On this day in movie history - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Kelly Masterson,

was released in the United States on October 26, 2007.

Music by Carter Burwell.

 

Cast:

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Sarah Livingston, Brían F. O'Byrne, Rosemary Harris, Blaine Horton, Arija Bareikis, Leonardo Cimino, Lee Wilkof, Damon Gupton, Adrian Martinez, Patrick G. Burns, Jordan Gelber.

On this day in movie history - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Dog Day Afternoon

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Frank Pierson,

based on the article The Boys in the Bank by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore,

published in the September 1972 edition of Life magazine,

was released in the United States on September 21, 1975.

Cast:

Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar, Susan Peretz, James Broderick, Lance Henriksen, Carol Kane, Beulah Garrick, Sandra Kazan, Estelle Omens, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Amy Levitt, Gary Springer, John Marriott, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Dick Anthony Williams, Judith Malina, Dominic Chianese, Edwin "Chu Chu" Malave, Lionel Pina.

On this day in movie history - Prince of the City (1981)

Prince of the City

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Sidney Lumet and Jay Presson Allen,

based on the novel by Robert Daley,

was released in the United States on August 26, 1981.

Music by Paul Chihara.

Cast:

Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino, Carmine Caridi, Tony Page, Norman Parker, Paul Roebling, Bob Balaban, James Tolkan, Steve Inwood, Lindsay Crouse, Matthew Laurance, Tony Turco, Ronald Maccone, Ron Karabatsos, Tony DiBenedetto, Tony Munafo, Robert Christian, Lee Richardson, Lane Smith, Cosmo Allegretti, Bobby Alto, Michael Beckett, Burton Collins, Henry Ferrentino, Carmine Foresta, Conard Fowkes, Peter Friedman, Peter Michael Goetz, Lance Henriksen, Eddie Jones, Don Leslie, Dana Lorge, Harry Madsen, E.D. Miller, Cynthia Nixon, Ron Perkins, Lionel Pina, José Angel Santana, Walter Brooke, Richard Costabile, Peter Costanza, Peter Gannon, Alan King, Ilana Rapp.

On this day in movie history - A Stranger Among Us (1992)

A Stranger Among Us

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Robert J. Avrech,

was released in the United States on July 17, 1992.

Music by Jerry Bock.

Cast:

Melanie Griffith, Eric Thal, John Pankow, Tracy Pollan, Lee Richardson, Mia Sara, Jamey Sheridan, Jake Weber, Ro’ee Levi, David Rosenbaum, Ruth Vool, David Margulies, Edward Rogers III, Maurice Schell, James Gandolfini, Christopher Collins, Burtt Harris, Ira Rubin, Françoise Granville, Rena Sofer, Shifra Lerer, Eleanor Reissa, Jim Lovelett, Jack Gill, Steve Hamilton, Paul Zim, Drew Eliot, Sasha Pasmur, John Louis Fischer, Jack Beers.

Born on this day – Sidney Lumet:

Director

Producer

Writer

June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011

Credits:

12 Angry Men (1957); 50 Years of Action! (1986); 100 Centre Street (2001–2002); A Decade Under the Influence (2003); A Stranger Among Us (1992); A View from the Bridge (1962); AFI Life Achievement Award (2007); AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (2008); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); All the King's Men (1958); American Experience (2006); American Masters (2003–2017); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Arena (1977); Based on a True Story (2004); Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' (2008); Beyond the Time Barrier (1960); Biography (1999–2003); Blue Code of Silence (2020); By Sidney Lumet (2015); Bye Bye Braverman (1968); Camera Three (1962); CBS Television Workshop (1952); Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004); Charlie Rose (1995–2007); Child's Play (1972); Cinema (1967); Cinema 3 (2011); Cinema mil (2005); Crime Photographer (1951–1952); Critical Care (1997); Cronkite Remembers (1997); Danger (1951–1953); Daniel (1983); De película (1987); Deathtrap (1982); Días de cine (2011); Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made (2008); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); 'Dog Day Afternoon': After the Filming (2006); 'Dog Day Afternoon': Casting the Controversy (2006); 'Dog Day Afternoon': Recreating the Facts (2006); Equus (1977); Fail Safe (1964); Family Business (1989); Film '72 (1973–1987); Find Me Guilty (2006); Finding Eleazar (2004); FOLCS Conversations (2006); Fonda on Fonda (1992); Frontier (1955); Funny (1988); Garbo Talks (1984); Gloria (1999); Goodyear Playhouse (1955–1956); Guilty as Sin (1993); Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1958); Hollywood Greats (1984); Hollywood Insider (2021–2022); I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); In Her Skin (2009); Inside 'Serpico' (2002); Inside the Actors Studio (1994); Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000); John Brown's Raid (1960); John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017); Journey to Jerusalem (1941); Just Tell Me What You Want (1980); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Kraft Theatre (1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955–1959); Le 100 Centre Street De Sidney Lumet (2002); L'énigme Charlotte Rampling (2023); Les échos du cinéma (1962); Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990); Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962); Lovin' Molly (1974); Lumet on Lumet (2011); Lumet: Film Maker (1975); Making 'Murder on the Orient Express' (2004); Mama (1954); Messengers (2004); Milestones in Cinema History: The Verdict (2007); Minty Comedic Arts (2021); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Moving Image Salutes James Stewart (1988); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Mr. Broadway (1957); Mr. Broadway (1957); Murder on the Orient Express (1974); Network (1976); 'Network': Mad as Hell - The Creation of a Movie Moment (2006); 'Network': The Cast, the Characters (2006); 'Network': The Experience (2006); 'Network': The Style (2006); 'Network': The World and Words of Paddy Chayefsky (2006); New York at the Movies (2002); Night Falls on Manhattan (1996); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); Omnibus (1954–1957); ...One Third of a Nation... (1939); Papirossen (1936); Party Girl (1995); Paul Newman, l'intranquille (2023); Play of the Week (1960); Playhouse 90 (1960); Power (1986); Prince of the City (1981); Prince of the City: The Real Story (2007); Private Screenings (2005); Private Screenings (2014); Producers' Showcase (1957); Q&A (1990); Rachel Getting Married (2008); Rachel, quand du seigneur (2004); Release (1968); Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (2000); Running on Empty (1988); Sean Connery Close Up (1997); Sean Connery: A BAFTA Tribute (1990); Sean Connery: An Intimate Portrait (1997); Serpico (1973); 'Serpico': Favorite Moments (2002); 'Serpico': From Real to Reel (2002); Sidney Lumet: I Love New York (1987); Spécial cinéma (1983); Special Collector's Edition (2013); Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003); Stage Struck (1958); Star Stage (1955); Strip Search (2004); Studio One (1957); Sunday Showcase (1960); TCM Remembers (2011); That Kind of Woman (1959); The 17th Annual Gotham Awards (2007); The 400 Million (1939); The 45th Annual Directors Guild Awards (1993); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Anderson Tapes (1971); The Annual ACLU Tribute: A Salute to Sidney Lumet (1985); The Annual Waldorf Gala Salute to Myrna Loy (1985); The Appointment (1969); The Best of Broadway (1954–1955); The British Greats (1980); The Challenge (1955); The Deadly Affair (1967); The Dick Cavett Show (1968–1995); The Directors (1999); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1958); The Elgin Hour (1955); The Fugitive Kind (1960); The Group (1966); The Hill (1965); The Iceman Cometh (1960); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1997); The Last Movie Stars (2022); The Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970); The Making of 'the Verdict' (1982); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The Manchurian Candidate: Political Pundits (2004); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Morning After (1986); The Offence (1973); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2012); The Pawnbroker (1964); The Sea Gull (1968); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Station Agent (2003); The Sun... the Sand... the Hill (1965); The Tramp and the Dictator (2002); The Verdict (1982); The Verdict: Paul Newman - The Craft of Acting (2007); The Verdict: Sidney Lumet - The Craft of Directing (2007); The Wiz (1978); This Is Your Life (1990); Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda (1988); What Is Cinema? (2013); William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989); Wiz on Down the Road (1978); You Are There (1953–1955).

On this day in movie history - The Anderson Tapes (1971)

The Anderson Tapes

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Frank Pierson,

based on the novel by Lawrence Sanders,

was released in the United States on June 17, 1971.

Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:

Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Alan King, Dick Anthony Williams, Val Avery, Garrett Morris, Stan Gottlieb, Christopher Walken, Conrad Bain, Margaret Hamilton, Anthony Holland, Scott Jacoby, Judith Lowry, Meg Myles, Norman Rose, Max Showalter, Janet Ward, Paul Benjamin, Richard B. Shull.

On this day in movie history - Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)

Night Falls on Manhattan

directed and written by Sidney Lumet,

based on the novel Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley,

was released in the United States on May 16, 1997.

Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Andy Garcia, Ian Holm, James Gandolfini, Lena Olin, Shiek Mahmud-Bey, Colm Feore, Ron Leibman, Richard Dreyfuss, Dominic Chianese, Paul Guilfoyle, Bonnie Rose, Norman Matlock, Sidney Armus, James Murtaugh, Melba Martinez, Santo Fazio, Anthony Alessandro, David Fonteno, John Seitz, Stephen Beach, Nafisah Sayyed, Robert Sean Miller, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Jude Ciccolella, John Randolph Jones, Chuck Pfeiffer, Clark D. Williams, Bill Boggs, Tamara Phillips, Louis Guss, Richard Bright, Ronald von Klaussen, John Di Benedetto, Kevin Ramsey, Kermit Frazier, Veronica Hall, Vic Noto, Jim Moody, Socorro Santiago, Fran Anthony, Donna Hanover, Jack Cafferty, Kaity Tong, Allen Collodow, Dennis Paladino, Mike Cammallere, Jim Mauro, Salvatore Paul Piro, Mike Sheehan, Joseph Mosso, Teddy Coluca, Roslyn Cohn, Elliot Cuker, Yvette Mercedes, Kristina Lear, Joe Drago, Catherine Schreiber, Bobby Cannavale, Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas, Adam Alexi-Malle, Debbie Benitez, Barry Bradford, Ray Campbell, Vernon Campbell, Lisa Collins, Patrick Coleman Duncan, Arthur K. Flam, Nathan George, Mark Robert Gordon, Chandler Hill, Michael Luggio, Takeo Matsushita, Dale Resteghini, James Rosin, John Rowe Jr., Anthony Sinopoli, Leonard Tepper, Bebie Waller, J.D. Walters, David Watkin, Ted West.

On this day in movie history - Q&A (1990)

Q&A

directed and written by Sidney Lumet,

based on the novel by Edwin Torres,

was released in the United States on April 27, 1990.

Music by Rubén Blades.

Cast:

Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal, Lee Richardson, Luis Guzmán, Charles S. Dutton, Jenny Lumet, Paul Calderon, International Chrysis, Dominic Chianese, Leonardo Cimino, Fyvush Finkel, Gustavo Brens, Martin E. Brens, Maurice Schell, Thomas Mikal Ford, John Capodice, Frederick Rolf, Hal Lehrman, Gloria Irizarry, Brian Neill, Susan Mitchell, Drew Eliot, Frank Raiter, Harry Madsen, Jerry Ciauri, George Kodisch, Burtt Harris, Michael A. Joseph, Cynthia O'Neal, Victor Colicchio, Anibal O. Lleras, José Rafael Arango, David Dill, Alex Ruiz, Richard Solchik, Edward Rogers III, Junior Perez, Javier Ríos, June Stein, Rod Rodriguez, Sonny Vito, Olga Merediz, Peter Gumeny, Edward Rowan, Danny Darrow, José Collazo, José Alvarez, G.W. Bailey, Janis Corsair, David Hummel.