On this day in movie history - The Train Robbers (1973)

The Train Robbers

directed and written by Burt Kennedy,

was released in the United States on February 7, 1973.

Music by Dominic Frontiere.

Cast:

John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Bobby Vinton, Jerry Gatlin, Ricardo Montalban, Dennis Falt, Ralph Volkie.

On this day in movie history - Victoria (2015)

Victoria

directed by Sebastian Schipper,

written by Sebastian Schipper, Olivia Neergaard-Holm and Eike Frederik Schulz,

was released at the Berlin International Film Festival

in Germany on February 7, 2015.

Music by Nils Frahm.

Cast:

Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, Max Mauff, André Hennicke, Eike Frederik Schulz, Hans-Ulrich Laux, Lena Klenke, Philipp Kubitza, Martin Goeres, Andreas Schmitka, Jan Breustedt, David Micas, Timo Honsa, Bernd Weikert, Adolfo Assor, Ansgar Ballendat, Ambar de la Horra, Luca De Massis, Anne Düe, Daniel Fripan, Frederik Klaus, Nadja Laura Mijthab, Dennis Oestreich.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958)

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: Dolly’s Bar.

Released February 7, 1958.

Directed by John Brahm.

Written by Lewis Reed.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:

Lee Marvin, Janice Rule, Claire Carleton, Fredd Wayne, Paul Newlan, Russell Thorson, Joe Flynn, Michael Bachus.

On this day in television history - Justified (2012)

 

Justified
Season 3. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Devil You Know.

Released February 7, 2012.

Directed by Dean Parisot.

Written by Graham Yost, Taylor Elmore, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Ingrid Escajeda, Ryan Farley and Jon Worley.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.
 
Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Mykelti Williamson, Jeremy Davies, Adam Bartley, Ed Corbin, Clayne Crawford, Kaitlyn Dever, Demetrius Grosse, Damon Herriman, David Meunier, Kevin Rankin, Todd Stashwick, Neal McDonough, Brendan McCarthy. T.O.N.E-z, Ethan Wilde, Michael Raif Brizzolara, Sarah B. Downey, William Mulligan.

Sue Grafton, on writing:

 

Writing isn't about the destination.
Writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.

- Sue Grafton.

Recommended reading – Fort Apache, the Bronx

 

Fort Apache, the Bronx

by Heywood Gould.

Published 1982.
Published by Grand Central Pub.

ISBN-10: 044695618X
ISBN-13: 978-0446956185
 
Description:

They were only rookies …

Two green cops blown away on the killer walkways of New York. Fort Apache, The Bronx … the 41st Precinct where nobody ever gets a second chance, and most don’t even have a first. Now the Force is on the prowl under a tough new captain who is determined to shape up this last command for losers where life is mean and death is often murder and where the law of the jungle is the only law.

Born on this day – Alvin Rakoff:

Alvin Rakoff

Director

Producer

Writer

February 6, 1927 – October 12, 2024

Credits:
 
Books:
 

Baldwin Street: A novel (2007); Baldwin Street: Roman (2002); I'm Just The Guy Who Says Action: BY THE DIRECTOR WHO GAVE SEAN CONNERY & OTHERS THAT FIRST BIG BREAK (2021); The Seven Einsteins (2013).

 

Movies and television:
 

A Dance to the Music of Time (1997); A Flight of Fancy (1952); A Haunting Harmony (1993); A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (1971); A Place of Execution (1953); A Quiet Game of Cards (1962); A Talent for Murder (1984); A Voyage Round My Father (1982); All for Love (1983); Armchair Theatre (1958–1967); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2023); BBC Play of the Month (1972–1973); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1957–1959); BBC2 Play of the Week (1977); Blood Money (1957); Brits Go to Hollywood (2003); Call Me Daddy (1967); Canada Day (1955); Churchill's People (1975); City on Fire (1979); Court Martial (1965–1966); Crossplot (1969); Death Ship (1980); Dial 999 (1958–1959); Dirty Tricks (1980); For the Defence (1956); Hoffman (1970); Hot Money Girl (1959); Hudson's Bay (1959); In Praise of Love (1976); ITV Play of the Week (1961–1967); ITV Playhouse (1968–1982); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972–1973); ITV Sunday Night Drama (1976); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1961); Jacqueline Hill: A Life in Pictures (2011); Killers (1976); King Solomon's Treasure (1979); Late Night Drama (1974); Meet Me on the Southbank (2013); Molly (1993); Money-Go-Round (1967); Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983); Mrs. Amworth (1978); No Man's Land (1956); Number 10 (1983); Panorama (1974); Paradise Postponed (1986); Performance (1975); Private Affairs (1975); Room 43 (1958); Rooms (1974); Sam Saturday (1992); Say Hello to Yesterday (1971); Sean Connery: An Intimate Portrait (1997); Shades of Greene (1975); She Stoops to Conquer (1973); Stormy Seas: The Voyage from Bloodstar to Death Ship (2007); Strange Relationship: Alvin Rackoff on Hoffman (2022); Strictly Personal (1953); Studio 4 (1962); Summer Playhouse (1967); Television Playwright (1959); The Anniversary (1968); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978); The Best of Friends (1991); The Comedy Man (1964); The Condemned (1956); The Dame of Sark (1976); The Emperor Jones (1953); The Face of Love (1954); The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984); The Hole in the Wall (1955); The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart (1962); The Lover (1954); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963); The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957); The Play on One (1991); The Promise (1977); The Ransom of Red Chief (1959); The Saint (1969); The Saint Steps in... To Colour (2006); The Saint Steps in... to Television (2006); The Sextet (1972); The Teckman Biography (1953–1954); The World in My Pocket (1961); Theatre 625 (1964); Three Dangerous Ladies (1977); Three Empty Rooms (1955); Tyrant's Tower (1954); Willie the Squouse (1954); Z Cars (1962).