On this day in movie history - Killer Force, a.k.a. The Diamond Mercenaries (1976)

Killer Force

a.k.a. The Diamond Mercenaries,

directed by Val Guest,

written by Val Guest, Gerald Sanford and Michael Winder,

was released in the United States on January 14, 1976.

Music by Georges Garvarentz.

Cast:

Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda, Hugh O'Brian, Christopher Lee, O.J. Simpson, Maud Adams, Ian Yule, Michael Mayer, Victor Melleney, Richard Loring, Stuart Brown, Marina Christelis, Frank Shelley, Peter van Dissel, Cocky Tlhotlhalemaje, Ian Hamilton, Dale Cutts, Don McCorkindale, Marigold Russell, Frank Douglas, Kevin Basel, Stuart Parker, Albert Raphael, Russell Newman, Clive Scott, Robert Davies, David C. Anderson, Anthony Fridjhon, Giles Ridley.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Voyager (1998), Enterprise (2004, 2005), Discovery (2018)

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Waking Moments.

Released January 14, 1998.

Directed by Alexander Singer.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by André Bormanis, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Mark Colson, Jennifer Gundy, Majel Barrett, Stuart Coleman, Tarik Ergin, Gunnel Eriksson, Sylvester Foster, Kerry Hoyt, Mark Major, Adrian Tafoya.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Chosen Realm.

Released January 14, 2004.

Directed by Roxann Dawson.

Written by Manny Coto, André Bormanis, Jonathan Fernandez.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Conor O'Farrell, Vince Grant, Lindsey Stoddart, Taylor Sheridan, David Youse, Gregory Wagrowski, Matt Huhn, Kim Fitzgerald, Alexandrea Ortiz, Ron Balicki, Steve Blalock, Jackson Bolt, Autumn Leigh Brown, Mark Correy, Duncan K. Fraser, Hilde Garcia, Michael Glover, Glen Hambly, Aldric A. Horton, Roy Joaquin, Amina Julianna, Andrew Macbeth, Aouri Makhlouf, Dorenda Moore, Aric Rogokos, Lidia Sabljic, Ron Sarchian, Paul Anthony Scott, Paul Sklar, Chris Torres, Max Valentine.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Daedalus.

Released January 14, 2005.

Directed by David Straiton.

Written by Alan Brennert/Michael Bryant, Ken LaZebnik.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Bill Cobbs, Leslie Silva, Donovan C. Knowles, Noel Manzano, Alexandrea Ortiz, Mark Correy, Daphney Damaraux, Glen Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Andrew Macbeth.

 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 1. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: The Wolf Inside.

Released January 14, 2018.

Directed by T.J. Scott.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Lisa Randolph, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast:

Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Wilson Cruz, James Frain, Michelle Yeoh, Emily Coutts, Riley Gilchrist, Julianne Grossman, Devon MacDonald, Ali Momen, Dwain Murphy, Tasia Valenza, Chris Violette, Romaine Waite, Cait Alexander, Harry Judge, Demi Oliver, Shelley Owens, Marco Perretta, Spencer Robson.

Stephen King, on writing:

Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about.

It is this genuine caring, not your games with language, which will be the most compelling and seductive element in your style.

- Stephen King

James Ellroy, on writing:

 

Cats gotta scratch.
Dogs gotta bite.
I gotta write.
- James Ellroy.

Born on this day – A. B. Guthrie Jr.:

A. B. Guthrie Jr.

Writer

Historian

January 13, 1901 – April 26, 1991

Credits:

Wild Pitch (1973); The Genuine Article (1977); No Second Wind (1980); Playing Catch-Up (1985); Murder in the Cotswolds (1989); The Big Sky (1947); The Way West (1949); Fair Land, Fair Land (1982); Murders at Moon Dance (1943); Twenty-Six Years After (1949); Kentucky (1951); These Thousand Hills (1956); The West Is Our Great Adventure of the Spirit (1959); Arfive (1970); Once Upon a Pond (1973); The Last Valley (1975); Four Miles From Ear Mountain (1987); The Big It and Other Stories (1972); The Blue Hen's Chick (1965); Big Sky, Fair Land (1974); Images from the Great West (1990); A Field Guide to Writing Fiction (1991).

Born on this day – Kay Francis:

Kay Francis

Actress

January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968

Credits:

Lux Video Theatre (1951); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); Wife Wanted (1946); Allotment Wives (1945); Divorce (1945); Four Jills in a Jeep (1944); Between Us Girls (1942); Always in My Heart (1942); The Feminine Touch (1941); Charley's Aunt (1941); The Man Who Lost Himself (1941); Play Girl (1941); Little Men (1940); When the Daltons Rode (1940); It's a Date (1940); In Name Only (1939); Women in the Wind (1939); King of the Underworld (1939); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Secrets of an Actress (1938); My Bill (1938); Women Are Like That (1938); First Lady (1937); Confession (1937); Another Dawn (1937); Stolen Holiday (1937); Give Me Your Heart (1936); The White Angel (1936); I Found Stella Parish (1935); The Goose and the Gander (1935); Stranded (1935); Living on Velvet (1935); British Agent (1934); Dr. Monica (1934); Wonder Bar (1934); Mandalay (1934); The House on 56th Street (1933); I Loved a Woman (1933); Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933); Storm at Daybreak (1933); The Keyhole (1933); Cynara (1932); Trouble in Paradise (1932); One Way Passage (1932); Jewel Robbery (1932); Street of Women (1932); Man Wanted (1932); Strangers in Love (1932); The False Madonna (1931); Girls About Town (1931); 24 Hours (1931); Guilty Hands (1931); Transgression (1931); The Vice Squad (1931); Ladies' Man (1931); Scandal Sheet (1931); Passion Flower (1930); The Virtuous Sin (1930); Let's Go Native (1930); For the Defense (1930); Raffles (1930); A Notorious Affair (1930); Paramount on Parade (1930); Street of Chance (1930); Behind the Make-Up (1930); The Marriage Playground (1929); Illusion (1929); Dangerous Curves (1929); The Cocoanuts (1929); Gentlemen of the Press (1929).

Born on this day – Herbert L. Strock:

Herbert L. Strock

Producer

Director

January 13, 1918 – November 30, 2005