On this day in movie history - Pale Rider (1985)

Pale Rider

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1985.

Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Charles Hallahan, Marvin J. McIntyre, Fran Ryan, Billy Drago, Richard Hamilton, Graham Paul, Chuck Lafont, Jeffrey Weissman, Allen Keller, Randy Oglesby, Herman Poppe, Kathleen Wygle, Terrence Evans, Jim Hitson, Loren Adkins, Thomas H. Friedkin, S.A. Griffin, Jack Radosta, Robert Winley, Jeffrey Josephson, John Dennis Johnston, Michael Adams, Clay M. Lilley, Gene Hartline, R.L. Tolbert, Clifford Happy, Ross Loney, Larry Randles, Mike H. McGaughy, Jerry Gatlin, Lloyd Nelson, Jay K. Fishburn, George Orrison, Milton Murrill, Mike Munsey, Keith Dillin, Buddy Van Horn, Fritz Manes, Glenn Wright, Kate Britton.

On this day in movie history - The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

directed by Peter Yates,

written by Paul Monash,

based on the novel by George V. Higgins,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1973.

Music by Dave Grusin.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Joe Santos, Mitchell Ryan, Peter MacLean, Kevin O’Morrison, Marvin Lichterman, Carolyn Pickman, James Tolkan, Margaret Ladd, Matthew Cowles, Helena Carroll, Jack Kehoe, Jan Egleson, Jane House, Michael McCleery, Alan Koss, Dennis McMullen, Judith Ogden Cabot, Robert Anthony, Gustave Johnson, Sheldon Feldner, Ted Maynard, Lloyd Bremseth, Ben Lautman, Bobby Orr, Falko Schilling, Donald Warnock.

On this day in movie history - Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Sweet Smell of Success

directed by Alexander Mackendrick,

written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman and Alexander Mackendrick,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1957.

Based on the novelette Tell Me About It Tomorrow! by Ernest Lehman,

originally published in Cosmopolitan (1950).

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

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Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Joe Frisco, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater, David White, Chico Hamilton, Fred Katz.

On this day in movie history - Hell’s Island (1955)

Hell’s Island

directed by Phil Karlson,

written by Maxwell Shane,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1955.

Based on a story by Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard.

Re-released in 1962, with the new title: South Sea Fury.

Music by Irvin Talbot.

Cast:

John Payne, Mary Murphy, Francis L. Sullivan, Eduardo Noriega, Arnold Moss, Walter Reed, Sándor Szabó, Pepe Hern, Robert Cabal, Paul Picerni, Mario Siletti, Matty Fain, Ralph Dumke, Lillian Molieri, Gil Barreto, Victor Bartell, Tom Bernard, Eumenio Blanco, Argentina Brunetti, Edward Coch, Delmar Costello, Sayre Dearing, Henry A. Escalante, Duke Fishman, Bess Flowers, Ben Frommer, Nacho Galindo, David Garcia, Kenneth Gibson, Jose Gonzales-Gonzales, Dick Gordon, Josefa Heredia, Ramiro Jaloma, Manuel López, Paul Marion, Margarita Martín, Harold Miller, Alex Montoya, Julia Montoya, Forbes Murray, Monty O’Grady, José Oliveira, Don Orlando, Murray Pollack, Paul Regas, Carlos Rivero, Jack Tornek.