On this day in movie and book history - Pocket Money (1972) and Jim Kane (1972)

Pocket Money

directed by Stuart Rosenberg,

written by Terrence Malick,

based on the novel Jim Kane by J.P.S. Brown,

was released in the United States on February 1, 1972.

Music by Alex North.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers, Hector Elizondo, Christine Belford, Kelly Jean Peters, Gregory Sierra, Fred Graham, Matt Clark, Claudio Miranda, Bruce Davis Bayne, Poupée Bocar, Richard Farnsworth, Ken Freehill, Terrence Malick.

Recommended reading:

Jim Kane

by J.P.S. Brown
 
Filmed as Pocket Money (1972), directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
 
Hardcover.
Published 1970.
Published by E P Dutton.

ISBN 13: 9780803742291
ISBN 10: 0803742290
ASIN: 0803742290
 
Description:
 

Content with making an honest living hauling truckloads of horses from Mexico, Jim Kane – ranch hand, cattle trader, and bronco buster – is forced by a twist of fate to return to his job in Arizona, breaking colts for the rodeo.

On this day in television history - M*A*S*H (1972 - 1983)

 

M*A*S*H

developed by Larry Gelbart,

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

was originally aired in the United States on CBS and ran for eleven seasons,

from September 17, 1972 – February 28, 1983.

Theme music by Johnny Mandel.

Cast:

Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, David Ogden Stiers, G. W. Bailey, Kellye Nakahara, Jeff Maxwell, Johnny Haymer, Allan Arbus, Edward Winter.

Born on this day – Wayne Rogers:

Wayne Rogers

Actor

April 7, 1933 – December 31, 2015