One moment of madness / Edward D. Hoch — Loopy / Ruth Rendell — The plateau / Clark Howard — The butchers / Peter Lovesey — Burning bridges / James Powell — A good turn / Robert Barnard — Clap hands, there goes Charlie / George Baxt — Big boy, little boy / Simon Brett.

Born on this day – Stein Riverton:

Stein Riverton

Writer

September 7, 1884 – December 18, 1934

Books:

The Final Days of Abbot Montrose (2018); The Iron Chariot (2005); The Man Who Plundered the City (2021); Through Three Rooms (2023).

Movies and television:

Bladkongen (1916); Bröderna (1914); Der schwarze Stern (1922); Die Banditen von Asnières (1920); Die Zwei und die Dame (1926); En forbryders liv og levned (1916); Hvem er Gentlemantyven? (1915); Kriminalgaaden i Kingosgade (1917); Mästertjuven (1915); Miraklet: Tavlor ur det katolska samfundslivet (1913); Morderen uten ansikt (1936); Politik och brott (1916); Rovedderkoppen (1916); The Mysterious Lady (1917).

Born on this day – F. Richard Jones:

F. Richard Jones

Director

Writer

Producer

September 7, 1893 – December 14, 1930

Credits:

A Game Old Knight (1915); A Love Riot (1916); All Night Long (1924); Along Came Auntie (1926); Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914); Are Married Policemen Safe? (1918); Asleep at the Switch (1923); Baby Clothes (1926); Bad Boy (1925); Be Reasonable (1921); Be Your Age (1926); Boys Will Be Joys (1925); Bring Home the Turkey (1927); Bromo and Juliet (1926); Bulldog Drummond (1929); Buried Treasure (1926); By Heck (1921); Caught in a Park (1915); Caught in the Act (1915); Charley My Boy! (1926); Chasing the Chaser (1925); Crazy Like a Fox (1926); Cupid's Boots (1925); Dizzy Daddies (1926); Dog Shy (1926); Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926); Down on the Farm (1920); East of the Water Plug (1924); Feet of Mud (1924); Flickering Youth (1924); Flying Pat (1920); Galloping Bungalows (1924); Galloping Ghosts (1928); Gee Whiz (1920); Get 'Em Young (1926); Giddy, Gay, and Ticklish (1915); Good Cheer (1926); Gussle, the Golfer (1914); Gussle's Day of Rest (1915); Gymnasium Jim (1922); Her First Mistake (1918); Her Marble Heart (1916); Her Painted Hero (1915); His Hereafter (1916); His Last False Step (1919); His Uncle Dudley (1917); Home Made Movies (1922); Inbad the Sailor (1923); Innocent Husbands (1925); Isn't Life Terrible? (1925); It Pays to Exercise (1918); Lazy Days (1929); Little Robinson Corkscrew (1924); Lizzies of the Field (1924); Long Fliv the King (1926); Love 'Em and Weep (1927); Love, Honor and Behave! (1920); Love's False Faces (1919); Love's Sweet Piffle (1924); Ma and Pa (1922); Madame Mystery (1926); Mama Behave (1926); Mary, Queen of Tots (1925); Mickey (1918); Mighty Like a Moose (1926); Molly O' (1921); Monkey Business (1926); Moonlight and Noses (1925); Never Too Old (1919); Nip and Tuck (1923); No Man's Law (1927); No One to Guide Him (1915); On Patrol (1922); On the Front Page (1926); One Cylinder Love (1923); One Hour Married (1927); One Spooky Night (1924); One Wild Ride (1925); Picking Peaches (1924); Pills of Peril (1916); Pitfalls of a Big City (1923); Raggedy Rose (1926); Reilly's Wash Day (1919); Riders of the Purple Cows (1924); Romeo and Juliet (1924); Rough and Ready (1923); Saucy Madeline (1918); Scarem Much (1924); Seeing the World (1927); Shanghaied Lovers (1924); She Loved Him Plenty (1918); She Needed a Doctor (1917); Shivering Spooks (1926); Should Husbands Pay? (1926); Should Men Walk Home? (1927); Should Sailors Marry? (1925); Skylarking (1923); Sleuths (1918); Smile Please (1924); Someone to Love (1928); Son of a Gun (1918); Starvation Blues (1925); Step Forward (1922); Suzanna (1923); Tell 'Em Nothing (1926); Telling Whoppers (1926); Ten Dollars or Ten Days (1924); Ten Years Old (1927); That Springtime Feeling (1915); The Battle Royal (1918); The Big Killing (1928); The Cannon Ball Express (1924); The Caretaker's Daughter (1925); The Cat's Meow (1924); The Country Flapper (1922); The Crossroads of New York (1922); The Dare-Devil (1923); The Dentist (1919); The Extra Girl (1923); The First 100 Years (1924); The Foolish Age (1919); The Fourth Alarm (1926); The Gaucho (1927); The Ghost in the Garret (1921); The Great Vacuum Robbery (1915); The Half-Back of Notre Dame (1924); The Hollywood Kid (1924); The Judge (1916); The Lion and the Souse (1924); The Nickel-Hopper (1926); The Reel Virginian (1924); The Sea Squawk (1925); The Shriek of Araby (1923); The Speakeasy (1919); The Village Smithy (1919); The Water Hole (1928); The Water Nymph (1912); The Way of All Pants (1927); Their Social Splash (1915); Those Bitter Sweets (1915); Those College Girls (1915); Three Foolish Weeks (1924); Thundering Fleas (1926); Trying to Get Along (1919); Two Tough Tenderfeet (1918); Two-Time Mama (1927); Uncle Tom's Uncle (1926); Unfriendly Enemies (1925); Up in Alf's Place (1919); Wall Street Blues (1924); Wandering Papas (1926); Wandering Waistlines (1924); What's the World Coming To (1926); When Summer Comes (1922); Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? (1923); Why Beaches Are Popular (1919); Why Girls Say No (1927); Wife Tamers (1926); Wild Papa (1925); Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926); Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919); Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925); Your Own Back Yard (1925); Yukon Jake (1924).

Born on this day – George Waggner:

George Waggner

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

September 7, 1894 - December 11, 1984

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1963); Adventures of the Falcon (1954); African Patrol (1958); Air Devils (1938); Badlands of Dakota (1941); Batman (1966–1967); Big Town (1954–1955); Bitter Creek (1954); Black Bandit (1938); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2013); Bonanza (1964); Branded Man (1922); Bronco (1962); Cappy Ricks Returns (1935); Champagne for Breakfast (1935); Cheers of the Crowd (1935); Cheyenne (1959–1962); City Limits (1934); Cobra Woman (1944); Code 3 (1957); Colt .45 (1959–1960); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Desert Driven (1923); Destination 60,000 (1957); Destination Nightmare (1958); Dizzy Dames (1935); Don't Get Personal (1936); Drums of the Desert (1940); Embarrassing Moments (1934); Father Steps Out (1941); Flying Cadets (1941); Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943); Frisco Sal (1945); Fury River (1961); Ghost Town Riders (1938); Girl O' My Dreams (1934); Gold, Glory and Custer (1964); Good News (1930); Gorilla Ship (1932); Guilty Trails (1938); Gunfighters (1947); Gypsy Wildcat (1944); Hawaiian Eye (1962); He Couldn't Take It (1933); High Voltage (1929); His Hour (1924); Honor of the West (1939); Horror Island (1941); I Cover the War! (1937); Idea Girl (1946); Idol of the Crowds (1937); Invisible Agent (1942); Jack the Ripper (1958); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957–1958); Kiddie Revue (1930); Laughing at Danger (1940); Love's Blindness (1926); M Squad (1958); Man from God's Country (1958); Man Made Monster (1941); Mary Lou (1948); Maverick (1959–1961); Men of Texas (1942); Midnight Intruder (1938); Mission of Danger (1960); Mystery Plane (1939); Mystery Plane (1939); Northwest Passage (1958); Northwest Passage (1958–1959); Now's the Time (1932); Oh, Yeah? (1929); Oklahoma Terror (1939); On the Spot (1940); Once to Every Bachelor (1934); Operation Pacific (1951); Outlaw Express (1938); Pawnee (1957); Phantom of Chinatown (1940); Phantom of the Opera (1943); Prairie Justice (1938); Queen of the Yukon (1940); Red Nightmare (1962); Requiem to Massacre (1960); Return from the Sea (1954); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955–1956); Sealed Lips (1942); Shady Lady (1945); Sin Town (1942); Sky Patrol (1939); Son of the Navy (1940); South of Tahiti (1941); State Police (1938); Studio 57 (1956); Stunt Pilot (1939); Surfside 6 (1960–1962); Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957 / 1960); Tangier (1946); Telephone Time (1957–1958); The Alaskans (1959–1960); The Climax (1944); The Cowboy Millionaire (1935); The Death Kiss (1932); The Fargo Phantom (1950); The Fatal Hour (1940); The Fighting Kentuckian (1949); The Flying Fool (1929); The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942); The Great Alone (1922); The Green Hornet (1967); The Healer (1935); The Iron Horse (1924); The Joey Bishop Show (1964); The Keeper of the Bees (1935); The Line-Up (1934); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Lone Wolf (1954–1955); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967); The March of Time (1930); The Nut Farm (1935); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Old Homestead (1935); The Phantom Broadcast (1933); The Roaring 20's (1960–1961); The Sea Spoilers (1936); The Sheik (1921); The Spy Ring (1938); The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933); The Veil (1958); The Wolf Man (1941); The Wolfman (1966); Three Legionnaires (1937); Troopers Three (1930); Wagon Train (1957); Werebitches (2010); Western Trails (1938); What a Widow! (1930); White Savage (1943); Wolf Call (1939).

Born on this day – Merna Kennedy:

 

Merna Kennedy

Actress

September 7, 1908 – December 20, 1944

Credits:

Arizona to Broadway (1933); Barnum Was Right (1929); Broadway (1929); Come on, Tarzan (1932); Dear Mom (2019); Don't Bet on Love (1933); Easy Millions (1933); Embarrassing Moments (1930); Emergency Call (1933); Fashion News (1930); Ghost Valley (1932); I Like It That Way (1934); I Love That Man (1933); Jimmy the Gent (1934); King of Jazz (1930); Lady with a Past (1932); Laughter in Hell (1933); Midnight Special (1930); Police Call (1933); Red-Haired Alibi (1932); Screen Snapshots, Series 10, No. 8 (1931); Skinner Steps Out (1929); Son of a Sailor (1933); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Stepping Out (1931); The All-American (1932); The Big Chance (1933); The Circus (1928); The Gay Buckaroo (1931); The Rampant Age (1930); Unknown Chaplin (1983); Wonder Bar (1934); Worldly Goods (1930).

Born on this day – Clara Calamai:

 

Clara Calamai

Actress

September 7, 1909 – September 21, 1998

Born on this day – Anthony Quayle:

 

Anthony Quayle

Actor

Director

September 7, 1913 – October 20, 1989

Born on this day – Leonard Rosenman:

Leonard Rosenman

Composer

Musician

September 7, 1924 – March 4, 2008

Born on this day – Rossana Rory:

 

Rossana Rory

Actress

September 7, 1927 – April 1, 2020

Born on this day – T. P. McKenna:

T. P. McKenna

Actor

Writer

September 7, 1929 – February 13, 2011

Born on this day – John Harkins:

John Harkins

Actor

September 7, 1932 – March 5, 1999

Born on this day – Alfa Anderson:

 

Alfa Anderson

Singer

Teacher

September 7, 1946 – December 17, 2024

Credits:
 
Albums:
 

C'est Chic (1978); Chic (1977); Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979); Music from My Heart (2017); Tongue in Chic (1982).

 

Songs:
 

A Warm Summer Night; At Last I Am Free; Bone; Chic Cheer; Chic Mystique; Chicism; Dance, Dance, Dance; Do That Dance; Do You Wanna Party; Everybody Dance; Good Times; Good Times / Rapper's Delight; Hangin'; Happy Man; I Want Your Love; I’ll Be There; I'm Coming Out; Jusagroove; Le Freak; My Feet Keep Dancing; My Forbidden Lover; Real People; São Paulo; Savoir Faire; Sober; Sometimes You Win; Soup for One; Till The World Falls; We Are Family; What About Me; Will You Cry; Would You Be My Baby.

 

Movies, television and video:
 

Chic: Dance, Dance, Dance (1978); Chic: Everybody Dance (1978); Chic: I Want Your Love (1979); Chic: Le Freak (1978); Coronation Street (2015–2016); Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker (2013); Unsung (2014).

On this day in movie history - Popeye Doyle (1986)

Popeye Doyle

directed by Peter Levin,

written by Richard Di Lello,

was released in the United States on September 7, 1986.

Theme music by Brad Fiedel.

Cast:

Ed O’Neill, Matthew Laurance, James Handy, Candy Clark, George De La Pena, Audrey Landers, Nicholas Kadi, Elias Zarou, Gary Tacon, Phil Neilson, Elizabeth Lennie, Peter Virgile, Richard Monette, S.J. Fellowes, Guy Sanvido, Philip Williams, Linda Gambell, Chick Roberts, J.K. Simmons, Richard McMillan, Joanne Perica, Alexandra Innes, Tony Rosato, Todd Postlethwaite, Susan Diol, Molly Johnson, Norman Orenstein, Charles Woods Gray.

On this day in movie history - The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

The Place Beyond the Pines

directed by Derek Cianfrance,

written by Derek Cianfrance, Ben Coccio and Darius Marder,

was released at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Canada, on September 7, 2012.

Music by Mike Patton.

Cast:

Ryan Gosling, Craig Van Hook, Eva Mendes, Olga Merediz, Ray Liotta, Angelo Anthony Pizza, Mahershala Ali, John Facci, Ben Mendelsohn, Tula (the dog), Penny (the dog), Cynthia Pelletier-Sullivan, Mackenzie Trainor, Nicole Califano, Shannon Plumb, Tracey Agustin, Ean Egas, Bob Dieterich, Thomas Mattice, Adam Nowicki, Mark J. Caruso, G. Douglas Griset, Vanessa Thorpe, Gail Martino, Brian Smyj, Bradley Cooper, Dorothy Rutherford, Paul Steele, Gabe Fazio, Rose Byrne, Travis Jackson Campbell, Harris Yulin, Jan Libertucci, Robert Clohessy, Bruce Greenwood, Subrina Dhammi, Heather Chestnut, Greta Seacat, Luke Pierucci, Jessica Layton, James J. Gleason, Patrick Husted, Emory Cohen, Joe B. McCarthy, Jefrey Pollock, Lynette Howell Taylor, Sarah Curcio, Dane DeHaan, Ephraim Benton, Mark McCracken, Adriel Linyear, Kevin Green, Jennifer Sober, Melissa Mills, Alex Pulling, Dante Shafer, Kayla Smalls, Frank J. Falvo, Leah Bliven, Whitney Hudson, Breanna Dolen, Hugh T. Farley, Michael Cullen.

On this day in movie history - Papillon (2017)

Papillon

directed by Michael Noer,

written by Aaron Guzikowski,

based on the books Papillon and Banco by Henri Charrière,

was released at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Canada, on September 7, 2017.

Music by David Buckley.

Cast:

Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Christopher Fairbank, Yorick van Wageningen, Roland Møller, Tommy Flanagan, Eve Hewson, Michael Socha, Brian Vernel, Ian Beattie, Nicholas Asbury, Nikola Kent, Slavko Sobin, Joel Basman, Luka Peroš, Demetri Goritsas.

Recommended reading:

Papillon

by Henri Charriere.

ASIN: B01N8YET21

Published by William Morrow.

First published 1969.

Henri Charrière, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken. Charrière's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was published in France to instant acclaim in 1968, more than twenty years after his final escape. Since then, it has become a treasured classic -- the gripping, shocking, ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who would not be defeated.

 

Banco:
The Further Adventures of Papillon

by Henri Charrière.

Published by Granada Publishing Limited.

First published 1972.

ISBN 13: 9780586040102

ISBN 10: 0586040102

ASIN: 0586040102

The sensational sequel to Papillon. Banco continues the adventures of Henri Charriere – nicknamed Papillon – in Venezuela, where he has finally won his freedom after thirteen years of escape and imprisonment. Despite his resolve to become an honest man, Charriere is soon involved in hair-raiding exploits with goldminers, gamblers, bank-robbers and revolutionaries – robbing and being robbed, his lust for life as strong as ever. He also runs night clubs in Caracas until an earthquake ruins him in 1967 – when he decides to write the book that brings his international fame.

On this day in movie history – Aniara (2018 movie & books):

Aniara

directed and written by Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja,

based on the epic book-length poem Aniara: An Epic Science Fiction Poem by Harry Martinson,

released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 7, 2018.

Music by Alexander Berg.

Cast: Emelie Garbers / Emelie Jonsson, Bianca Cruzeiro, Arvin Kananian, Anneli Martini, Jennie Silfverhjelm, Emma Broomé, Jamil Drissi, Leon Jiber, Peter Carlberg, Juan Rodríguez, David Nzinga, Dakota Trancher Williams, Otis Castillo Ålhed, Dante Westergårdh, Enzo Westergårdh, Elin Lilleman Eriksson, Agnes Lundgren, Alexi Carpentieri, Mattias Appelqvist, Unn Dahlman, Laila Ljunggren, Thomas Lundgren, Malin Olsson, Susanna Salonen, Cornelia Sjöblom, Oskar Snickars, Max Stenerudh, Markus Waltå, Carl Kumlin, Masoud Owji, Andreas Wicklund, Jacob Stefansson, Malin Friis, Jörgen Hallqvist, Tobias Cronwall, Pau Boluda Hernández, Mats Plyhr, Ida Sandberg, Rabie Jirjis, Inez Kontio, Nicole Ardizzone, Nicklas Dahlin, Mikaela Stenström, Vinicio Skoog, Hans Svensson, Tobias Sondén, Sylvia Kren, Rudy Lindberg, Nandor Ingevald Hegedüs, Emmelie Ginste, Irene Duckert, Jonas Larsson Grönström, Mattias Königsson, Pablo Salvador N.G.

Recommended reading:

Aniara:
An Epic Science Fiction Poem

by Harry Martinson.

Published by Story Line Press.
First published 1956.
ISBN-10: 1885266634
ISBN-13: 978-1885266637

Description:

Aniara is a great space epic and a story of an inner journey of the soul – at once a warning of despair in the age of nuclear weapons and ecological threats, and perhaps the fullest expression of Harry Martinson's lifelong project to show us man's attempt to see himself and his role in creation. Aniara was first published in 1956 and received a great reception. But it is perhaps only today that the verse epic fully emerges as one of the most artistically and intellectually challenging works of our time.

Aniara

by Harry Martinson.

Introduction by Tord Hall.

Translated by Hugh MacDiarmid & E. Harley Schubert.

Illustrated by The Voice of Nick.

Kindle Edition.

ASIN: B0BTJTQGDT

Published by The Voice of Nick.
Published 2023.

Description:

"Who could foresee that just this flight, all in the day’s work as it seemed, was singled out to be unique and doomed to bear us all away from Earth and Sun, Venus and Mars, and life’s entire environment?"

Featuring 11 beautiful illustrations and dozens of hours of behind-the-scenes videos documenting the artwork's creation.

Nobel laureate Harry Martinson's 1956 sci-fi epic, translated by Hugh MacDiarmid and Elspeth Harley Schubert. A passenger ship is lost in space during a routine journey, and its 8,000 inhabitants must somehow come to terms with their new life. What awaits them in the bitter Galactic night?

On this day in movie history - The Fire Inside (2024)

The Fire Inside

directed by Michael Noer,

written by Barry Jenkins,

released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 7, 2024.

Music by Tamar-kali.

 
Cast:

Ryan Destiny, Jazmin Headley, Kylee D. Allen, Brian Tyree Henry, De'Adre Aziza, Chrystian Buddington, Maurice Wayne Anglin, Teanna Weir, Idrissa Sanogo Bamba, Taytem Douglas, Olunike Adeliyi, Adam Clark, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Nendia Lewars, Sekhai Jayden Smith, Chidubem Rafael Echendu, Sarah Allen, Lanette Ware, Jason Weinberg, Richard Lewis, Chiamaka Glory, Bobby Daniels, Michael Brown, Tyrone Benskin, Tiandria Taylor, Marium Carvell, Jamillah Ross, Amanda Barker, Ivan Daniel Ossa, Kenya Salmon, John Kalbhenn, Jessica Grossi, Dorian Ouaton, Patrick Dussault, Cynthia Zhou, Charlene Wong, Tabitha Tao, Jennifer Huggins, Zak Farion, Ruth Tinker, Matthew Gorman, Matt Standish, Laura Vincent, Donovan Boucher, Neil Crone, Mark Simmons, Myrthin Stagg, James Finlay Fraser, Natasha Spence, Jordan A.K. Brown, Allen Adepoju, Jasmine Jones-Ball, Daniel Jordan Anthony, Nicole Drury, Christine Cleary, Laura Vuculescu, Melissa Karagianis, Amara-Grace Boyce, Za'Niyah-Rose Kirston-Reeves, Selina An, Jim Carey, J. Timothy Hunt, Jack Nguyen, Shubei Zheng.

On this day in movie history – Nuremberg (2025 movie & book):

Nuremberg

directed by James Vanderbilt,

written by James Vanderbilt,

based on the book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai,

released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 7, 

2025.

Music by Brian Tyler.

Cast: Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, Richard E. Grant, Michael Shannon, Leo Woodall, Colin Hanks, John Slattery, Wrenn Schmidt, Lotte Verbeek, Andreas Pietschmann, Mark O'Brien, Lydia Peckham, Steven Pacey, Roderick Hill, Dan Cade, Paul Antony-Barber, Wolfgang Cerny, Donald Sage Mackay, Tamas Nadas, Alex Diehl, Jeremy Wheeler, Dieter Riesle, Tom Keune, Barney Taylor, Philippe Jacq, Gyula Mesterházy, András Korcsmáros, Billy Rayner, Ralph Berkin, Laura Bóta, Blake Kubena, Wayne Brett, Carl Achleitner, Brett Keating, Laurence Pears, Michael Sheldon, Fleur Bremmer, Sam Newman, Richard Kerékgyártó, Vazul Magyar, Szüle István, Adam Pelyhe, István Áldott.

Recommended reading:

The Nazi and the Psychiatrist

by Jack El-Hai.

Published by PublicAffairs.
First published 2013.

ISBN-10: 1610394631
ISBN-13: 9781610394635
 
Description:
 
The book is a page turner. – NPR.

In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, accompanied by sixteen suitcases and a red hatbox. Joining him in the detention center were fifty-one senior Nazis, of whom Göring was the dominant figure.

To ensure that the captives were fit for trial at Nuremberg, the US army sent an ambitious army psychiatrist, Captain Douglas M. Kelley, to supervise and evaluate them. To Kelley, it was the professional opportunity of a lifetime: to discover a distinguishing trait among these arch-criminals that would mark them as psychologically different from the rest of humanity. But evil has its charms....