On this day in movie history - Sorcerer (1977)

Sorcerer

directed by William Friedkin,

written by Walon Green,

based on the novel Le Salaire de la peur (The Salary of Fear) by Georges Arnaud,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1977.

Music by Tangerine Dream.

Cast:

Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri, Peter Capell, Karl John, Friedrich von Ledebur, Chico Martínez, Joe Spinell, Rosario Almontes, Richard Holley, Anne-Marie Deschodt, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jacques François, André Falcon, Gerard Murphy, Desmond Crofton, Henry Diamond, Ray Dittrich, Frank Gio, Randy Jurgensen, Cosmo Allegretti, Nick Discenza, Frank Pesce, Tom Signorelli.

On this day in movie history - A Man in Uniform (1994)

A Man in Uniform

a.k.a. I Love a Man in Uniform and Man in Uniform,

directed and written by David Wellington,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1994.

Music by Ron Sures and The Tragically Hip.

Cast:

Tom McCamus, Brigitte Bako, Kevin Tighe, David Hemblen, Alex Karzis, Graham McPherson, Daniel MacIvor, Wendy Hopkins, Kirsten Kieferle, Tabitha St. Germain, Dana Brooks, Steve Ambrose, Michael Hogan, Mark Melymick, Cynthia Gillespie, Dick Grant, Victor Ertmanis, Rino Romano, Maureen McKay, Matt Cooke, Ken MacNeil, Mark Wilson, Matthew Ferguson, Albert Schultz, Richard Blackburn, Henry Czerny, Nancy Cser, Graham Losee, Von Flores, Jhene Erwin, Christopher Marren, Rafal Mickiewicz, J.D. Nicholsen.

On this day in movie history - The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

The Masque of the Red Death

directed by Roger Corman,

written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1964.

Based on The Masque of the Red Death and Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe,

and Torture by Hope by Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam.

Music by David Lee.

Cast:

Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Robert Brown, Julian Burton, David Davies, Skip Martin, Gaye Brown, Verina Greenlaw, Doreen Dawn, Brian Hewlett, Sarah Brackett.

Born on this day – Adrienne Shelly:

 

Actress

Director

Writer

June 24, 1966 – November 1, 2006

Credits:

Adrienne (2021); Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991); Dead Dog (2001); Disc-Functional (2011); Downtown Film Fest (2006); Early Edition (1997); Factotum (2005); Four Tales of Two Cities / Urban Legend (1996); Grind (1997); Hexed (1993); Hexed: Featurette (1993); Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (1992); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); I'll Take You There (1999); Kalamazoo (1994); Law & Order (2000); Like Plastic (2013); Lois Lives a Little (1997); Lonely in America (1990); Opera No. 1 (1994); Oz (1998); Pretty (2011); Revolution #9 (2001); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Serious Moonlight (2009); Sleep with Me (1994); Sleeping with Strangers (1994); Spin (2011); Sudden Manhattan (1996); Teresa's Tattoo (1994); The Atlantis Conspiracy (2001); The Regulars (1997); The Road Killers (1994); The Shadows of Bob and Zelda (2000); The Unbelievable Truth (1989); The Vibrator (2007); Tiger: His Fall & Rise (2004); Trust (1990); Urban Legend (1994); Waitress (2007); Waitress: The Musical (2023); Who the Hell Is Brian D'Arcy? (2008); Why Am I in a Box? (2010); Wrestling with Alligators (1998).

Born on this day – Tim McGovern:

Visual Effects

June 24, 1955 – March 30, 2024

Credits:

A Sound of Thunder (2005); Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018); As Good as It Gets (1997); CFIC: Brilliance (1985); Dunkirk (2017); Equilibrium (2002); Feardotcom (2002); First Man (2018); Hideaway (1995); Imagining 'Total Recall' (2001); Jungle Cruise (2021); Last Action Hero (1993); Lift (2024); Look Who's Talking Now (1993); Men in Black: International (2019); Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015); Models & Skeletons: The Special Effects of Total Recall (2010); Money Train (1995); Movie Magic (1995–1996); Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014); So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993); Stigmata (1999); Supernova (2000); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016); The Making of Brilliance (1985); The Shaft (2001); The Story of Computer Graphics (1999); TIM MCGOVERN (Oscar Winner, VFX specialist) IFFI 49 (2019); Total Recall (1990); Trapped (2002); Triple Frontier (2019); Tron (1982); Virtuosity (1995).

Born on this day – Paul L. Smith:

Actor

June 24, 1936 – April 25, 2012

Credits:

Alcohol: The Choice (1974); Alle hatten sich abgewandt (1970); All-Star Family Feud Special (1982); Barney Miller (1979); Caged Fury (1990); Carambola (1974); Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket (1975); CHiPs (1978); Conspiracy of Terror (1975); Convoy Buddies (1975); Crazy Camera (1989); Crimewave (1985); Crossing the Line (1990); D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999); Death Chase (1988); Deleted 'Dune' (2006); Desert Kickboxer (1992); Diamond Pedlars (1976); Disaster on the Coastliner (1979); Dune (1984); Emergency! (1974); Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo Auf Ibiza (2014); Exodus (1960); Eye of the Widow (1991); Fishke Goes to War (1971); Going in Style (1979); Gor (1987); Haunted Honeymoon (1986); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Hawaii Five-O (1979); Homicide (1965); I'm Healthy, I'm Alive and I'm Free (1977); Jungle Warriors (1984); Madron (1970); Masada (1981); Maverick (1994); Midnight Express (1978); Midnight Express: The Finished Film (2008); Midnight Express: The Production (2008); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); Nahtche and the General (1972); Operation Shtreimel (1984); Outlaw Force (1987); Paul Smith: The Reddest Herring (2008); Pieces (1982); Popeye (1980); Red Sonja (1985); Red Sonja Vs. Kalidor: The Making of a Misunderstanding (2010); Return of the Tiger (1977); Sadat (1983); Sonny Boy (1989); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Tel Aviv Call Girls (1972); Ten Little Indians (1989); Terminal Entry (1987); Texas Godfather (1985); The Bull Buster (1973); The Frisco Kid (1979); The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973); The Hired Gun (1989); The In-Laws (1979); The Protector (1985); The Salamander (1981); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); 21 Hours at Munich (1976); War of 20 Years (1970); We Are No Angels (1975); When I Am King (1982); Wonder Woman (1979); You're Famous (1989).

Born on this day – Claude Chabrol:

Director

June 24, 1930 – September 12, 2010