On this day in movie history - The Racket (1951)

The Racket

directed by John Cromwell,

written by William Wister Haines and W.R. Burnett,

based on the play by Bartlett Cormack,

was released in the United States on October 25, 1951.

Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, Ray Collins, Joyce MacKenzie, Robert Hutton, Virginia Huston, William Conrad, Walter Sande, Les Tremayne, Don Porter, Walter Baldwin, Brett King, Richard Karlan, Tito Vuolo, Milburn Stone.

On this day in movie history - The Lawbreakers (1961)

The Lawbreakers

directed by Joseph M. Newman,

written by Paul Monash and W.R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on August 15, 1961.

Music by Johnny Mandel.

A remake of the pilot episode of the 1961 The Asphalt Jungle TV series.

Inspired by the movie The Asphalt Jungle (1950), directed by John Huston, based on the novel by W. R. Burnett.

 
Cast:

Jack Warden, Vera Miles, Robert Douglas, Arch Johnson, Douglas Odney, Robert H. Harris, Ken Lynch, Robert Bailey, Mary Lawrence, James Seay, Marianne Stewart, Jay Adler, John Zaremba, David White, Noreen Corcoran, Don C. Harvey, Kenner G. Kemp, Eddie Marr, William Smith, Bert Stevens.

On this day in movie history - The Get-Away (1941)

The Get-Away

directed by Edward Buzzell and Richard Rosson,

written by Wells Root and W.R. Burnett,

based on a story by J. Walter Ruben and Wells Root,

was released in the United States on June 13, 1941.

Music by Daniele Amfitheatrof, Earl K. Brent, Joseph Nussbaum, Leonid Raab.

Cast:

Robert Sterling, Charles Winninger, Donna Reed, Henry O'Neill, Dan Dailey Jr., Don Douglas, Ernest Whitman, Grant Withers, Chester Gan, Charles Wagenheim, Guy Kingsford, Matty Fain, Fred Aldrich, Barbara Bedford, Clara Blandick, Veda Ann Borg, Wade Boteler, Ed Brady, George M. Carleton, Eddy Chandler, Naomi Childers, Dean Collins, Sayre Dearing, Eddie Dunn, Eddie Fetherston, Dink Freeman, John George, Jack Gordon, Roy Gordon, George Guhl, Frank Hagney, Harry Hayden, Edward Hearn, George Hoagland, Robert Homans, Jack King, Richard Kipling, William Lally, George J. Lewis, Jack Luden, Pierce Lyden, George Magrill, Mickey Martin, Jim Mason, May McAvoy, Mathew McCue, Jewel McGowan, Pat McKee, Art Miles, Philip Morris, Frank O'Connor, Patrick O'Moore, Anne O'Neal, Bob Perry, Lee Phelps, James Pierce, Edwin Rochelle, Dick Rush, Robert Ryan, Charles Sherlock, Ray Spiker, Henry Sylvester, William Tannen, John Wald, Joe Yule.