Friday, October 31, 2025

On this day in movie history - Borderline (1980)


Borderline


directed by Jerrold Freedman,

written by Jerrold Freedman and Steve Kline,

was released in the United States on October 31, 1980.

Music by Gil Melle.

Cast:
Charles Bronson, Bruno Kirby, Bert Remsen, Michael Lerner, Kenneth McMillan, Ed Harris, Karmin Murcelo, Enrique Castillo, Wilford Brimley, Norman Alden, James Victor, Panchito Gómez, John Ashton, Lawrence P. Casey, Charles Cyphers, John Roselius, Murray MacLeod, Jerry DeWilde, Katherine Pass, Virgil Frye, Luis Contreras, Eduardo Ricard, John O’Banion, Rodger LaRue, Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon, Virginia Bingham, Anthony Munoz, Ray Ochoa, Ab Taylor, Frank Deatsch, Juan DeLira, Tammy Wilson, Chris Coronado, Tony Alvarenga, Ferdinand Pina, Arnold Diaz, Sy Fuentes, Carlos Muñoz, Norberto Hernández, Luther Fear.

On this day in movie history - Sylvia (2003)


Sylvia


directed by Christine Jeffs,

written by John Brownlow,

was released in the United States on October 31, 2003.

Music by Gabriel Yared.


Cast:
Gwyneth Paltrow, David Birkin, Alison Bruce, Amira Casar, Daniel Craig, Blythe Danner, Lucy Davenport, Julian Firth, Jeremy Fowlds, Michael Gambon, Sarah Guyler, Jared Harris, Andrew Havill, Theresa Healey, Liddy Holloway, Robyn Malcolm, Michael Mears, Siobhan Page, Derek Payne, Sonia Ritter, Billy Seymour, Antony Strachan, Katherine Tozer, Sam Troughton, Eliza Wade, Ben Want, Joel Want, Hannah Watkins, Tandi Wright, Rhys Bond, David House, James Hurn, William Palmer.

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

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Force of Habit.

Released October 31, 1958.

Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski.

Written by Joel Murcott.

Music by John Williams.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Margaret Field, Roscoe Ates, Patricia Huston, Robert Knapp, Charles Bateman, Michael Emmet, Edwin Reimers, Deirdre Harrison.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976)


Space 1999
Season 2. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: The Rules of Luton.

Released October 31, 1976.

Directed by Val Guest.

Written by Charles Woodgrove.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Derek Wadsworth.
 
Cast:
Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, David Jackson, Godfrey James, Roy Marsden, Yasuko Nagazumi, Jenny Cresswell, Annie Lambert.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Enterprise (1987, 1992, 2001)

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Lonely Among Us.

Released October 31, 1987.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Written by D.C. Fontana, Michael Halperin.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast:
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, John Durbin, Colm Meaney, Kavi Raz, Marc Alaimo, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Susan Duchow, Shana Golden, Nora Leonhardt, Tim McCormack, James McElroy, John Meier, Lorine Mendell.
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Rascals.

Released October 31, 1992.

Directed by Adam Nimoy.

Written by Allison Hock, Ward Botsford, Diana Dru Botsford, Michael Piller, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Colm Meaney, Rosalind Chao, Michelle Forbes, David Birkin, Megan Parlen, Caroline Junko King, Isis Carmen/J. Jones, Mike Gomez, Tracey Walter, Michael Snyder, Brian Bonsall, Whoopi Goldberg, Morgan Nagler, Hana Hatae, Majel Barrett, Lena Banks, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, Debbie David, Grace Harrell, Christi Haydon, David B. Levinson, Adam Lieberman, Keith Rayve, Victor Sein.
 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: The Andorian Incident.

Released October 31, 2001.

Directed by Roxann Dawson.

Written by Fred Dekker, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Fred Dekker, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Stephen Beck, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, 
André Bormanis.

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, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce French, Steven Dennis, Jeff Ricketts, Richard Tanner, Jamie McShane, Bill Blair, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Steve Chvany, Amy Kate Connolly, Evan English, Jack Guzman, John Jurgens, Linwood Porter, Aric Rogokos, Cynthia Uhrich, Gary Weeks.

On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2007)

Pushing Daisies
Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Girth.

Released October 31, 2007.

Directed by Peter O’Fallon.

Written by Katherine Lingenfelter.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.


Cast:
Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Carlos Alazraqui, Barbara Barrie, Ralph P. Martin, Christopher Neiman, Hamish Linklater, Field Cate, Jon Eric Price, Leyna Nguyen.

On this day in music history - The album Angel Above My Piano, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2006)


Angel Above My Piano


by Fiona Joy Hawkins

was released on October 31, 2006.

Track list:

Escarpment Dreaming; View from My Studio; Portrait of a Waterfall; Opus Rain: 1st Movement ‘Through Cloud’; 2nd Movement ‘Rain’; 3rd Movement ‘The Ascent’; Prelude to a Landscape; A Winter Morning; Improvisation; Ciney’s Theme (Wedding March); For the Roses; Portrait of a Waterfall Reprise; Opus for Love: Love Forever (Reprise).