On this day in movie history - The Big Town (1987)

The Big Town

directed by Ben Bolt and Harold Becker,

written by Robert Roy Pool,

based on the novel The Arm by Clark Howard,

was released in the United States on September 25, 1987.

Music by Michael Melvoin and Frank Fitzpatrick.

Cast:

Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Lee Grant, Tom Skerritt, Suzy Amis, David Marshall Grant, Don Francks, Del Close, Meg Hogarth, Cherry Jones, Alvaro D'Antonio, David James Elliott, Steve Yorke, Chris Owens, Sean McCann, Kevin Fox, Marc Strange, Don Lake, Angelo Rizacos, Chris Benson, Gary Farmer, Diego Matamoros, Sarah Polley, Kirsten Bishop, Kenneth McGregor, Viki Matthews, Cherie McGroarty, Sandy Czapiewski, Marie Siebert, Julie Conte, A.C. Peterson, Sam Malkin, Robert Morelli, Layne Coleman, Lolita Davidovich, William Colgate, William Forrest MacDonald, Len Doncheff, Michael Caruana, Richard Comar, Lubomir Mykytiuk, Robert Ramsay Collins, Errol Slue, Gerry Pearson, Hugo Dann, John Evans, J. Winston Carroll, Diane Gordon, David Berni, Robert Mavor, Robert Minkoff.

On this day in movie history - The Heist (1989)

The Heist

directed by Stuart Orme,

written by William Irish Jr., David Fuller and Rick Natkin,

based on a story by William Irish Jr.,

was released in the United States on September 16, 1989.

Music by Arthur B. Rubinstein.

Cast:

Pierce Brosnan, Tom Skerritt, Wendy Hughes, Noble Willingham, Tom Atkins, Robert Prosky, Steve Apostolina, Ben Mittleman, Nino Surdo, Shelton Redden, Roger Hewlett, Joseph Carberry, Chino ‘Fats’ Williams, Art Frankel, Andrew Barnicle, Roger Chapman, Dan Hare, Will Cascio, Kevin Furlong, Fred Bailey, Gary Wright, Luisa Vargas, Susan Thompson, Gale McNeeley, Jack Orend, Matthew Wood, Alan Buchdahl, Brina, Dante, Melissa Dudek, Michael Smiley.

On this day in movie history - Contact (1997)

Contact

directed by Robert Zemeckis,

written by James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg,

based on the novel by Carl Sagan,

was released in the United States on July 11, 1997.

Music by Alan Silvestri.

Cast:

Jodie Foster, Jena Malone, Matthew McConaughey, David Morse, Tom Skerritt, James Woods, John Hurt, William Fichtner, Angela Bassett, Jake Busey, Rob Lowe, Geoffrey Blake, Max Martini, Steven Ford, Jay Leno, Larry King, Ann Druyan.

On this day in movie history - Alien (1979)

Alien

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by Dan O’Bannon,

based on a story by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett,

was released in the United States on May 25, 1979.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, Helen Horton, Eddie Powell.

On this day in movie history – M*A*S*H (1970)

M*A*S*H

directed by Robert Altman,

written by Ring Lardner Jr.,

based on the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker,

was released in the United States on March 18, 1970.

Music by Johnny Mandel.

Cast:

Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, Rene Auberjonois, David Arkin, Jo Ann Pflug, Gary Burghoff, Fred Williamson, Michael Murphy, Indus Arthur, Ken Prymus, Bobby Troup, Kim Atwood, Timothy Brown, John Schuck, Dawne Damon, Carl Gottlieb, Tamara Wilcox-Smith, G. Wood, Bud Cort, Danny Goldman, Corey Fischer.