On this day in movie history - The Dirty Dozen (1967)

The Dirty Dozen

directed by Robert Aldrich,

written by Nunnally Johnson and Lukas Heller,

based on the novel, by E. M. Nathanson,

was released in the United States, on June 15, 1967.

Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Trini López, Ralph Meeker, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker, Robert Webber, Tom Busby, Ben Carruthers, Stuart Cooper, Robert Phillips, Colin Maitland, Al Mancini, George Roubicek, Thick Wilson, Dora Reisser, Lewis Alexander, Michael Anthony, William Baskiville, Roy Beck, Cynthia Bizeray, Leo Britt, Harry Brooks Jr., Ken Buckle, Jack Carter, Alan Chuntz, Harold Coyne, Gerry Crampton, Hugh Elton, Gary Files, Suzanne Fleuret, Judith Furse, Hal Galili, Victor Gallucci, Alan Gibbs, Romo Gorrara, Willoughby Gray, Patrick Halpin, Alan Harris, Gerard Heinz, John G. Heller, George Hilsdon, John Hollis, Alf Joint, Angela Kay, Juba Kennerley, Eric Kent, John Ketteringham, Hildegard Knef, Ann Lancaster, Roy Lansford, Aileen Lewis, Dickey Luck, Richard Marner, Mark McBride, Dick Miller, John More, Lou Morgan, Norman Morris, Lionel Murton, Suzanne Owens-Duval, Joe Phelps, Edith Raye, Mike Reid, Terry Richards, Jack Ross, Gordon Ruttan, Frederick Schiller, Bunny Seaman, Michael Segal, Jack Sharp, Richard Shaw, Tony Snell, Warren Stanhope, Michael Stayner, Emile Stemmler, Michael Stevens, Bill Strange, Fred Stroud, Elliott Sullivan, John Tatham, Rocky Taylor, Burnell Tucker, Hedger Wallace, Ken Wayne, Theodore Wilhelm, Jeremy Wilkin, Fred Wood, Vicki Woolf.

Born on this day – Belinda Lee:

Actress

June 15, 1935 – March 12, 1961

Credits:

Blackout (1954); Blood Feud (1961); Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca (1959); Cabaret du soir (1958); Ce corps tant désiré (1959); Constantine and the Cross (1961); Dangerous Exile (1957); Der Satan lockt mit Liebe (1960); Elephant Gun (1958); Eyewitness (1956); Family Affair (1954); Film Fanfare (1956); Footsteps in the Fog (1955); Full Screen Ahead (1957); Ghosts of Rome (1961); Goddess of Love (1957); It Happened in '43 (1960); Joseph and His Brethren (1961); Love, the Italian Way (1960); Man of the Moment (1955); Marie of the Isles (1959); Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954); Messalina (1960); Miracle in Soho (1957); No Smoking (1955); Reflets de Cannes (1960); She Walks by Night (1959); The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954); The Big Money (1956); The Case of Canary Jones (1954); The Chasers (1959); The Gentle Touch (1956); The Nights of Lucretia Borgia (1959); The Runaway Bus (1954); The Secret Place (1957); The Swindlers (1959); Who Done It? (1956); Women of the World (1963); World by Night (1960).

Born on this day – William Newman:

 

Actor

June 15, 1934 – May 27, 2015

Credits:

A Special Friendship (1987); Act of Vengeance (1986); All-American Girl (1994); American Playhouse (1989); Angel (2001); Angel Falls (1993); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: Charlie (1999); Billions for Boris (1985); Brown's Requiem (1998); Brubaker (1980); Chattahoochee (1989); Chiefs (1983); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000); Days of Our Lives (2005); Dead Man's Revenge (1994); Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992); Devil in the Flesh 2 (2000); Dharma & Greg (1999); Diagnosis Murder (1999); Dinner at Eight (1989); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1995); Eerie, Indiana (1992); Fearless (1993); For Love of the Game (1999); Funny Farm (1988); Goode Behavior (1996); Hero (1992); Homefront (1992); Jury Duty (1995); Knots Landing (1992); L.A. Doctors (1999); Leprechaun (1992); Love & War (1993); Loving (1985); Mad About You (1993); Matlock (1991); Monkey Shines (1988); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); My Name Is Earl (2006); No Easy Way (1996); One Life to Live (1983); Party of Five (1997); Philly (2001); Picket Fences (1993); Pie in the Sky (1995); Pig Sty (1995); Playing for Keeps (1986); Popular (2001); Ryan's Hope (1979); Santa with Muscles (1996); Shadow: Dead Riot (2006); Silver Bullet (1985); Something Wilder (1995); Squirm (1976); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); That's Adequate (1989); The Craft (1996); The Drew Carey Show (1996); The King of Queens (1999); The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986); The Mosquito Coast (1986); The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988); The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988); The Stand (1994); The Tick (2001–2002); Tom and Huck (1995); Touch (1997); VR.5 (1995); Women of the House (1995); Wounded Heart (1995).

Born on this day – Gloria Stroock:

Actress

June 15, 1924 – May 5, 2024

Credits:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1977); Archie Bunker's Place (1982); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Baretta (1978); Bill Slater Show (1950); Brando (2007); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1952); City in Fear (1980); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); Holmes and Yoyo (1976); Kraft Theatre (1948); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); Mama (1955); Martin Kane (1951); McMillan & Wife (1974–1977); Missing Pieces (1991); Modern Romances (1955); NBC Presents (1949); Newsstand Theatre (1952); No Easy Way (1996); Operation Petticoat (1977–1978); Passions (1984); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Rosetti and Ryan (1977); Seed of Innocence (1980); Spotlight (1954); Starlight Theatre (1950); Studio One (1950–1955); The Competition (1980); The Day of the Locust (1975); The Girls (1950); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); The Snoop Sisters (1972); Uncommon Valor (1983); Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977).

Born on this day – Mary Ellis:

 

Actress

Singer

June 15, 1897 – January 30, 2003

Credits:

All Creatures Great and Small (1978); All the King's Horses (1935); Armchair Theatre (1961); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1957); Bella Donna (1934); Fatal Lady (1936); Frederic Chopin (1961); Glamorous Night (1937); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Highlight: The Singing Cinema (1964); Hotel Imperial (1958); ITV Play of the Week (1961); ITV Television Playhouse (1959); Kate (1971); Paris in Spring (1935); Paris in Spring (1935); Saturday Playhouse (1958); Somerset Maugham Hour / Segment: The Voice of the Turtle (1960); The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960); The Astonished Heart (1950); The Browning Version (1949); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1993); The First Mrs. Fraser (1950); The Magic Box (1951); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994); This Is Your Life (1994); Wednesday Theatre (1953).

Recommended reading - The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 (2001)

 

The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 (2001).

 

The Best American Series.

 

Edited by Lawrence Block and Otto Penzler.

 
ISBN-10: 0618124918
ISBN-13: 978-0618124916
 
Contents:
 

Foreword; Introduction by Lawrence Block; Things that make your heart beat faster, by Jennifer Anderson; Lobster night, by Russell Banks; Prison food, by Michael Downs; In the zone, by Leslie Edgerton; Paperhanger, by William Gay; Book of Kells, by Jeremiah Healy; Erie's last day, by Steve Hockensmith; Under suspicion, by Clark Howard; Her Hollywood, by Michael Hyde; Family, by Dan Leone; Blood sport, by Thomas Lynch; Carnie, by David Means; Tides, by Kent Nelson; Girl with the blackened eye, by Joyce Carol Oates; Easy street, by T. Jefferson Parker; Big bite, by Bill Pronzini; Missing in action, by Peter Robinson; Face-lift, by Roxana Robinson; Big ranch, by John Salter; Push comes to shove, by Nathan Walpow.

 

Description:
 

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected – and most popular – of its kind.

 

The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 will thrill fans of all reached of the genre. The legendary mystery writer Lawrence Block offer chilling tales from best-selling writers as well as talented up-and-comers. Ranging from traditional detective cases to psychological studies to atmospheric scene-setters, these stories illustrate the variety and scope of styles, plots, and characters Block admires. With Block as guest editor and a stellar roster of suspense veterans and rising stars, the 2001 edition will delight mystery afficionados and all lovers of great fiction.

George V. Higgins, on writing:

 

Show the reader what the character thinks about,

and then the reader will think about it, too.
- George V. Higgins.