71 years ago:
Hoodlum Empire (US)
It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.
1952-04-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/26294
#HoodlumEmpire #BrianDonlevy #ClaireTrevor #ForrestTucker #ClassicMovies

65 years ago:
The Strange World of Planet X (UK)
Near a small English village, a scientific team is conducting experiments with magnetic fields, the results of which may have military applications but the intensification of which seem to be connected to UFO reports, a series of murders, an enormous insect egg, and a strange visitor with exception...
1958-03-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/71990
#TheStrangeWorldofPlanetX #ForrestTucker #MartinBenson #DandyNichols #Horror #SciFi #Movies

“He was very generous, and instrumental in getting me the role.”
— #LarryStorch on #ForrestTucker (1919-1986)

The actor who played Sgt. O'Rourke on #FTroop was #BornOnThisDay.

#ClassicTV #1960s #1960sTV #Nostalgia